I learned from living in the US for six years what a big deal T-giving is there. For me growing up there was never much of a celebration, but that has much more to do with a dysfunctional family dynamic than anything particular to Thanksgiving.
I *love* roast turkey dinner and have on many occasions made the full deal just for myself, so for us the idea of Thanksgiving is connected to my getting to make the traditional meal, and to having the time off to do so.
But as the comment above mentions too, Canadian Thanksgiving does not have the same ritual significance as it does in the US. To my knowledge, we do not have the pilgrim story, nor parades or special shopping sales on the day following. People do not seem to fly across the country to be home with family (in large part, this must be due to the relative brevity of the holidgy). For Americans, it seems that T-giving inaugurates the Holiday Season, but for us, it's too early and is more connected with the fact that the harvest takes place earlier on account of the colder weather.
Still, my favorite holiday ever (plus, isn't it better to have a break half way through the semester rather than a week before the end of classes?) :-)
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Date: 2005-10-10 03:52 pm (UTC)I *love* roast turkey dinner and have on many occasions made the full deal just for myself, so for us the idea of Thanksgiving is connected to my getting to make the traditional meal, and to having the time off to do so.
But as the comment above mentions too, Canadian Thanksgiving does not have the same ritual significance as it does in the US. To my knowledge, we do not have the pilgrim story, nor parades or special shopping sales on the day following. People do not seem to fly across the country to be home with family (in large part, this must be due to the relative brevity of the holidgy). For Americans, it seems that T-giving inaugurates the Holiday Season, but for us, it's too early and is more connected with the fact that the harvest takes place earlier on account of the colder weather.
Still, my favorite holiday ever (plus, isn't it better to have a break half way through the semester rather than a week before the end of classes?) :-)