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Canadian Thanksgiving?

Well what do you know?  Today is Canadian Thanksgiving Day and the above video explains the differences between their day and our November Turkey feast.  In case there was a language barrier while viewing the above, the below video might help:

 

 

 

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John Nolan
John Nolan
Monday, October 14, AD 2013 12:59pm

Well, the Canucks have something to be thankful for. Had they not won the War of 1812 they would have Obama as Head of State, rather than HM the Queen.

Don the Kiwi
Don the Kiwi
Monday, October 14, AD 2013 5:06pm

That first video clip reminded me of my 10 y/o grandchildren discussing pimples.

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Tuesday, October 15, AD 2013 12:03am

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Tito Edwards
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Tuesday, October 15, AD 2013 9:56am

When you say “they”, technically, you’re speaking of the British. “They” were still British subjects back then. So,”they” (the Canadians) really never beat us.

John Nolan
John Nolan
Tuesday, October 15, AD 2013 3:04pm

Tito, so the British beat you. I can live with that. But it’s a bit paradoxical that when Americans fought the British you call them Americans, but when Canadians fought the Americans you call them British.

John Nolan
John Nolan
Tuesday, October 15, AD 2013 4:14pm

Don, the 1812 “war” was marked by incompetence on both sides and was an unwelcome sideshow in a far more important conflict. The US did not achieve its war aims and was technically the loser (as well as sustaining higher casualties). Had it not given a reasonably good account of itself militarily the peace terms at Ghent would have been more punitive, but this hardly counts as a victory.

Penguins Fan
Penguins Fan
Wednesday, October 16, AD 2013 8:21pm

So the British beat us Americans in the War of 1812. Sure they did. The British rampaged over Baltimore after burning down Washington…oh, wait.

Cue Francis Scott Key.

The British took control of Lake Erie…oh, wait.

Cue the monument at Put In Bay, Ohio.

The superior British forces marched through the New Orleans French Quarter…oh, wait.

I’m looking at a $20 bill and the President on it.

When Great Britain thought about recognizing the Confederacy during the Civil War (yes, I’m from the North) Abe Lincoln told the British he would turn his forces north and take Canada. This is from Ken Burns’ series. The British decided the rebels weren’t worth it.

Per the second video…..Americans west of the Allegheny Mountains call it pop, too. It’s pop in Pittsburgh, but go to Harrisbug and they call it “soda”. As if!

Mary De Voe
Thursday, October 17, AD 2013 6:30am

America is the first nation to have Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day must have infiltrated into the Canadian culture by way of the Indians and early settlers.

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