Thanksgiving, the American Holiday?

[Create Reality]

Just curious, how many of yall not in the US celibrate this mashed potato day?

 

[oakraiderz2]

Umm...pardOn my ignorance, but why would other coutries celebrate thanksgiving?

 

[Create Reality]

Don't know until you ask

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[Centaurion]

I dont think anyone outside the US celebrates it. Why would we give **** about it?

 

[Create Reality]

You tell me

 

[FRëSHURE]

I can only speak for Australia. Australia doesn't celebrate it. But POSSIBLY SOME American families living here MAY celebrate it.

I'm curious, do any Americans celebrate Australia Day?

 

[DrMetallica]

I celebrate Australia Day, damnit. 2nd best holiday in the world. I didn't go to work one day because of my Australia-day hangover.

 

[Create Reality]

Actually america celebrates alot of countries holidays, especially Cinco De Mayo

 

[seanchai]

Originally posted by Create Reality
Actually america celebrates alot of countries holidays, especially Cinco De Mayo

Don't forget St Patrick's Day!

I was surprised how many Americans celebrate Thanksgiving abroad. It's a holiday I could live without if I wasn't near my family.

 

[Create Reality]

Originally posted by seanchai
Don't forget St Patrick's Day!

I was surprised how many Americans celebrate Thanksgiving abroad. It's a holiday I could live without if I wasn't near my family.

Sorry but Im not a fan of green sh1t in my beer! :crackup:

 

[thederekeffect1]

Originally posted by Create Reality
Just curious, how many of yall not in the US celibrate this mashed potato day?

Mashed potatos? It's all about the turkey! *smack*

 

[BrotherAP]

"Why would other countries care?"

I don't know. Do they care? I guess not!

I never realised how American thanksgiving is. Afterall, it's pretty much about eating turkey, stuffing, mashed potatos and cranberry sauce while visting relatives and 'being thankful' - and the visiting relatives is a bit redundant considering that christmas is only a month away.

Which begs the question - what else don't you guys celebrate?

Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter... I'm curious

I'm curious, do any Americans celebrate Australia Day?

Thanksgiving isn't "America Day" any more than "Dia de los Muertos" is "Mexico Day" It's just a holiday we happen to celebrate that the rest of the world apparently doesn't.

BrotherAP

 

[FRëSHURE]

Originally posted by BrotherAP


I'm curious, do any Americans celebrate Australia Day?

Thanksgiving isn't "America Day" any more than "Dia de los Muertos" is "Mexico Day" It's just a holiday we happen to celebrate that the rest of the world apparently doesn't.

Australia Day isn't a day to celebrate Australia.

Its a reason to have a public holiday.

I know little about thanks giving. Only what i've seen on TV shows/movies.

But it does seem completely irrelevant to celebrate indians sharing food with pilgrams. As we have aboriginies which we celebrate in many different ways - don't ask me how, i'm not involved in celebrating Aboriginies.

Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter... I'm curious

Christmas isn't an American Holiday. I think you'll find Christmas/Easter were being celebrated before columbus found America.

Halloween has a small following in Australia. Kids like it they get lollies (candy). In a regular Australian suburb (similar to what springfield[simpsons] appears to be) you'd definently find 10-20 group of kids celebrating trick or treating. Its also a reason to get drunk/dress up. so there will be a couple of parties. + a good theme day at some work places/schools.

Valentines day is hard to guage as its a couple thing, so harder to see. probably MORE celebrated then halloween, but less noticeable.

 

[Centaurion]

Do all of you n00bs actually know what thanksgiving is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving#The_History_of_Thanksgiving_in_North_America
It's as American as it can get. The rest of the world don't celebrate it.

I'm laughing my ass off @ the ret*ard that thought christmas and eastern were a purely American celebration

Halloween is a pure american celebration, but with the recent Americanization of the world, more and more countries have started to celebrate it. But nothing gives me more pleasure when some dumb*ss kid trick'n treats around here. I just laugh in their faces. Stupid kids.

Valentines day is nothing mere than a marketing gimmic. Its only purpose is to make money out of all those ***** whipped AFCs.

 

[penkitten]

thanksgiving is the first american holiday, its where the pilgrims who came over here and the indians that were already here got together for a big feast. the indians taught the pilgrims how to survive here and how to farm the land here.
they all brought food and gathered over by plymoth rock and ate and they prayed over their food giving thanks to god and to each other. "thanks for giving us life, thanks for giving us this land, thanks for giving us food and thanks for giving us each other."

 

[Bible_Belt]

http://www.danielnpaul.com/TheRealThanksgiving.html

"Once the European settlements stabilized, the whites turned on their hosts in a brutal way. The once amicable relationship was breeched again and again by the whites, who lusted over the riches of Indian land. A combination of the Pilgrims' demonization of the Indians, the concocted mythology of Eurocentric historians, and standard Hollywood propaganda has served to paint the gentle Indian as a tomahawk-swinging savage endlessly on the warpath, lusting for the blood of the God-fearing whites."

 

[il_duce]

Actually Halloween dates back to the Druids of pre-Anglo-Saxon England. So that's almost as old as Christmas.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Many of our holidays are descendents of ancient pagan celebrations. The church had a habit of scheduling their church holiday at about the same time as the pagan one and absorbing it. Jesus was not born in December, but the winter solstice celebration is Dec 23, so that is why Christmas is Dec 25th. Also, "Easter" is actually a modern mispronunciation of "Ishtar," an ancient pagan god. Easter was placed at the time of the pagan spring festivals.

 

[penkitten]

Originally posted by Bible_Belt
Many of our holidays are descendents of ancient pagan celebrations. The church had a habit of scheduling their church holiday at about the same time as the pagan one and absorbing it. Jesus was not born in December, but the winter solstice celebration is Dec 23, so that is why Christmas is Dec 25th. Also, "Easter" is actually a modern mispronunciation of "Ishtar," an ancient pagan god. Easter was placed at the time of the pagan spring festivals.

winter solstice is where we got christmas trees and decorations from too isnt it?

halloween is a pagen holiday in which everyone dressed up to scare off evil spirits.

 

[Bible_Belt]

Evergreens were a pagan symbol of life, because they did not lose their color in winter. This is where trees, wreaths, and mistletoe come from. You are also right about Halloween. The idea was to make the neighborhood and themselves look undesireable to the invasion-of-the-body-snatcher-type spirits that walked around on that night.