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Date Posted: 03:10:59 11/28/02 Thu
Author: Anne
Subject: Re: Happy Thanksgiving To You All!
In reply to: LisaE 's message, "Re: Happy Thanksgiving To You All!" on 00:08:55 11/28/02 Thu

Happy Thanksgiving to you all in America. I hadn't known before but going by Lisa E's post (who I'm sure is Canadian) I gather that Thanksgiving isn't celebrated in Canada too? PLEASE forgive my ignorance! I had just never thought about it before. To all my US friends - does Thanksgiving mean you get to eat roast turkey now and again at Christmas?? Now I call that lucky!

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[> [> [> To Kangaroo Gal -- Kanadian Kim, 10:25:56 11/28/02 Thu

Yes, we do have Thanksgiving here in Canada, but ours is the second Monday in October. I'm not entirely sure why, but I have always believed it to be that way since our harvest is earlier (although this year the weather is really warm right now and the farmers are out in the fields getting crops off as I write this).

I think the menu is more-or-less the same though: roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pies, that kind of thing. My husband and I have ex-pat friends in the States who celebrate both Canadian AND American Thanksgivings. Guess when you're homesick, you'll do anything to alleviate it, including eating turkey three months in a row.

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[> [> [> [> Re: To Kangaroo Gal -- Anne, 21:18:36 11/28/02 Thu

Thanks for clearing that up for me Kim! I think all you people who get to have roast turkey twice not too far apart are pretty lucky!

Ann, at Christmas we have roast turkey and ham as well (yum!) A lot of Australian families have a seafood lunch. BBQ's and picnics and beach gatherings are also popular here at Christmas time because of the hot weather. Personally, I like the traditional big lunch at home with the whole family. I envy people who get to experience a White Christmas. How glorious that must be!!

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