It's Columbus Day for everyone but me! LOL!

[Jughead P. Jones]

Here's hoping that all you are having a happy Columbus Day!

Unfortunately, in Canada, we're celebrating Thanksgiving, so we miss out on the whole Columbus Day experience.

Not that I'm complaining, of course.

Have a great day!

[Snowflake]

It's a good excuse for a holiday, one that I never get off work because I work in a law office. If I worked in a bank or the post office, yeah, I'd get the day.

A good excuse to have pasta for dinner, though!

What is the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada? Forgive my ignorant question, but I don't know the history of it.

[wendybeth]

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Let me see...the traditional Canadian feast is probably Canadian bacon pizza and LaBatts, right?

[Snowflake]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Let me see...the traditional Canadian feast is probably Canadian bacon pizza and LaBatts, right?

Unless you're in Montreal, then it will be Poutine!

[wendybeth]

Lol! Pine tar and Poutine! (KoL reference there).

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Unless you're in Montreal, then it will be Poutine!

LOL! Actually, I live not too far away from the Ontario/Quebec border (approximately a 2 hour drive from here), so we have poutines here too.

Very tasty things...very bad for cholesterol purposes though, so I can only eat like one a year...but very tasty.

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

Let me see...the traditional Canadian feast is probably Canadian bacon pizza and LaBatts, right?

That's what we eat the other 364 days a year.

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

What is the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada? Forgive my ignorant question, but I don't know the history of it.

I'm not exactly sure of the history behind it, but I'm assuming that it's a similar tale as how Thanksgiving in America came to be. Both are celebrated almost exactly the same way...just six weeks apart.

The reason we celebrate in October is because of climate...as you know, by late November, we're buried in ice and snow , so we have to harvest our stuff earlier so that it doesn't go bad, or get destroyed, or all the wonderful stuff like that.

[RStar]

Originally Posted by Jughead P. Jones

Unfortunately, in Canada, we're celebrating Thanksgiving, so we miss out on the whole Columbus Day experience.

Ya, but Columbus didn't discover your country. But since people already lived here, he really didn't anyway.....

[Jughead P. Jones]

Originally Posted by RStar

Ya, but Columbus didn't discover your country. But since people already lived here, he really didn't anyway.....

I thought Columbus discovered Ohio...