Nan&D
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Thanks...giving
Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone.
Time for friends, family, and food....
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gnukid
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?Merry Christmas?
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Barry A.
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HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY (tomorrow)
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Nan&
Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone.
Time for friends, family, and food....
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I think she's referring to Canadian Thanksgiving.
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
| Quote: | Originally posted by Nan&
Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone.
Time for friends, family, and food....
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I think she's referring to Canadian Thanksgiving. |
2nd Monday in October.
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shari
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I give thanks to Nan & D for hosting an amazing Thanksgiving (canuck) dinner complete with all the fixings...and celebrating Izaak's first
birthday too...great party compas!!! And a happy turkey day to all our paisanos up north...any snow yet? hahahahaha
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EmeraldDawn
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Say how come Canada gets its own thanksgiving - it ain't even a state?
(just kiddin')
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EmeraldDawn
Say how come Canada gets its own thanksgiving - it ain't even a state?
(just kiddin') |
Fact is, they're in a better "State" than we are.
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Leo
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Thanksgiving here all right. Except for my wife is having a hard time with the 'probe' in the turkey. Wish she had figured this new oven out a little
earlier then today.
The grass is always greener....
and so, there is always a better spot in Baja
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
| Quote: | Originally posted by EmeraldDawn
Say how come Canada gets its own thanksgiving - it ain't even a state?
(just kiddin') |
Fact is, they're in a better "State" than we are.
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-----largely because they allow "drill, drill, drill", or some variation of it. Commodities are the name of the profitable-game in Canada so yes,
they are in better shape than we are. (Duh)
We could learn from them---------I say HAPPY THANKGIVING to our savy northern neighbor.
Barry
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Tiomiguel
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Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians down there. Shari, our weather in Ontario is pretty good, we went sailing Saturday and Sunday a nice walk on the
beach. The water is about 67 degrees and many were swimming yesterday in the 75 degree beautiful sunny weather. No sign of snow yet.
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Bajahowodd
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| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
| Quote: | Originally posted by EmeraldDawn
Say how come Canada gets its own thanksgiving - it ain't even a state?
(just kiddin') |
Fact is, they're in a better "State" than we are.
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I actually had to chuckle at that, Ed.
Although not wishing to get into a big riff on it, for the most part, you are correct. Just look at healthcare, por ejemplo. All the horror stories
that are splashed over the internet usually involve folks looking to get "IMMEDIATE" care for stuff that would be considered in any country as
optional.
And here, for all to view, is a list of Canadian celebrities. I'm willing to bet that many of you will be surprised at how many folks you watch in
movies and on TV are not US born. But alas, those light-skinned aliens who speak impeccable English....
Maybe ask yourself just who has made the greater contribution to our lives, versus what they took out.
Mexicans have slaved in the fields. They have sweated in the kitchens. They have mowed the lawns, and cleaned the pools. And they have taken little
back.
http://www.imdb.com/list/k6wtVKvS28w/
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Nan&D
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Thanks giving Monday. Often a sweet and bitter day.
Here, morning walk, boat motor repairs, visiting an ill amigo, meeting his shining young baby son, boogie-boarding, visiting with a new amiga and
trying to explain how this is a thanks giving for all instead of gracias por Dios, and ultimately Leftovers.
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redmesa
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Many friends and family here on a rainy blustery day eating a true cornucopia of food...turkey with all the fixings and strawberry rhubarb and pumpkin
pie. It was a good time had by all. Now it is recovery time with the crossword puzzle and sitting around the wood heater. I feel very thankful for
this generous life and hope all our friends North, South, East and West are finding this day one of goodness and health.
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ohhhhhhhh I wish I had known I could do 2 thanksgivings .... next year I will for sure
giving thanks for all. many thanks.
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krafty
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And that, redmesa, is what it is all about-thanks.
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redmesa
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The origins of the first Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the
Pacific Ocean. Frobisher's Thanksgiving celebration was not for harvest, but for homecoming. He had safely returned from an unsuccessful search for
the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin. In the year 1578, Frobisher held a formal ceremony in
Newfoundland to give thanks for surviving the long journey.[3] Years later, the tradition of a feast would continue as more settlers began to arrive
to the Canadian colonies.[4]
The pilgrims first thanksgiving was 1621 so Canada has a long traditions of thanking.
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shari
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Leo
Thanksgiving here all right. Except for my wife is having a hard time with the 'probe' in the turkey. . |
Here is Sirenita probing the turkey...tia Nancy taught her how to make gravy...still eating leftovers today...yum yum
after the party revellers went home Izaak relaxed with a nightcap for his first birthday.
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SiReNiTa
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Oh my...must I question my parenting skills?? How did I not notice this part!
Thanks Nan& for an AMAZING dinner and good times with all of you great
friends, it was a night to remember for sure!
And of course little Izaak made the best of the evening, opening presents and smearing creamy caramel cake all over mommy's blouse...and his
hair....and face....need I say more?
Live life as well as you can,
don\'t regret the things that once made you smile,
learn from your mistakes,
and thank God for every second he gives you upon this earth.
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Http://BajaScents.Scentsy.com.mx
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| Quote: | Originally posted by redmesa
The origins of the first Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the
Pacific Ocean. Frobisher's Thanksgiving celebration was not for harvest, but for homecoming. He had safely returned from an unsuccessful search for
the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin. In the year 1578, Frobisher held a formal ceremony in
Newfoundland to give thanks for surviving the long journey.[3] Years later, the tradition of a feast would continue as more settlers began to arrive
to the Canadian colonies.[4]
The pilgrims first thanksgiving was 1621 so Canada has a long traditions of thanking. |
News Flash: 'Pushy Canucks beat Yanks to the banquet table.'
"Hoo-boy....That means the first Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated 43 years before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Well, they don't get by with 'jumping the gun' in a hockey game. " 
Canadian Thanksgiving - Official Holiday
Back in the day, for a few hundred years, Canada’s Thanksgiving was celebrated in either late October or early November, before it was declared a
national holiday in 1879. It was then, that November 6th was set aside as the official Thanksgiving holiday.
But then on January 31, 1957, Canadian Parliament proclaimed that on the second Monday in October, Thanksgiving would be "a day of general
thanksgiving to almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed."
Thanksgiving was moved to the second Monday in October because after the World Wars, Remembrance Day (November 11th) and Thanksgiving kept falling in
the same week and there was just too much La Batt's celebrating going on for most sober Canucks.
Canadian Thanksgiving – Just over The 49th Parallel
Another reason for Canadian Thanksgiving arriving earlier than its American counterpart is that Canada is geographically further north than the United
States…well, duh?..… causing the Canadian harvest season to arrive earlier than the American harvest season…because it’s sooo far north!
And since Thanksgiving for Canadians is more about giving thanks for the harvest season than the arrival of illegal pilgrims without
tourist visas, it makes sense to celebrate the holiday in October.
So what are the differences between Canadian and American Thanksgiving, other than the date?.... Not much!
Both Canadians and Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with parades, family gatherings, pumpkin pie and a whole lot of turkey!
So, Nomads…..What will you be doing to celebrate the 'American' and/or Mexican Thanksgivings this year?
Got any family traditions that you're looking forward to?
As for me....I'm gonna try 'dressing' this turkey. 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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