Happy Thanksgiving our Canadian friends!

[Lil D]

Enjoy!

Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most jurisdictions of Canada, with the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia being the exceptions.[1] Companies that are regulated by the federal government (such as those in the telecommunications and banking sectors), recognize the holiday regardless of its provincial status.[2][3][4][5][6]

As a liturgical festival, Thanksgiving corresponds to the English and continental European Harvest festival, with churches decorated with cornucopias, pumpkins, corn, wheat sheaves, and other harvest bounty, English and European harvest hymns sung on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend, and scriptural selections drawn from biblical stories relating to the Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot.[citation needed]

While the actual Thanksgiving holiday is on a Monday, Canadians might eat their Thanksgiving meal on any day of the three-day weekend, though Saturday is least common. Thanksgiving in Canada is also often a time for weekend getaways.

Similar to the United States, traditions such as parades and football can be a part of Canadian Thanksgiving. The Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest parade is the most widely known Canadian Thanksgiving Day parade and is broadcast nationwide on CTV. The Canadian Football League holds a nationally televised doubleheader known as the "Thanksgiving Day Classic". It is one of two weeks in which the league plays on Monday afternoons, the other being the Labour Day Classic. Unlike the Labour Day games, the teams that play on the Thanksgiving Day Classic vary each year.

Incidentally, Canadian Thanksgiving coincides with the U.S. observance of Columbus Day and has done so since the United States implemented the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1971 (most countries in the Western Hemisphere fix Columbus Day to October 12). As such, U.S. towns with high amounts of Canadian tourism will often hold their fall festivals over Thanksgiving/Columbus Day weekend in part to draw and accommodate Canadian tourists.

[Chrome]

Hey D Many thanx. Doing a VRCC Chapter breakfast this morning and the family over for turkey tomorrow. May even get a bike out for awhile. Colours are turning real nice here.
A good Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians.
Adrian(Chrome)V

[Devl]

Oh...I forgot ....thanks Lil D

Happy Thanksgiving to you all above our Northern Border!!
Enjoy time with family and friends!

[YoungPUP]

Thats one of the perks of my mother being Canadian. We celebrate both Thanksgivings, so I get Turkey and stuffing  twice in a little over a months time!!!!

[salty1]

Happy Turkey Day to our friends to the north! Love riding in BC and Alberta. Just came back from a run up the Selkirk Loop and spent the night in Creston. Drank some Alexander Keith's red lager too, mighty fine brew! 

[WNGD]

Thanks, we had a great Canadian Thanksgiving at the cottage by the lake. Colors are full out.
Thanksgiving here is all about turkey (and a ham), stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, lots of veggies, nice wine and pumpkin pie......pretty much like yours.

My Aunt and cousins came up from Albany so they get two Thanksgivings as well!

[GJS]

Thank D!

We had a great weekend here.
Dear friends of ours have been having a big Pot-Luck thanksgiving diner every year for 25 years now.
This year there was 125 of us. Lots and lots of kids.
I've seen some kids grow up and bring theirs, very cool indeed.
There are about 50 people I only ever see at this event.

Yes, it is a good reminder to be grateful for all that we have and give thanks.

Best of the season to everyone! Gobble gobble...