Thanks Giving Day

[jakejiang]

let us share sth about thanks giving day!

[chalky 4]

Lets put 100% import tax on all Chinese goods instead.

[wetdog]

~~~~ the yanks and their thanksgiving day

mick.

[ChelseaBun]

is this what that black friday is all about?

Americans are quite the confusing bunch

[Shady]

no cb, black friday is the day where we traditionally spend most money online, thanksgiving is the yanks celebrating the massacre of the native americans

[ChelseaBun]

ahh okay, i new what thanksgiving was, just unsure if the two were linked

[quibbler]

something about pocchihantus or stuff with involved too

[Captin]

thanksgiving is the yanks celebrating the massacre of the native americans

Not quite correct.

It's actually to celebrate the end of the harvest, and the native Americans also celebrated the same thing, although the "white man" brought the celebration over from Europe.

Thanksgiving in North America had originated from a mix of European and Native traditions. Typically in Europe, festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest, and to rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community.At the time, Native Americans had also celebrated the end of a harvest season. When Europeans first arrived to the Americas, they brought with them their own harvest festival traditions from Europe, celebrating their safe voyage, peace and good harvest. Though the origins of the holiday in both Canada and the United States are similar, Americans do not typically celebrate the contributions made in Newfoundland, while Canadians do not celebrate the contributions made in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition traces its origins to a 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. There is also evidence for an earlier celebration on the continent by Spanish explorers in Texas at San Elizario in 1598, as well as thanksgiving feasts in the Virginia Colony. The initial thanksgiving observance at Virginia in 1619 was prompted by the colonists' leaders on the anniversary of the settlement. The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. In later years, the tradition was continued by civil leaders such as Governor Bradford who planned a thanksgiving celebration and fast in 1623. While initially, the Plymouth colony did not have enough food to feed half of the 102 colonists, the Wampanoag Native Americans helped the Pilgrims by providing seeds and teaching them to fish. The practice of holding an annual harvest festival like this did not become a regular affair in New England until the late 1660s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanks_Giving

[racin-snake]

Not quite correct.

It's actually to celebrate the end of the harvest, and the native Americans also celebrated the same thing, although the "white man" brought the celebration over from Europe.

over whos head did shadys post go


yup captin ...right above your's hit the nail right on the cap

[Captin]

over whos head did shadys post go


yup captin ...right above your's hit the nail right on the cap

So basically what you are saying is that Thanks Giving IS all about "yanks" killing Native Americans.

Don't know what history books you read.

[Kalipo]

Not being funny.. but who actually cares if its thanksgiving..

Nothing to do with me, dont know the reasons for thanksgiving and i cant be bothered to read up on it..

I am british not american..

jeeze cant wait for st patricks day

[Captin]

I am british not american..

Thanks giving is not American, it's European, which is where it originated, just like Halloween actually originated in Scotland.

[Shady]

who cares? we dont celebrate it, its over for those who DO celebrate it.. its stupid.

[Captin]

who cares? we dont celebrate it, its over for those who DO celebrate it.. its stupid.

Actually the British do celebrate it, it's called the Harvest Festival same as it's called all over Europe.

The British just don't make as big a fuss over it as the Americans do. But they still have activities in Church and schools.

In Britain, thanks have been given for successful harvests since pagan times. Harvest festival is traditionally held on the Sunday near or of the Harvest Moon. This is the full Moon that occurs closest to the autumn equinox (about Sept. 23). In two years out of three, the Harvest Moon comes in September, but in some years it occurs in October. The celebrations on this day usually include singing hymns, praying, and decorating churches with baskets of fruit and food in the festival known as Harvest Festival, Harvest Home or Harvest Thanksgiving.
In British, and English Caribbean churches, chapels and schools and some Canadian churches, people bring in produce from the garden, the allotment or farm. The food is often distributed among the poor and senior citizens of the local community, or used to raise funds for the church, or charity.
In the USA, many churches also bring in food from the garden or farm in order to celebrate the harvest. The festival is set for a specific day and has become a national holiday known as Thanksgiving which falls on the fourth Thursday in November. In both Canada and the USA it has also become a national secular holiday with religious origins, but in Britain it is both a Church festival giving thanks to God for the harvest, and a more secular festival remembered in schools.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvest_festival

[ChelseaBun]

Actually the British do celebrate it, it's called the Harvest Festival same as it's called all over Europe.

is that where you used to take tins of stuff from your cupboard into school to give to old folks?



Cause they've stopped that now...