…to all the fellow Canadians on the Forum.
Take it easy on the turkey! 
Hans-Joerg Mueller said:
.........to all the fellow Canadians on the Forum.Take it easy on the turkey!
And a Happy Thanksgiving to you, sir.
As for the turkey … CHOMP!
Geez guys. I hope your Christmas season doesn’t start the day after Thanksgiving like it does in the lower 48…:rolleyes:
Warren
Warren Mumpower said:It started before Labor Day in some places around here :(
Geez guys. I hope your Christmas season doesn't start the day after Thanksgiving like it does in the lower 48....:rolleyes: Warren
I saw stuff in Lowes and Home Depot on the shelves about that time too…
It really wears out the Christmas spirit.
Back when I was a kid the stores closed on Friday after Thanksgiving and put up their Christmas decorations and stock. Santa Claus came to town on Saturday afternoon and the season took off. It was short and sweet and a lot better than today’s money grubbing Christmas. Besides trains were a BIG part of the Christmas season when I was a child.
Warren
Warren Mumpower said:
...Big Snip... Besides trains were a BIG part of the Christmas season when I was a child.Warren
I can remember going down to Western Auto and then over to Columbia Cycle and Hobby to see who had the better Christmas Season layout. They both went all out. Started building in their warehouse/shops around the first of football season, and then put it up behind covered windows on that Friday after Turkey Day.
Wonderful! All those new locomotives and accessories! Enough to tear your heart out! It was always a good thing that I had saved my cherry-picking money.
SteveF
Warren Mumpower said:
Geez guys. I hope your Christmas season doesn't start the day after Thanksgiving like it does in the lower 48....:rolleyes:Warren
Not to worry, we have to make it through Halloween first. No room on the shelves 'til after.
How does Canada’s Thankingiving compare to the USA’s ?
Bryan Johnson said:Much the same thing, without the Pilgrim mamas and papas. The turkey population is similarly decimated. Our holiday is earlier in the fall partly to reflect earlier harvest scheduling (the rest is politics) -- by late November, winter is well on the way, or well under way.
How does Canada's Thanksgiving compare to the USA's ?
So is there an actual event behind it like with our own pilgrims first season here ?
Chris Vernell said:Bryan Johnson said:Much the same thing, without the Pilgrim mamas and papas. The turkey population is similarly decimated. Our holiday is earlier in the fall partly to reflect earlier harvest scheduling (the rest is politics) -- by late November, winter is well on the way, or well under way.
How does Canada's Thanksgiving compare to the USA's ?
Bryan, don’t forget that back when Turkey Day was first celebrated we were all one big happy family. There wasn’t a Canada…or a US for that matter. The thanksgiving is the same…being thankful to have survived a year…with the help of the Native Americans and giving our thanks for what we have. The actual dates, US or Canadian are political and neither represent the true dates the original event took place. As Chris stated, Thanksgiving is a type of Harvest celebration. The farther north you go, the earlier you have your harvest. Up there it would be very difficult to have a harvest festival in November if the fields have been plowed under for the past 2 months…
Gotcha Warren, I forgot we were all one nation back then. I wish we still were .
Warren Mumpower said:
Bryan, don't forget that back when Turkey Day was first celebrated we were all one big happy family. There wasn't a Canada...or a US for that matter. The thanksgiving is the same...being thankful to have survived a year...with the help of the Native Americans and giving our thanks for what we have. The actual dates, US or Canadian are political and neither represent the true dates the original event took place. As Chris stated, Thanksgiving is a type of Harvest celebration. The farther north you go, the earlier you have your harvest. Up there it would be very difficult to have a harvest festival in November if the fields have been plowed under for the past 2 months....:/
Bryan Johnson said:Hmmmmmmmmmmm now there's an idea. Mind you not so long ago someone mentioned that things would be a lot easier if US fora would be restricted to US participants. Well I don't know, a bit of flavour doesn't hurt, does it?? ;) :)
Gotcha Warren, I forgot we were all one nation back then. I wish we still were .
I don’t know.
Saying down here goes something like this:
Canada would be a great place…if it wasn’t for Canadians.
Eh?
Don’t know about your end of the State, TOC, but at this end we are about all Canucks and Ruskies. Ok, so I stretched the truth a little. We have some Vietnamese too. Maybe if I moved up North I’d find more Americans…
Awwww…what the heck, we’re all brothers…eh
Warren
Back when I lived in Ohio we would say -
Canada would be a great place…if it wasn’t for French Canadians.
Curmudgeon said:
I don't know. Saying down here goes something like this:Canada would be a great place…if it wasn’t for Canadians.
Eh?
There ya go.
And Molson’s.
I was in a bar in Ottowa and I ordered a pitcher of Moosehead.
“Sorry sir you cant have that all to yourself”
“Thats ok my 3 mates siad we will share it, please bring it”
“No she says, you are just sayin that so he can drink a pitcher”
Jeez it was nt even 4 real Imperial pints, and I mean they would nt bring it over, ~~~~~~~
Still, I found it a nice town, Country and without exception every one I met was nice. Btw we staeyd at the Waverley.
Cheers
Rod,
Sounds like a waitress with experience.
And Labatts.
We always wondered what happend to the treated sewage from the US…Molson’s and Labatt’s ship it in!