IanKennedy wrote:What confuses me is that two English people would be celebrating thanksgiving. They do know it's a US only thing, don't they?
To be fair, 1 it seems they're currently living/working in the U.S. so whatever. 2. While the specifics of the Thanksgiving holiday are particularly American, there's nothing restricting the idea of "taking a day to give thanks for my position/prosperity/whatever in life.
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
IanKennedy wrote:What confuses me is that two English people would be celebrating thanksgiving. They do know it's a US only thing, don't they?
To be fair, 1 it seems they're currently living/working in the U.S. so whatever. 2. While the specifics of the Thanksgiving holiday are particularly American, there's nothing restricting the idea of "taking a day to give thanks for my position/prosperity/whatever in life. eating a big ass turkey meal
IanKennedy wrote:What confuses me is that two English people would be celebrating thanksgiving. They do know it's a US only thing, don't they?
To be fair, 1 it seems they're currently living/working in the U.S. so whatever. 2. While the specifics of the Thanksgiving holiday are particularly American, there's nothing restricting the idea of "taking a day to give thanks for my position/prosperity/whatever in life. eating a big ass turkey meal
FTFY
Amen Brother.
Captain Seafort wrote:We call that "Christmas".
I thought Christmas was about celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through whom we will be redeemed -- "thankfullness" for your position/prosperity/family/ife is not strictly involved. Or is this a British thing?
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
Gee I thought Christmas was about bringing in a tree carcass and then decorating it and then using cut off body parts of that tree into a circle and display it on a door. Then we buy gifts for people while admiring the display of that decorated tree carcass.
"Don't underestimate the power of technobabble: the Federation can win anything with the sheer force of bullshit"
McAvoy wrote:Gee I thought Christmas was about bringing in a tree carcass and then decorating it and then using cut off body parts of that tree into a circle and display it on a door. Then we buy gifts for people while admiring the display of that decorated tree carcass.
"Tell me, do they still sing songs about the Great Evergreen Hunt?"
"All this has happened before --"
"But it doesn't have to happen again. Not if we make up our minds to change. Take a different path. Right here, right now."
I thought Christmas was about celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ through whom we will be redeemed -- "thankfullness" for your position/prosperity/family/ife is not strictly involved. Or is this a British thing?
No, not in England. The CofE basically gave that up years ago. It's pretty much Turkey and Pressies these days