I did not intend to write a post on Canadian Thanksgiving. However, John from John's Island emailed me and asked if the Canadian Thanksgiving was similar to the American Thanksgiving. I accidentally deleted John's email so that's why I'm posting on Canadian Thanksgiving.
There, I got that off my chest!
Our thanksgiving is quite similar to an American Thanksgiving. We have the traditional turkey dinner and all the trimmings. Potato, sweet potato, gravy, veggies, stuffing, aspic , a couple of salads, cranberries. So see the meal is similar.
We have a few traditional football match ups to watch.
Now traditions are changing and changing fast. In my case my kids are away. We've given up the whole turkey business because there's just the two of us but we still have the other part of the meal. So many people are separated and many people don't have the traditional meal. Some people don't cook that much and would never attempt the major feast.
When I was still on the farm we had a huge meal but it had to fit in with the harvest. If we were still harvesting well no big meal. It was out on the combine. Then when harvesting was done we would have our big meal.
The most important thing is to think about things and what we should be thankful for. We live in a very special country that tries to follow social justice for all.
We are still trying to be a country like yours, but so far, our leadership and his supporters seem to have forgotten what it means to be a great country.
ReplyDeleteWe have a turkey and trimmings at our family Thanksgivings, but it's beginning to feel like a lot of work.
I remember being in Egypt with four tour members who were from Canada and they said it was Thanksgiving which surprised me since it was October.
The dinner here is beginning to be a lot of work. I don't like turkey that much.
DeleteRed, the essence of your post is in the last paragraph.
ReplyDeleteWhether we live in a country that celebrates Thanksgiving or not, we should be thankful if we have people in our country who try to uphold the idea of social justice for everyone.
Alphie
It's an ideal to aim for.
Delete...you folks are a lot smarter than here in the US, your Thanksgiving comes over a month earlier than ours. I like that! Our three children and five grandchildren live near us. This year we are have three friends from Germany with us for the holiday. Red enjoy your special time.
ReplyDeleteThanks. Thanksgiving does feel special.
DeleteI note that Canada's Thanksgiving Day is on October 14th. I hope that you and your Yorkshire lass have a lovely meal. Perhaps you can invite a couple of homeless guys round to share your table. Then you will be able to justify a roast turkey again.
ReplyDeleteWe got the turkey cut in pieces so will have about a quarter of a small turkey.
DeleteThat pretty much sums it up.
ReplyDeleteMy hubby doesn't like turkey, as he had to kill the chickens on the farm as a kid. We usually do him a ham.
The Micro Manager really likes turkey. I don't.
DeleteYou are right, the most important part of the holiday is the pausing to give thanks for what we have. I think the Canadian holiday is similar to your neighbor to the south, but with much less commercialism. :-)
ReplyDeleteHey, there's lots of commercialism here too. They don't close any stores!
DeleteThat does sound very similar to the American version. We don't do a turkey either -- not for just two of us -- but if we have friends coming over obviously we'll cook a bigger meal. Sweet potatoes are my fave!
ReplyDeleteI like the salads...jellied salads!
DeleteYour Thanksgiving sounds like ours, no turkey but lots of other yummy stuff, and our gratitude for all of it.
ReplyDeleteI really like the salads. I like azpic.
DeleteI enjoyed hearing about your Thanksgiving and yes, it is much like ours only earlier. And I agree with you about the important part being remembering all we have to be thankful for!
ReplyDeleteSadly, Thanksgiving used to be a much bigger deal.
DeleteYour thanksgiving sounds grand. Here it is just the two of us too so we just have a smaller version of the meal.
ReplyDeleteI asked my English born wife if they had Thanksgiving in England. She couldn't remember.
DeleteI've wondered too if your Thanksgiving is like ours. Sounds much the same. Seems like the older I get the harder it is to get the meal together. It's a job but worth it when all the family is here.
ReplyDeleteThe meal is a lot of work.
DeleteWe don't make nearly as big a deal of it as the Americans.
ReplyDeleteI don't particularly cook, but I'll pick up a pie today or tomorrow.
Yes, there is more to the American Thanksgiving.
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving ... soon! Who needs turkey anyway? In my opinion, all that’s needed is a couple kinds of pie and I’m very thankful!
ReplyDeleteThanks .Yes, I like pie! I like the rest of the stuff too.
DeleteHi Red! Wow, thanks for answering my question. I’ve been doing some traveling, part of it in Canada and so my reason for asking. Also the reason I’ve been a bit out-of-touch. Happy Thanksgiving to you and the family. John
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Red and your Micromanager :)
ReplyDeleteIn spite of that fact that our country is not starring in social justice right now, we should still have plenty to be thankful for when Thanksgiving rolls around here in the USA.
ReplyDeleteThanks . We spend too much time in the stores for Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving! I had to look up aspic...interesting! No pie...we always have pie:)
ReplyDeleteHello, Happy Thanksgiving Red! It is a time to be grateful for what we have, we tend to overdo the food. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteYes, we do live in an incredible country. I am so thankful for that! We don't do anything really special anymore for Thanksgiving. We're empty nesters, so meals are smaller and some celebrations are quieter.
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy Thanksgiving, Red to you and your wife. here it is also just the two of us and while we like turkey, especially leftovers, we won't be cooking on our holiday in Nov. Instead we will meet up with family in PA and all go out to dinner so everyone can enjoy with no one working, but of course, no leftovers. That said, we will cook a turkey dinner with our favorite side dishes and desserts and invite friends over to share the meal. When we lived in VA, we would do this for many holidays because other friends also did not have family close by. We never went out shopping and still don't.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving Red. There is a lot to be thankful for in our country.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving dear Red
ReplyDeletethis is sweet of you to give post for accidentally deleted email from friend
yes with time traditions are being treated with different attitude here either
i think this is so lovely to have memories belonging to life when you were at farm :)