Hi, Mike, Well, being Canadian, we beat you Americans to the punch - our Thanksgiving is in early October. We have turkey, too, and even football (Canadian Football, that is). No Pilgrims, though...
Our Thanksgiving isn't nearly as big a deal as it is for you guys, but hell, a long weekend is always good! I don't think there's a Canadian equivalent to the Mayflower, but this summer, while in my "ancestral homeland" of the Magdellan Islands (my first visit), I was able to trace my family to Canada's first permanent settlement, Port Royal in what's now Nova Scotia, and it seems we arrived here around 1630. Blew me away! Being able to trace your roots to the Mayflower is wonderful. Again, Happy Thanksgiving. Too all Americans on the list, Happy Thanksgiving. cheers, frank Mike Johnston wrote: > ...And a healthy and hearty Thanksgiving to you too, Sir. And to all of you who > celebrate the holiday as well, for that matter. > > I happen to be a direct lineal descendant of two of the Mayflower pilgrims, > who were there at the first Thanksgiving. I wonder if that's why > Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. More likely, it's because a) I don't > have to buy or decorate anything, and b) I get to eat a richly prepared > feast and watch football on television. > > Ahh, my kind of holiday. <g> > -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
