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Old 11-21-2007, 12:13 AM   #1
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As Thanksgiving nears...

I'm curious whether or not countries aside from the U.S. have a similar holiday. The background to the day would be obviously different, but do any of you in other countries have a day dedicated to being thankful?
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Old 11-21-2007, 12:57 AM   #2
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Being thankful for invading their territory, raping their women and stealing their homeland from them?

I wonder.
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Old 11-21-2007, 02:33 AM   #3
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Yeah. We kicked their cannibal asses and took it. So we'll have a holiday. Fuck them.

I've been listening to that tragic noble savage dreck all my life and I've about had enough of it. It's a harvest festival for chrissakes. The seeds we planted grew good. We have enough to eat, yay lets have a party and eat until we throw up!

That's all. It has nothing whatsoever to do with native americans in any way shape or form, other than the fact that there were a couple in attendance.
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Old 11-21-2007, 04:11 AM   #4
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I know Canadia has one. (October? September? Something like that)

Boyfriend in Birmingham UK says they really don't. (He might be coming for Xmas and will be getting my turkey then.)
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Old 11-21-2007, 10:12 AM   #5
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ClancyBoy... um, we had a bad harvest that year, the Native Americans helped us out...
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Old 11-21-2007, 10:32 AM   #6
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Sorry clancy, but Hebi is right on this one.

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Old 11-21-2007, 11:16 AM   #7
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Well...
England has Guy Fawkes night. Where they celebrate the preservation of parliament by burning effigies of Guy Fawkes which look very similar to the pope. Right up there with the orange marches, I guess. Man, ya gotta love those English anti-Catholic celebrations...

I think most Europeans are more into celebrating Spring when it comes around as throughout history most Europeans used to starve from Autumn to March.
I guess they might have tried a "Celebrate the benevolent monarch day", but I can quite imagine it didn't quite take off.
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England has Guy Fawkes night. Where they celebrate the preservation of parliament by burning effigies of Guy Fawkes which look very similar to the pope. Right up there with the orange marches, I guess. Man, ya gotta love those English anti-Catholic celebrations...

I think most Europeans are more into celebrating Spring when it comes around as throughout history most Europeans used to starve from Autumn to March.
I guess they might have tried a "Celebrate the benevolent monarch day", but I can quite imagine it didn't quite take off.
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