Thanksgiving...Canadian style...

[Mark in Oshawa]

Well to my fellow Canadians, Schmenke, Easy, Civic, Edv, Chamoo and the rest....I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving weekend. Enjoy the start of hockey season, some last vestiges of great Indian Summer weather (forecast in my part of the country is 20 C and sunny) and truly do give thanks for living in a great nation.

For those of you who don't know why Canadians do Thanksgiving now...or the whole concept, well it is really simple. The Americans celebrate it a month before Christmas because that is when their harvest ends. We Canadians gave up on this plan since the weather often sucks big time in November in most parts of the country.

If you don't know what Thanksgiving is, it is the celebration of the harvest being over, and giving thanks for living in a great and wonderful new world and giving thanks for the bounty and health you have. The natives who taught this to early pioneers on this shore obviously had more wisdom than this..but this is their legacy....

[edv]

Same to you Mark.
Been eating pumpkin pie all week already!

[schmenke]

Thanks Mark! Forecast is for 21 C today, but a little chillier for tomorrow.
Yes, in a troubled world there is still much to give thanks for. A great nation to enjoy, and a wonderful wife and two beautiful daughters that I have been blessed with

Hope you and the other Canucks have a great weekend (I'm fortunate to have the day off today ). Take care and "soyez sage"

Oh, and although my teams had a shakey start last night, I am looking forward to another season of the "coolest game on earth" .

[Eki]

What do you eat on Canadian Thanksgiving? Canadian Goose?

[Easy Drifter]

Thanks Mark. My ex and I went for a colour tour on Mon. This is for Cdns. who know the Muskoka area. Up 400 to 169 to 118 through Port Carling, to Bracebridge, old #11 to Gravenhurst, 169 to Bala, good fish and chips at Chippers in Bala and then on 169 to 400, took Big Chute road and then back way to Orillia and 12 back to where Judy stays. 5 hours and fantastic colours.
Yesterday old friend, racer and car builder Gord Green was over so back to Bala only took 38 from 400. I think every 2nd building in the Mohawk reserve was a smoke shack! Chippers for lunch again. County 13 from Torrance (what a paved rally road) and then back way to Coldwater and back to Judy's for an afternoon campfire. We know all the back roads from our days in the tree stump business.
Best year for ages for colours. Peak this weekend up here.
Eki: Mostly Turkey or Ham and Pumkin Pie are the main traditional items.
Could have had a couple of Partridge yesterday if we had had a gun. Sitting right on the road on 13. Minor detail it is illegal to shoot on the road.
Actually quite a few hunters out along 13.

[Eki]

Eki: Mostly Turkey or Ham and Pumkin Pie are the main traditional items.
Could have had a couple of Partridge yesterday if we had had a gun. Sitting right on the road on 13. Minor detail it is illegal to shoot on the road.
Actually quite a few hunters out along 13.

So no Canadian Goosebumpkin pie then.

[Easy Drifter]

Nope. They are not in season yet, although there are far too many of them.
We have for the first time a wild Turkey fall hunt. Re-introduction was almost too successful. Actually it was in parts of Ont. and they are doing a lot of crop dammage. That is why the fall hunt.

[A.F.F.]

Wonder why we don't have thanksgiving in Finland? Could it be we don't have anything for giving thanks ?

[Tazio]

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