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Old 11-28-2013, 03:57 PM   #51 (permalink)
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Thanksgiving was created in the US during the Civil War, JIC anyone didn't know that already

Dunno about Canada
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Old 11-28-2013, 04:53 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Thanksgiving was created in the US during the Civil War, JIC anyone didn't know that already

Dunno about Canada
Can be traced back to 1578 according to Wikipedia. Thanksgiving (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 11-28-2013, 05:10 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Can be traced back to 1578 according to Wikipedia. Thanksgiving (Canada) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Well, like the US, while it can be traced to the early settlers, the official holiday wasn't proclaimed until relatively recently

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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual Canadian holiday which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year.

On Thursday, January 31, 1957, the Parliament of Canada proclaimed:

A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed – to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.
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Old 11-28-2013, 05:14 PM   #54 (permalink)
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Canada Thanksgiving = in october
US Thanksgiving = in november

which one came first???

US always second place

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Old 11-28-2013, 05:17 PM   #55 (permalink)
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^ It's because of the earlier harvest.
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Old 11-28-2013, 05:31 PM   #56 (permalink)
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I sort of feel like Americans should go to the casino on Thanksgiving, sort of like an apology for our anglo-saxon ancestors being super jerks and destroying Native American families and their property.
No thanks. I'm neither frivolous with my money, nor guilty for someone else's actions.
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Old 11-28-2013, 07:33 PM   #57 (permalink)
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No thanks. I'm neither frivolous with my money, nor guilty for someone else's actions.
I have to agree. We have a similar situation here in NZ because the European's took over the country and forced the Maori out of there lands and introduced them to tobacco and alcohol. To this day they have been trying to get their lands back but its very difficult for the government to give it back to them (I'm not sure why). It's not fair to blame our current generation because out ancestors stole their land. I do however think we need to respect them and their beliefs.
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Old 11-28-2013, 08:55 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Lol @ anyone tryna make me feel guilty. Added to the list of losers who want white straight males to feel guiltynlol

Worked all day. Client went home. Went to coworkers family dinner. Backwoods racist types. Accepted well with my shaved head and long beard lol. Great food today
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Old 11-28-2013, 09:57 PM   #59 (permalink)
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No thanks. I'm neither frivolous with my money, nor guilty for someone else's actions.
I was just kidding, man.

(but we are hitting the casino Saturday.)
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I was just kidding, man.

(but we are hitting the casino Saturday.)
I wasn't kidding, so there you go. Now you know something about me regardless of your intention. Yay!
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