Why do you Americans insist on celebrating Thanksgiving a month late?

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   Greek Oneposted 13 years ago

   Everyone knows that the real Thanksgiving always falls on the second Monday of October, as is celebrated up here in Canada.
   
   You guys are left to consume our excess, second rate birds...
   
   
   
   
   ... and have only 1 month to properly digest your meals so as to make room for Christmas egg nog, cookies, lard cakes, and such and such

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      mary615posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I wish we could give thanks in the Spring.  Thanksgiving is just too close to Christmas.   Even if we celebrated it the second Monday in Oct. as you do, it's still too close for me.

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         Greek Oneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         you can't have it in the spring.. Easter is in the spring...
         
         plusm if you dont have it in the fall, then all you have is Halloween candy to keep you going until Christmas
         
         

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   Cagsilposted 13 years ago

   What difference does it make?

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   Uninvited Writerposted 13 years ago

   You guys have a month of eating

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      Sally's Troveposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Moving to Canada might help my diet plan. This is too-rich-food season.

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   janesixposted 13 years ago

   Lard cakes? That sounds appetizing.

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      shoganposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Yeah, kind of undermined his whole argument, huh?

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         Greek Oneposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         that's actually my own personal tradition.
         
         coming from citizens of the country that created donuts.. i don't think you should judge

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            shoganposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Judging others is a big part of being American.  First you want to take away our guns, now this.

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   paradigmsearchposted 13 years ago

   
   I'm not exactly sure what is going on there..., but I've decided that I want nothing to do with it. -paradigmsearch

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      shoganposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      That's the Canadian version of Thanksgiving, naturally. 

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         paradigmsearchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         Greek One is going to get you for that...

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            paradigmsearchposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            In fact, the entire U.S. is now doomed!

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            shoganposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Uh, I've seen what he does with turkeys, so I'm going to go offline for a while.

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