Happy Thanksgiving to our American Furriends!

 

We live up here in the great White North and with our new Sisfur, she asked us what the difference was between Thanksgiving here and Thanksgiving on the other side of our river. (We live 475 yards north of the Canada-US border. So we asked Mom!

Canada	USA
In 1578 — English explorer Martin Frobisher held the first Thanksgiving celebration by a European in North America in Newfoundland. He and his crew were giving thanks for their safe return from a treacherous exploration of the Northwest Passage.	Everyone seems to know the story of the first American Thanksgiving in 1621
In It’s On A Monday — So You Don’t Get Three Days To Recover From Your Food Coma, Thanksgiving Day is the second Monday of October. Most Canadians have their Thanksgiving feast on the Sunday.	Formally establishing the day on which it is to be observed was difficult and fraught with controversy. By federal law, Americans have celebrated Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November since 1942, but numerous other dates were designated in the past.
Turkey is usually eaten for Thanksgiving in Canada, though some choose to eat ham, chicken, or other proteins. The turkey is usually accompanied by stuffing, sweet potatoes, corn, gravy, and fall veggies like squash. The standard dessert is pumpkin pie.	Turkey is usually eaten for Thanksgiving in the USA though some choose to eat ham, chicken, or other proteins. The turkey is usually accompanied by stuffing, sweet potatoes, corn, gravy, and fall veggies like squash. The standard dessert is pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin pie is spicier, made with plenty of ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon	Pumpkin pie is generally a very sweet dessert
Stuffing is made with bread crumbs	The northern states of the U.S., it’s made with rice and bread crumbs, while cornbread is a popular base in the southern states, and oysters in eastern areas
The Canadian Football League hosts the Thanksgiving Day Classic, a double header that airs on national TV	Football takes over the television
Since the holiday isn’t as big of a deal in general, there isn’t a parade. But there are Octoberfest Celebrations (not really a Thanksgiving thing)	there is a massive parade - Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City
Canadians don’t have a BIG shopping day after Thanksgiving. Boxing Day used to be a big event but Black Friday has started to take over	Black Friday, need we say more?
For many Canadians, a long walk in the outdoors is an annual Thanksgiving tradition. Because Thanksgiving is in mid-October, it’s the perfect time of year for walking and leaf-peeping	it’s already too cold by late November to do a lot of outdoorsy stuff on Thanksgiving. However, many Americans are known to lace up their shoes and head outside for the annual Turkey Trot 5K race that’s held in multiple cities throughout the U.S.

 

Do you know of any other differences? 

 

Up here, in the Great White North, we have wild turkeys! This time of year, a lot of them come across the border..meet my pal Gobblezilla! He is the Turkey that rules the roost over at the Kettle Valley Gold Course where his flock is spending the the Thanksgiving Holiday.