i'm not going anywhere this weekend. kinda a bummer but kinda nice.

let's also make it a chat thread, boss is out today.

i'm staying in tonite, babysitting tomrrow nite, djing sunday and have dinner with the fiance's mom monday.

ohyeah brit's new vid premieres on 20/20 (wtf??) tonite :D

i'm going to get so fucking high and watch that video

quasi is a great band, too

i'm going to get so fucking high and watch that video

samesies

I'm djing too this saturday!

wooo :D

I'm leaving in 45 minutes or so to go up north to our family cottage. We've been going up there for the past 5 years now. Love it.

Should be gorgeous weather up there....74degrees.

Anyway, all Canadians have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!

I really don't understand Canadian Thanksgiving.

History of Thanksgiving in Canada

The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This feast is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving celebration in North America, although celebrating the harvest and giving thanks for a successful bounty of crops had been a long-standing tradition throughout North America by various First Nations and Native American groups. First Nations and Native Americans throughout the Americas, including the Pueblo, Cherokee, Cree and many others organized harvest festivals, ceremonial dances, and other celebrations of thanks for centuries before the arrival of Europeans in North America [2]. Frobisher was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him — Frobisher Bay.

At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their First Nations neighbours.

After the Seven Years' War ended in 1763 handing over New France to the British, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving days were observed beginning in 1799 but did not occur every year. After the American Revolution, American refugees who remained loyal to Great Britain moved from the United States and came to Canada. They brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. The first Thanksgiving Day after Canadian Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872 to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness.

Starting in 1879 Thanksgiving Day was observed every year but the date was proclaimed annually and changed year to year. The theme of the Thanksgiving holiday also changed year to year to reflect an important event to be thankful for. In the early years it was for an abundant harvest and occasionally for a special anniversary.

After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11 occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays, and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.

On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:
“ A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.[3]

yeah i think it's retarded that it's the same holiday but a different date as real thnxgiving.

I was supposed to get my car fixed today because I was rear ended. Fucking auto place didn't have a rental for me so I said fuck you guys I'm going to eat some fucking turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes. I'll just have to wait till Tuesday and bring it in now.

i just finished dinner. i'm in the corner while a bunch of hens are yapping about how all conservatives and republicans are "morons" :rolleyes:

fuck, i didnt know chickens talk in canada

the turkey talked to me

spoke*

ah, im a dumb ass

that should have been "no one wants you here" in the rep

yeah i think it's retarded that it's the same holiday but a different date as real thnxgiving.

harvest in canada is earlier since we're cold and stuff

I was in line at the store tonight and the woman in front of me said "Happy Thanksgiving!" to the clerk as she walked out and then the clerk gave me a funny look, so I explained that she was probably Canadian.

Ahhh back from a great thanksgiving cottage trip up north. Weather got close to 80.

whats your dj name

dj cocknballs

cawkenbawlz

i just finished dinner. i'm in the corner while a bunch of hens are yapping about how all conservatives and republicans are "morons" :rolleyes:

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olivia chow said happy thanksgiving to me. she was out and about around my apt.

My mom sent me home with tons of leftovers, and so did my boyfriend's mom. Between the two of us, our fridges are full. Woot.

I met the Green candidate in his parents' riding, and she seemed really excited about my carshare that was parked in front of the house.

so i ended up having:

turkey at my friends saturday night with a group of peeps
sunday night i made just a capon breast with dressing, mashed taters & the works for just me and greg
monday we had ham & scalloped taters at the mom in law's.

all in all pretty awesome.

turkey at my friends saturday night with a group of peeps



Peeps are for Easter!!!

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