FAO anyone interested.

[stewey]

I'm off to the bar later to give thanks for Thanksgiving. Thanks for the wobbly-pops. (we celebrate it earlier than the folks living "downstairs")......Cheers.

[Bobbisox]

I thought it was in November stewey or is that hust them below you..lol

[stewey]

Yes, bobbi; they celebrate it in the States a lot later than us, and it's also a bigger celebration then here.

[anneasquith]

so what are you lot upstairs giving thanks for ?

[Bobbisox]

well have fun stewey at least you celebrate your country
we don't even have a day for Saint George yet they put a lot of stuff up for Saint Patricks Day

[Bobbisox]

aye who were you made independant from..LOL

[Bobbisox]

srry I mean who are you thanking..lol

[stewey]

I think that we just copied it from the Americans. When, I don't know.

[stewey]

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day (Canadian French: Jour de l'Action de grâce), occurring on the second Monday in October (since 1959), is an annual Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although the original act of Parliament references God and the holiday is celebrated in churches, the holiday is also celebrated in a secular manner.

On January 31, 1957, the Canadian 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. ”

[Bobbisox]

ya lucky buggers..LOL