Traditional American Thanksgiving dinner

[Laan Yaa Mo]

Sorry to see there's not more support for this wonderful holiday. But this is exclusively an American holiday and here in Udon there just are not many American run eateries.
Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans out there! Come by our place today and I'll but you a drink and we can talk about some of our more memorable Thanksgiving dinners back home. Bubba

I beg to differ. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving thank you very much.

Thanksgiving Day in Canada has been a holiday on the second Monday of October since 1957. It is a chance for people to give thanks for a good harvest and other fortunes in the past year.

Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals.
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What do people do?
Many people have a day off work on the second Monday of October. They often use the three-day Thanksgiving weekend to visit family or friends who live far away, or to receive them in their own homes. Many people also prepare a special meal to eat at some point during the long weekend. Traditionally, this included roast turkey and seasonal produce, such as pumpkin, corn ears and pecan nuts. Now, the meal may consist of other foods, particularly if the family is of non-European descent.

The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a short autumn vacation. This may be the last chance in a while for some people to use cottages or holiday homes before winter sets in. Other popular activities include: outdoor breaks to admire the spectacular colors of the Canadian autumn; hiking; and fishing. Fans of the teams in the Canadian Football League may spend part of the weekend watching the Thanksgiving Day Classic matches.

Public life
Thanksgiving Day is national public holiday in Canada. Many people have the day off work and all schools and post offices are closed. Many stores and other businesses and organizations are also closed. Public transport services may run to a reduced timetable or may not run at all.

Background
The native peoples of the Americas held ceremonies and festivals to celebrate the completion and bounty of the harvest long before European explorers and settlers arrived in what is now Canada. Early European thanksgivings were held to give thanks for some special fortune. An early example is the ceremony the explorer Martin Frobisher held in 1578 after he had survived the long journey in his quest to find a northern passage from Europe to Asia.

Many thanksgivings were held following noteworthy events during the 18th century. Refugees fleeing the civil war in the United States brought the custom of an annual thanksgiving festival to Canada. From 1879, Thanksgiving Day was held every year but the date varied and there was a special theme each year. The theme was the "Blessings of an abundant harvest" for many years. However, Queen Victoria's golden and diamond jubilees and individual Edward VII's coronation formed the theme in later years.

From the end of the First World War until 1930, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were celebrated on the Monday closest to November 11, the anniversary of the official end of hostilities in World War I. In 1931, Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving Day was moved to a Monday in October. Since 1957, Thanksgiving Day has always been held on the second Monday in October.

Symbols
Thanksgiving Day in Canada is linked to the European tradition of harvest festivals. A common image seen at this time of year is a cornucopia, or horn, filled with seasonal fruit and vegetables. The cornucopia, which means "Horn of Plenty" in Latin, was a symbol of bounty and plenty in ancient Greece. Turkeys, pumpkins, ears of corn and large displays of food are also used to symbolize Thanksgiving Day.

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/can ... giving-day

[Astana]

Laan Yaa Mo is right and several countries celebrate this event, the present United States holiday has its roots in Englan wherein, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly, but not universally, traced to a poorly documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest. Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England in the 1620s and 1630s carried the tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving with them to New England. Several days of Thanksgiving were held in early New England history that have been identified as the "First Thanksgiving", including Pilgrim holidays in Plymouth in 1621 and 1623, and a Puritan holiday in Boston in 1631.

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=qf9n ... edir_esc=y

Wherever you are and whoever you are have a nice Thanksgiving..!

[BigBubba]

Certainly didn't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers. I've traveled a good percentage of the Earth and haven't seen it celebrated anywhere I have happened to be (at least in the American traditional style). Just goes to show if you post "the sky is blue", someone will differ with you.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, wherever you are from if you choose to celebrate.

[karonsteve]

And there was me thinking that Thanksgiving was the Yanks giving thanks for getting rid of us Brits...Happy days

[Laan Yaa Mo]

No, that was a sigh of relief from the British that the troublesome Yanks had left the building. 555+

Certainly didn't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers. I've traveled a good percentage of the Earth and haven't seen it celebrated anywhere I have happened to be (at least in the American traditional style).

Just goes to show if you post "the sky is blue", someone will differ with you.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, wherever you are from if you choose to celebrate.

No I agree that the sky is blue, this is just a matter of noting that the sky is blue in more than one country. Happy Thanksgiving.

[BigBubba]

What Mark Twain had to say about Thanksgiving:

"Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for--annually, not oftener--if they had succeeded in exterminating their neighbors, the Indians, during the previous twelve months instead of getting exterminated by their neighbors, the Indians. Thanksgiving Day became a habit, for the reason that in the course of time, as the years drifted on, it was perceived that the exterminating had ceased to be mutual and was all on the white man's side, consequently on the Lord's side; hence it was proper to thank the Lord for it and extend the usual annual compliments."

=D>

[pompui]

Judging by the photo of the Turkey dinner at the Kinnaree on the other channel,they should start advertising sunday roasts for that price and a free drink,should do well in Udonsville =D>

[BobHelm]

^^ Oh dear.. another new owner of a restaurant in Udon who seems to feel that it is OK to complain about the quality of his competitors fare.

I had a lovely Christmas meal last year at the Kinneree...
Enough to say that I certainly will not be bothering this year.

[pompui]

And a longtime poster on the other channel mentioned how good the Bookhouse Thanksgiving dinner was,George why not sponsorship on both forums,your own thread on here with all your photos and menu