happy thinksgiving!

[cali]

happy thankgiving for all the other canadians here!

[binka_nugget]

Happy turkey day!

[Nomilynn]

Have a good one! Is anyone doing anything special? I'm going to my aunt's house tomorrow after work

[binka_nugget]

I'm just going to take it easy and if I must, do some homework.

[aly]

I'm not Canadian, but I think I'll celebrate anyway

[primabella]

Happy Thanksgiving

I don't do anything special. We're probably going to have a chicken at supper (not even turkey) and we'll say grace out loud.

[bluekat]

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving. I think we're just going out to eat tomorrow night.

[Cataholic]

Well, well, well, if it isn't a early thanksgiving for our Canadian friends...I am curious about the holiday in Canada. To me, and I think generally to Americans, Thanksgiving is kind of a major deal. I put it as the second biggest holiday, Christmas is first, then T-day, followed by, Easter, than, one of the three summer holidays..Mem, 4th, and Labor day.

How big is it in Canada? What is a typical feast? (won't I feel stupid when I realize it is the same as us..turkey, stuffing, crancrap, rolls, pies, and pecan tarts (that last one is just my family alone...he he).

[tatsxxx11]

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends and their families and critters! Hope, in the spirit of the holiday, the furry ones will also partake in the grand repast! What are the origins of your holiday? What foods are traditional?? I believe it was Abraham Lincoln who proclaimed the last Thurs. in Nov. be set aside for "giving thanks" in the U.S...can't remember the year...1865??

Cataholic..."Crancrap???" ROTFLOL!! The pilgrims are twirling in their graves! (I know, they didn't eat "crancrap!")

I live in the home of the original Thanksgiving! Actually it's Plymouth, MA, just a bit away, but the Pilgrims DID land on Cape Cod first!! lol! Here's it's a major, major deal! Some years we celebrate by attending an "original feast," put on at Plimoth Plantation, the first home of the Pilgirms! No stuffing or string bean casserole though...not authentic

[binka_nugget]

Around here, thanksgiving isn't a huge deal but of course, it's still celebrated. My family used to get together every thanksgiving for a big feast with all my cousins, aunts, uncles, and all the dogs. But a few years ago, our family kind of went through some rough times that resulted in half the family not talking to the other half. *shrugs*

Crancrap eh? Yep, we have that too lol. When we got together, we usually had Turkey, "crancrap", yams, stuffing, veggies, gravy, and a whole bunch of other goodies.

[cali]

lol yes about the same as the states but its not that big a deal here, ya go home have some checken, or turkey and crancrap, and potatos, then a nice yummy desert! at my house we have a jello triffle(jellyroll cake base, jello and whipped cream)

[rg_girlca]

Happy Thanksgiving to you too Cali and all the other Canadians here.

Yes Cataholic we basically have all the same trimmings as you, except pecan tarts, we have pumpkin pie with whipped cream.
Mind you i've never heard of cranberry referred to as crancrap before. LOL Must remember that one though for when my sons come over for turkey dinner tomorrow.

"Hey guys, anyone for CRANCRAP."
Has a certain ring to it, don't ya think?

[Cataholic]

Please, all, except my apologizes for the irreverent use of the word "crancrap". I hate all the stuff, unless it is what I make, which is FANTASTIC... and, even without being asked, I am sharing the recipe...


2 bags of whole frozen cranberries, into the food processor, and whirred a minute. Add about 1 cup of chunk pineapple, maybe 2 cans of mandarin oranges, and a cut up granny smith apple or two. Whir another minute. Add about 8 packets of sweet and low (or, if cancer is worrying you, 1 cup of sugar). Whir again.

Wa'la...very tasty cranberry relish!

[mugsy]

Happy Thanksgiving to the Canadians!!

Jo, the Pilgrims didn't eat Crancrap either...no sugar so they were too tart. They also ate more eel than they did turkey and they didn't have sweet potatoes or mashed potatoes because they hadn't been brought to America yet. How disappointing is THAT!?

Enjoy your Thanksgiving guys....ours is coming....

[Crikit]

Happy Gobble Gobble everyone. We're having some Turkey tomorrow with our typical fixin's ie. turkey, mashed potatos, peas, carrots, cranberry sauce (mom has the cranberries cooling by the window) brussel sprouts, yams, brocolli caserole and other such nummies ooo and home made pie.

Other then the Turkey though my family doesn't do all that much, depending on what's happening in our lifes we have some friends and extended family over for supper but we aren't doing that this year.