Posted by pseudoname on November 24, 2005, at 19:41:27
In reply to Re: ..for Babble » ed_uk, posted by sleepygirl on November 24, 2005, at 19:12:39
My Canadian friends newly arrived in the U.S. have expressed surprise at how seriously America takes this holiday, which they don't have at home. (Or, they have a junior imitation of it, some other time in the year.) Although everyone will be traveling again in less than a month for Christmas get-togethers and although Thanksgiving falls on a weekday, seemingly everyone travels home if possible; those who can't get together for the dinner with their closest friends. Nothing else is done on Thanksgiving. Virtually all businesses close, and it's all for nothing but a home-cooked meal (HUGE, as sleepygirl says), thankfulness, and togetherness. No gifts, no church, no pageant, no gimmicks.
I myself am stuffed.
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