Happy Thanksgiving ....

[bubbatd]

........ to all our Canadian friends !!!

 

[Zoom]

Ditto!

I so cannot wait for Am. Thanksgiving...it's the best holiday food wise, especially in my family...I'm starting to drool just thinking about it. It's almost become a family custom to not really eat more than salads or other light things for two days prior, just so you have that much room/spare calories....

 

[yuckaduck]

Thank you---now what am I thankful for

1] good friends
2] sort of healthy family { we all have the darn cold that is going around}
3] good friends here at chazhound
4] good food that Marc is making
5] my freedom
6] everything good and bad in my life, because everything makes us grow stronger.




Thanks for thinking of us, very kind of you!

 

[Dakotah_2009]

Happy Thanksgiving You Canadians!
Awww I'm Thankful To Have You As A Friend Yucka...even Tho My Thanksgiving Isn't Till Next Month But Thats Just For Ahead Of Time. I Luvs Ya Yucka!!!

 

[AmberwayGSD]

Thank you.I love extra food yeah.Leftovers yum lol.Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

 

[Zoom]

Thank you---now what am I thankful for

1] good friends
2] sort of healthy family { we all have the darn cold that is going around}
3] good friends here at chazhound
4] good food that Marc is making
5] my freedom
6] everything good and bad in my life, because everything makes us grow stronger.




Thanks for thinking of us, very kind of you!

I notice the dogs didn't make the list...did they abscond with the stuffing?

 

[Sirius]

Hmm, yes. Today is Thanksgiving isn't it? Oh who am i kidding, TURKEY!!!
I am so thankful for the dogs and kitties, and Oh yes, turkey, did I metion Turkey?

 

[yuckaduck]

I notice the dogs didn't make the list...did they abscond with the stuffing?

Right now I am not sure how thankful to be of the dogs. ROFL
Storm who is not house trained peed on Lily's puzzle, of course that upset Lily. They only have 10 puzzles but of course the one they could not play with was the one they wanted. Then he peed in his crate, he is very accustomed to sleeping in his own waste from the kennel, so really cannot blame him. They were so dirty at the kennel, so he may be a bit of a challenge to train but oh well he will learn.

Yukon was good boy this morning but I swear when we crated Storm for a short period of time, Yukon was laughing at him. Sure seemed like it anyway.

Really I am very happy and proud of both of the dogs they are both well behaved. No one can complain about Storm because no one ever bothered to teach him anything at all. In my opinion he is doing extremely well, after only one week of being in a house. Poor dog you can tell he really has no clue about inside life but he really seems to enjoy coming in so I am sure with time, patience and consistancey he will learn. We are willing to put the time in and when we adopted him we knew he would have a few issues, that he was not trained and judging by all the kennels; the dogs were very use to sleeping in their own waste.

So Yes I am thankful for my dogs!

 

[IcePrincesss17]

Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating today!!!!!

I must admit, I can't wait until Thanksgiving because it is absolutley my most FAVORITE holiday!!!!!!

Mmmmmmm.....Turkey........mmmmm....

 

[akemi_hikari]

So, me being the English girl living in Canada for a year and wanting to go home now, can someone explain to me exactly what Thanks Giving is? Where it come from? Whats it for? I guess to give thanks obviously but.. it doesn't really mean anything to me since we Brits don't celebrate it.

I know theres like pumpkin pie which I just tried for the first time in my life and EEW

I'm thankful for the fact I had the opportunity to experience life in another country, especially one as beautiful and as full of friendliness as Canada. I'm thankful that I'm going home to be with the most important person in the world to me, I'm thankful that I have people to go back to and that they are happy to have us back.

And most of all, I am thankful for tiny little cute fluffy gorgeous puppies. And dogs too. Cos they are just as cute.



Happy Thanksgiving anyway all of you!

 

[yuckaduck]

Ask and ye shall recieve

A Canadian Thanksgiving

The Canadian Thanksgiving makes an interesting counterpoint to the holiday celebrated by its southern neighbor. As mentioned earlier, the first North American thanksgiving event occurred in Newfoundland in 1578. In the 1600s, Samuel de Champlain and the French Settlers who came with him established an "Order of Good Cheer." This group would hold huge celebrations marking the harvests and other events, sharing their food with Native American neighbours.

The First Canadian Thanksgiving
The first Canadian Thanksgiving was celebrated on April 15, 1872 in thanks for the recovery of the future King Edward VII from a serious illness. The next Thanksgiving didn't occur until 1879 when it was celebrated on a Thursday in November.

Setting a Date
Much like the United States, Canada seemed to have a difficult time deciding when a day of Thanksgiving should occur. From 1879 to 1898 it was celebrated on a Thursday in November; from 1899 to 1907 on a Thursday in October (except in 1901 and 1904 when it was celebrated on a Thursday in November); from 1908 to 1921 on a Monday in October; and between 1922 and 1930 the Armistice Day Act declared that Thanksgiving would be celebrated on Armistice Day, the Monday of November 11. In 1931 the Act was amended and the old practice of Parliament declaring a day of Thanksgiving each year was resumed.

On January 31, 1957 Parliament issued a proclamation to fix permanently the second Monday in October as "a day of general Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed."

Much like the United States' Thanksgiving Day, the Canadian celebration includes parades and festive meals, often including turkey and all the "fixins." Yet, again, at the heart of the celebration is the idea of giving thanks for the goodness of the season past.

THis is what thanksgiving is and what it means!

 

[yuckaduck]

This is one other persons explaination

History and Origin of Canadian Thanksgiving

In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.

The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay.

At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their Indian neighbours.

After the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.

During the American Revolution, Americans who remained loyal to England moved to Canada where they brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. There are many similarities between the two Thanksgivings such as the cornucopia and the pumpkin pie.

Eventually in 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years many dates were used for Thanksgiving, the most popular was the 3rd Monday in October. After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11th occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.

Finally, on January 31st, 1957, Parliament 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.

 

[Sirius]

Long STory short: Pilgrims have dinner with Aboriginals, we all celebrate.