BlogHer - Happy Canadian Thanksgiving - Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!

netblogger1 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:52:43 -0500

Here are some beautiful ecards for Thanksigiving.

http://www.squidoo.com/thanksgiving-ecards

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Grandy — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:31:58 -0500

I learn something new every day! I must go visit my Canadian Bloggy friends and wish them a pleasant one. :)

I will

sassymonkey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:57:36 -0500

And back at ya!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

sassymonkey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:56:56 -0500

Enjoy it a little bit from afar!

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The one pumpkin recipe I want

sassymonkey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:35:59 -0500

The redhead has. I must remember to bug her for it.

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Now now...

sassymonkey — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:19:29 -0500

Just because we don't celebrate it the same way doesn't mean that we don't celebrate. Canadians rock the long weekend.

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Those Canadians!

Denise — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:42:07 -0500

I've been known to tease my Canadian friends about how Thanksgiving is just a day off for them. Make the pumpkin dish. Force the celebration! :-)

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

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I totally planned on making

KatieBeez — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:12:30 -0500

something pumpkin-y this weekend for Canadian Thankgiving, but my French-Canadian boyfriend hasn't shown much enthusiasm. I guess Thanksgiving for the Quebecoise is mostly just a day off.

So umm yes, I still don't completely understand Canada and it's cultural complexities.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Michellesamom — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:22:04 -0500

Hope you all have a great long weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving

Sharon Schierling — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:11:51 -0500

I was excited to see someone who knew it was Canadian Thanksgiving. As a Canadian in Texas I rarely find anyone who notices. I love it! Thanks.

Sharon Schierling MBA

Certified Life Coach

I want to see more Canadian pumpkin recipes, darn it

Denise — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:43:53 -0500

Come on you Canadians who are planning Thanksgiving - surely you've got some pumpkin recipes to share. I need links!

Also, have a great Thanksgiving. And yes, I can think one thankful thought every day. No problem!

~Denise
BlogHer Community Manager

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Happy Canadian Thanksgiving

sassymonkey — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:26:43 -0500

Ok, so I'm a little bit early with the Thanksgiving greatings. Canadian Thanksgiving isn't until Monday, which to many Americans I'm sure seems really early. But here in Canada we've been celebrating Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October since 1957 (we've observed a day of Thanksgiving since 1867 but until 1957 it jumped around a lot). When you consider that Thanksgiving is a means of celebrating the annual harvest it does make a lot of sense that we celebrate it early. What better way to give thanks to a wonderful harvest than to eat?

Perhaps due to the sunny weather it feels as though Thanksgiving has creeped up on us this year. Like Canadian Eh it seems that one minute we're trying to soak up the last warm days of summer and the next we're running to the grocery store trying to find a turkey that's not too big, not too small, but it's just right.

Now, Thanksgiving dinner in Canada does not exclusively have to be eaten on Thanksgiving Day. We accept Thanksgiving feasts on any day of the long weekend. If you're really lucky you just might manage to squeeze in a coupel over the weekend. Anna, aka Busy Mom has me tired after reading her blog. She's invited thirteen people over for dinner on Monday which means when you add in her family there will be seventeen people around the table. Seventeen!!!

And we must not forget out vegan friends. Veg Cooking has some recipe suggestions for a Vegan Canadian Thanksgiving. I think I must try the pumpkin bread recipe sometime.

If you're not a fan of turkey while not try a more international feast? Adventures of a Girl is forgoing traditional turkey for some yummy Filipino food. Full confession: there will be no turkey in my house this year. Since we'll be returning from BlogHer Boston late on Sunday and my partner in crime volunteers at a local soup kitchen on Monday nights it just doesn't make sense to cook up a big feast. I'm hoping for Chinese food personally.

When I was a kid I always loved how they scheduled teacher's conferences around long weekend to give us even more time off.
At Mom Knows Everything Tammy is stocking up for a super long weekend with the kids for just that reason.

Inkygirl delivers a touch of turkey humour with a Thanksgiving comic just for us Canucks. (It should be available as an e-card by American Thanksgiving).

But let's not forget the most important part of Thanksgiving. Reflection of the Times reminds us to give thanks for our many blessings.

For whatever reason, it's easier than falling off a log to sit around and complain about all the things that aren't going your way, and things you don't like. It takes a bit more effort to dwell on the good things and things you're thankful for. So, for the rest of the month I'm going to find at least one thing every morning that I'm thankful for.

One thankful thought every day - can you do it?

Contributing Editor Sassymonkey blogs at Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.