Newsletter chitchat - October 15, 2024

[Cassel]

It was Thanksgiving weekend, in Canada. I know in the US it is in November.

What other countries celebrate a variation of Thanksgiving?

When is it? How is it celebrated?

Share your stories here (and photos are welcome).

[Corrie Kinkel]

I only have a very short answer, we do not have any variation of Thanksgiving at all! However there is a religious link;  on the first Wednesday in November there is a church service where thanks will be given for the harvest. The produce will be brought into the church and there is a festive display of all the grains, apples, pears, potatoes, beef, etc. Everything is then distributed amongst the people in need. It is thought that this probably is the background for Thanksgiving. The first settlers brought it to America and Canada.

[Daniel Hess]

1 hour ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

we do not have any variation of Thanksgiving at all! However there is a religious link;  on the first Wednesday in November there is a church service where thanks will be given for the harvest.

In which country do you live, Corrie?

[cindy harris]

On 10/15/2024 at 10:16 PM, Cassel said:

It was Thanksgiving weekend, in Canada. I know in the US it is in November.

What other countries celebrate a variation of Thanksgiving?

When is it? How is it celebrated?

Share your stories here (and photos are welcome).

    Looks Beautiful,  and Good 🙂   

[Corrie Kinkel]

20 hours ago, Daniel Hess said:

In which country do you live, Corrie?

In the Netherlands

[Clarine]

I live in the states and have always celebrated Thanksgiving the traditional way, but for the past 8 years we have had to change the way we celebrate it.  We have several snowbirds in our family now that leave early December for their warmer state home and so we now celebrate ThankMas.  It's a combination of Thanksgiving and Christmas.  I have 7 siblings and with all their family members and a momma we  have a pretty large group, so we all take a turn to be host.  Yes, we do the potluck thing and play games, open gifts and laugh so hard we cry over the silliness of things.  We have a blast.                     For my own immediate family, (husband, 3 kids and their families we total 15) we find a weekend day that everyone is free to meet and we grill chicken and steak with lots of sides.  That is what works for us.