NationStates Jolt Archive


Giving Thanks.

Dobbsworld
10-10-2006, 00:38
If you're like me and are recovering from a full-on Thanksgiving feast, I hope you'll not take umbrage with this bit of seasonal well-wishing. Happy Thanksgiving.

At this time of Harvest
Let us give heartfelt thanks
To those who toil
That we might celebrate
The fruits of their labour
Here this night.
Deep Kimchi
10-10-2006, 00:39
Happy Thanksgiving to you Canadians. We in the US have to wait until late November.
Zilam
10-10-2006, 00:41
Happy Thanksgiving to you Canadians. We in the US have to wait until late November.

I think we should have it twice
Deep Kimchi
10-10-2006, 00:41
I think we should have it twice

I get tired of turkey and ham rather quickly.

Plus, I do all the cooking, by request.
Sdaeriji
10-10-2006, 00:42
I'm going to get dual Canadian-American citizenship one of these days so I can celebrate Thanksgiving twice a year.
New Xero Seven
10-10-2006, 00:42
The pumpkin and the bird dance happily in my tummy... :)
Call to power
10-10-2006, 00:44
damn colonials not inviting us to thanksgiving!
IL Ruffino
10-10-2006, 00:47
Thanksgiving?

American Thanksgiving, I won't be able to remember a damn thing! :cool:
Katganistan
10-10-2006, 02:17
damn colonials not inviting us to thanksgiving!

Come to Thanksgiving dinner, Call to Power.
NERVUN
10-10-2006, 02:20
*snifs* I miss turkey!
Laerod
10-10-2006, 02:21
I'm going to get dual Canadian-American citizenship one of these days so I can celebrate Thanksgiving twice a year.Ha! Go for German and American citizenship instead. I get to celebrate Christmas on the evening of the 24th AND on the morning of the 25th!
Darknovae
10-10-2006, 02:47
Ha! Go for German and American citizenship instead. I get to celebrate Christmas on the evening of the 24th AND on the morning of the 25th!

You could do that without German citizenship...

Anyway, I was about to say that Thanksgiving wasn't till November, then I realized you must be a Canadian eh ;). Can't forget the friends to our north.
Sarkhaan
10-10-2006, 03:16
damn colonials not inviting us to thanksgiving!

When you stop calling us as "colonials", you may sit at the adult table;)
Andaluciae
10-10-2006, 03:20
Happy Thanksgiving you Canadian folk, I think I might celebrate this holiday retroactively.
Mikesburg
10-10-2006, 03:22
When you stop calling us as "colonials", you may sit at the adult table;)

Meh. Our colonial heritage is part of what Thanksgiving is all about.



Okay, it's about eating copious amounts of turkey and ham, and eating turkey sandwiches for at least a week afterwards, but hey, there's some sort of colonial turkey tradition in there somewhere.

Best damn holiday ever. It's like Christmas, only you don't have to buy shit for people. Hooray!
Sarkhaan
10-10-2006, 03:27
Meh. Our colonial heritage is part of what Thanksgiving is all about.



Okay, it's about eating copious amounts of turkey and ham, and eating turkey sandwiches for at least a week afterwards, but hey, there's some sort of colonial turkey tradition in there somewhere.

Best damn holiday ever. It's like Christmas, only you don't have to buy shit for people. Hooray!

Our colonial heritage, yes. But we haven't been colonials in about 250 years.

mmmm...turkey. And the first egg nog of the season. And the turkey. And...mmmmmmm....
Mikesburg
10-10-2006, 03:33
Our colonial heritage, yes. But we haven't been colonials in about 250 years.

mmmm...turkey. And the first egg nog of the season. And the turkey. And...mmmmmmm....

You guys do eggnog on your Turkey Day?
New Xero Seven
10-10-2006, 03:35
At my table, every nationality is invited! :D

Except of course, the Dutch! ;)
Sarkhaan
10-10-2006, 03:37
You guys do eggnog on your Turkey Day?

yeah...its the first time of the season that it is available, and the last of the seasons apple cider, so we usually do a crossing over type of thing
Mt-Tau
10-10-2006, 03:41
We have alittle while longer to wait for Thanksgiving here. Look forward to digging into that turkey and having alittle punpkin pie with my whipped cream!
Ladamesansmerci
10-10-2006, 03:41
Happy Thanksgiving. I had pumpkin pie for the first time in my life last night, after my friends and I devoured half a turkey. Everything was delicious. What I learned:
the spirit of Thanksgiving = eating a lot of food, playing MarioKart, then eating a huge dinner, and end the night off with an awesome game of Cranium
Mikesburg
10-10-2006, 03:46
yeah...its the first time of the season that it is available, and the last of the seasons apple cider, so we usually do a crossing over type of thing

Your Turkey Day is one step closer to Christmas than ours then.


Thanksgiving needs a mythological figure like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny. Something to frighten young children into behaving, less they not get their holiday bird and fixins'.

A giant talking turkey with a pilgrim hat comes to mind, but I'm sure there's something else... Charlie Brown already took the 'Great Pumpkin' for Halloween...

Maybe a Giant Gravy Ladle.... He leaves spots of gravy under your pillow when you lose a tooth or something...
Dobbsworld
10-10-2006, 04:27
How about a talking Horn of Plenty?

http://www.dailyspeculations.com/HORN.jpg
Mikesburg
10-10-2006, 04:33
Horny, the Thanksgiving Horn of Plenty?

I like something with a little more gravy, but I like it...