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Thanksgiving other places
« on: November 21, 2007, 09:43:09 PM »
Do they have Thanksgiving type holidays other places if so what and when.
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2007, 09:51:06 PM »
here we just have xmas. we had bonfire night a few weeks ago though.

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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2007, 09:53:32 PM »
A bonfire sounds fun right now.  To bad it's cold and  foggy out
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2007, 10:08:13 PM »
Nope, but we have midsummer! And uhmm... Walpurgis? Uhmm... And all saints day of course. And xmas and new years eve. And easter...
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2007, 10:10:27 PM »
we have easter here too. and halloween. and valentines day. february will be my 20th valentines day without any cards :( lol

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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2007, 10:14:12 PM »
Oh, forgot about Valentines Day!
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2007, 10:32:53 PM »
Christmas, then Boxing Day, then New Year's Day.
I get cards every Valentine's Day without fail.


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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2007, 10:35:05 PM »
the only ones i ever got don't count. a few from my cat (suspiciously in my mum's handwriting :P) and one from a guy in school, who turned out to be gay lol

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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2007, 10:37:49 PM »
the only ones i ever got don't count. a few from my cat (suspiciously in my mum's handwriting :P) and one from a guy in school, who turned out to be gay lol

They are the ones that always remember I think it's just to make straight guys look bad :P
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2007, 10:41:08 PM »
my other friend turned out to be gay as well, i guess i have that effect on people. she must have caught the gay from me or something.  :laugh:

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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2007, 11:17:56 PM »
I actually made a guy gay once, he was a great friend of mine and then he confronted me with him being inlove with me and I said that I like him but not in that way (and I just got a new boyfriend then). After that he started to like young boys instead.
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2007, 11:21:26 PM »
haha.
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2007, 11:22:00 PM »
True story though.
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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #13 on: November 22, 2007, 07:18:58 AM »
True story though.

Sad story though :(

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Re: Thanksgiving other places
« Reply #14 on: November 22, 2007, 08:49:32 AM »
Aussie holidays do not include a "Thanksgiving" equivalent..Well not to my knowledge. I suppose 'ANZAC Day' might somewhat act in someway like that...but not really. There's also 'Australia Day' in which we recognise the birth of the Australian nation, and celebrate it. Though that may be more analogous to 'Independance Day'.

So...I guess we do not have such an equivalent. We don't really need to give thanks to anyone...I mean we started out as a prison colony..I can really imagine a bunch of prisoners thanking the builder of the prison...Yep.

But what is "Thanksgiving" about? How did it start? What does it signify?