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Happy Thanksgiving to all you Canadians.

Beautiful country, beautiful Litnet blogger. Have a happy holiday.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, you engaging lot!

Well then a happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Kizzo. I hope you have fun, B

Woah! Those pictures are really great!! You have a serious talent... especially on a crude camera phone, and not on a professional, like Canon Powershot or something!

I love the photos. Happy Thanksgiving!

Wow it's so beautiful there! Happy Thanksgiving!! We don't have that here in Australia, but one time I was doing Thanksgiving as a cooking assignment and so I made a whole Thanksgiving dinner with many many dishes and it turned out pretty good!!

the Canadian Thanksgiving day seems to be based on the Christian European tradition (Catholics: 1st Sunday in October; Protestants: the Sunday after St. Michael's day[29 September]). whereas the US one goes back to the story about the settlers meeting the Native Americans or something.
So you don't have Turkey for Thanksgiving in Canada?
I like the pic with the rainbow

Hey thanks, friends, for your well wishes!
Yes, Sleepy, there are turkeys galore at Thanksgiving. I personally avoid 'em and chow down all the yummy vegetable dishes that accompany the meal. I may post a recipe for really delicious sweet potato bake (with brown sugar and pecan topping) .. if I don't get lazy next week.

Toss out the diet and bring on that PUMPKIN PIE!!

WOnderful pics Kiz. I hope you have a wonderful time!

real pretty pictures.
Happy Thanksgiving to the Kizzo clan!!!!!

Actually Kiz, Sleepy brings up an interesting point. This is what Wiki says:

History of Thanksgiving in Canada
The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Orient. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This feast is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving celebration in North America, although celebrating the harvest and giving thanks for a successful bounty of crops had been a long-standing tradition throughout North America by various First Nations and Native American groups. First Nations and Native Americans throughout the Americas, including the Pueblo, Cherokee, Cree and many others organized harvest festivals, ceremonial dances, and other celebrations of thanks for centuries before the arrival of Europeans in North America [3]. Frobisher was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him — Frobisher Bay.

At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks. They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with their First Nations neighbours.

After the Seven Years' War ended in 1763 handing over New France to the British, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving days were observed beginning in 1799 but did not occur every year. After the American Revolution, American refugees who remained loyal to Great Britain moved from the United States and came to Canada. They brought the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. The first Thanksgiving Day after Canadian Confederation was observed as a civic holiday on April 5, 1872 to celebrate the recovery of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from a serious illness.

Starting in 1879 Thanksgiving Day was observed every year but the date was proclaimed annually and changed year to year. The theme of the Thanksgiving holiday also changed year to year to reflect an important event to be thankful for. In the early years it was for an abundant harvest and occasionally for a special anniversary.

After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of the week in which November 11 occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two days became separate holidays, and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.

On January 31, 1957, the Canadian Parliament proclaimed:

“ A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed … to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October.[1]

I thought it was odd that Canada's Thanksgiving fell close to Columbus Day here and in Central and South America. So I thought it might be linked to this. Does Canada celebrate Columbus Day?

The pictures are brilliant, Kizzo! Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy.

Happy Thanksgiving, Kiz! I love the photos. Autumn can be a beautiful time of the year if you're in the right place.

Wow, you took these pics?! They look very good!! Hey, there's also Islandclimber among the Canadians...

Virgil, thank you for your contribution from Wiki. I just went to my calendar, and the square for Monday, Oct. 13th reads:

Columbus Day (USA)
Thanksgiving Day (Canada)

So there you have it. We don't really do anything special regarding Columbus Day -- is this a stat holiday for Americans? (hope this is not a dumb question )
Thanks, Sweets, I have updated the entry to include Islandclimber.

Yes, Kizzo, it's an official holiday. I was off from work today. I think most of the North and South American countries have a holiday for this. They may call it something different but it's along these lines. Some day off though. I took my mother to three different stores for shopping.