Thanksgiving comes to Canada a lot earlier than it does in the US. This has a lot to do with the fact that harvesting is over sooner, since it is colder up here. We have already had frost every morning for half a month, and temperatures during the day are only slightly above freezing where I live in Alberta. This year, Thanksgiving Day in Canada falls on October 13th. Families all over will be enjoying Tofurky and Mashed Soytatoes from the warmth of their homes.
I like to think that Canadians are a thankful bunch. We should be. We have one of the cleanest, safest, largest (in landmass), friendliest and richest countries in the world. And all that with low crime rates! Talk about lucky.
Things that I am thankful for:
- Tim Horton’s coffee
- a great weight loss center (I lost 40 lbs this year!)
- local and internet friends
- my wife and children
How about you? What are you thankful for right now? And how will you be celebrating Thanksgiving?
Will than happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadians. Never realized Canada celebrates on a different day than the US. It does make sense though with the whole harvesting and climate difference.
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That’s a great list to be thankful for. Happy Thanksgiving my fellow Canadian!
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hi Tim,
Happy [Canadian] Thanksgiving!
I too am thankful for (1) coffee, any kind, (2) friends, (3) wife and kids, and all the rest of my family, (4) good health, (5) this awesome thing called the internet, and (5) so much more… It’s good to stop and think on a regular basis how much we have to be thankful for.
Anyway, looks like the Bar got a new coat of paint. I hardly recognized it, and can’t believe anyone else hasn’t asked this question yet… what’s behind the new layout? I miss the picture of you two guys…
Steve (aka the trade show display guy)
Well, Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!
ah, those low crime rates. canada does appear to be quite a great place to live.
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Well, happy belated Thanksgiving Day, Tim & Ernie. I hope you got some turkey! Mmmmm…. turkey (my best written Homer impression).
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Tammy: Hope you had a good Thanksgiving too!
Steve: Well like I said, I lost 40 pounds, so I needed to get rid of the ‘fat’ picture anyways… plus it was just time for a change. I have been waiting for this theme to be released for a while since I spotted a post about it’s development.
Kouji: Yeah, it is all incentive to put up with the crappy weather here.
RT: Nice Homer voice, I think. It sounded pretty good in my head, anyways.
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Hey, congrats on the weight loss!
I will be thankful we’re not eating Tofurkey.
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JD: Thanks! And you never know, Tofurky might be real tasty!
Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you. I did not know that the Canadians had a different day for celebrating the holiday.
Happy Thanksgiving! I wish you the best!
A very happy belated Thanksgiving to all of our friends in Canada! Thanks for your post on this!
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Believe it or not, I’m thankful I’m Canadian. Too bad we hardly celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving in USA.
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Hi,
That’s a great post, thanksgiving in Poland is very boring.
Happy Thanksgiving mate, have lots of good coffee.
Good call with the thanks for the coffee, where would we be without it eh? I’m thankful for my new job, and this blog of course!
We don’t get Thanksgiving in the UK but if we did I’d be thankful for my health, for my family and friends, for the roof over my head and for the hottie at my workplace who likes to wear tight tees to work.