Posted: 8/29/2015 10:18:20 AM EDT
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I have a question for the bagged milk people about Canadian Thanksgiving....
Is this holiday an all weekend thing? My wife has family members, an Aunt and Uncle, who can't attend a family event do to Canadian Thanksgiving. I see the date listed is Monday, but the event is Oct. 10. My wife is curious about this holiday of yours....  Thanks for any replies regarding your special day!
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It's however important they make it. Our family just gets together for supper if we aren't farming. Usually we don't take it as seriously as the Americans. You have a point there. Since my wife is American we celebrate both Thanksgivings and we have more company for the US holiday than the Canadian edition. She makes a big deal out of it and I really don't mind, neither do the folks we have over , they love the patriotism and football and food. I think American Thanksgiving is a bigger deal than Christmas, maybe because of the elongated holiday but I may be wrong. |
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Quoted: You have a point there. Since my wife is American we celebrate both Thanksgivings and we have more company for the US holiday than the Canadian edition. She makes a big deal out of it and I really don't mind, neither do the folks we have over , they love the patriotism and football and food. I think American Thanksgiving is a bigger deal than Christmas, maybe because of the elongated holiday but I may be wrong. Quoted: Quoted: It's however important they make it. Our family just gets together for supper if we aren't farming. Usually we don't take it as seriously as the Americans. You have a point there. Since my wife is American we celebrate both Thanksgivings and we have more company for the US holiday than the Canadian edition. She makes a big deal out of it and I really don't mind, neither do the folks we have over , they love the patriotism and football and food. I think American Thanksgiving is a bigger deal than Christmas, maybe because of the elongated holiday but I may be wrong. My personal experience has been that American Thanksgiving is often for getting together with the extended family (grandparents, aunts/uncles, cousins, etc.) and Christmas is usually more the nuclear family with maybe visits to the grandparents. So in some ways Thanksgiving can be a bigger deal as it can almost be a mini family reunion kind of thing. |