Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada. All good Canadians will eat turkey with all the trimmings. The only problem is they can not watch football until the evening. The Pilgrims did not arrive in Canada, and the Indians did not share corn and sweet potatoes with the settlers in Canada so the Canadian Thanksgiving does not celebrate the first thanksgiving in North America.
The bringing in of the crops is complete in early October so the Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving as a harvest festival. The good thing is that in Canada, Thanksgiving is a long time away from Christmas, so the Christmas shopping season is longer and thus less hectic.
In the US, all families get together at Thanksgiving. It is the biggest travel day in the nation. In Canada, Thanksgiving is important, but is not quite as big an event. This year, with Rita and Ian here, we are celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving in style. For dinner we ate ham and scalloped potatoes and green beans. To top it off, we ate pumpkin pie for dessert.
One year, perhaps in 2014, Ken and I will spend Canadian Thanksgiving in Canada. Rita and I have both agreed!!
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