Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Australia?

reese66

Yeah.. pretty much everything is closed on Thanksgiving day in Canada, which is in October. & our Thanksgiving is celebrating something different from the American version and with slightly different foods. (no sweet potatoes with marshmallows etc.)

So what would be the foods you celebrate with?

LOVE THIS!!!!!!!! Turkey, mashed potatoes (I don't know why but yams)

Canada celebrates with turkey and mashed potatoes too?

Very Cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Never mind, I googled what main dishes in Canada are for Thanksgiving...

IvoryParchment

I think Columbus Day gets most of the flack as a symbol of the sufferings visited on Native Americans by the arrival of Europeans. Columbus brought some Native people back to Spain as slaves, and his crew was the first to introduce European diseases.

By the time the English Puritans arrived at Plymouth, there had already been enough contact that there were Native Americans who spoke English well enough to communicate with them.

The US Thanksgiving celebrates their first successful harvest. A high percentage of the Puritans died the first year after they arrived, as they arrived much later in the year than they expected and didn't have time to plant that season. And the Europeans completely underestimated the winters in New England. The Gulf Stream wasn't discovered until Benjamin Franklin, so they didn't realize Europe was much warmer than America at the same degree of latitude, especially north of New York, when the Gulf Stream heads out to sea.

The Native Americans taught them what crops to grow and taught them useful farming techniques. Thanksgiving celebrates the successful harvest, the friendship between the Europeans and Native Americans of Massachusetts, and the blessings of God.

fitjunk

:yawn: ^ Im from Canada....:laugh:

sexforjaffacakes

Thanksgiving celebrates the friendship between the Europeans and Native Americans of Massachusetts

paha.

SmangeDiggs

See I don't like the idea of celebrating genocide and invasion really, but each to their ownnnnnn

We celebrate ANZAC day in new zealand as well, for us its not about celebrating war, invasion etc. Its about remembering the lives of our fallen service men, many of whom didn't get a choice about going to war and fighting for their countries. It also gives us the opportunity to show respect for what our service men and woman are doing overseas now, i dont think you have to agree with war or the actions that take place during times of conflict to be able to show respect for those who die or sacrifice parts of their lives for their country.
Although i maybe somewhat biased on my opinions about this as im an army wife and i work for the army.

IronSmasher

Amazing

sexforjaffacakes

See I don't like the idea of celebrating genocide and invasion really, but each to their ownnnnnn

We celebrate ANZAC day in new zealand as well, for us its not about celebrating war, invasion etc. Its about remembering the lives of our fallen service men, many of whom didn't get a choice about going to war and fighting for their countries. It also gives us the opportunity to show respect for what our service men and woman are doing overseas now, i dont think you have to agree with war or the actions that take place during times of conflict to be able to show respect for those who die or sacrifice parts of their lives for their country.
Although i maybe somewhat biased on my opinions about this as im an army wife and i work for the army.

Um, it's nothing to do with the army, I was talking about thanksgiving? celebrating invading another country, raping it of it's resources and taking advantage of the natives before killing them off.... oh and before anyone says it btw, yes I'm Scottish and Britain was just as bad what with the empire and all, but at least we don't throw a massive party to celebrate every year :L

I was making a dark historical joke about thanksgiving in America, not rememberance day in Australia or whatever it is they do there

IronSmasher

I'm in Scotland too!

:waves:.

I'm English though, my ancestors invaded yours, took land, forbid you to speak your native tongue... Want some turkey?

I'm obviously continuing the tradition in modern times, being a foreign invader taking your jobs and your women.

SmangeDiggs

See I don't like the idea of celebrating genocide and invasion really, but each to their ownnnnnn

We celebrate ANZAC day in new zealand as well, for us its not about celebrating war, invasion etc. Its about remembering the lives of our fallen service men, many of whom didn't get a choice about going to war and fighting for their countries. It also gives us the opportunity to show respect for what our service men and woman are doing overseas now, i dont think you have to agree with war or the actions that take place during times of conflict to be able to show respect for those who die or sacrifice parts of their lives for their country.
Although i maybe somewhat biased on my opinions about this as im an army wife and i work for the army.

Um, it's nothing to do with the army, I was talking about thanksgiving? celebrating invading another country, raping it of it's resources and taking advantage of the natives before killing them off.... oh and before anyone says it btw, yes I'm Scottish and Britain was just as bad what with the empire and all, but at least we don't throw a massive party to celebrate every year :L

I was making a dark historical joke about thanksgiving in America, not rememberance day in Australia or whatever it is they do there

Sorry my bad complete wrong end of the stick.

sexforjaffacakes

I'm in Scotland too!

:waves:.

I'm English though, my ancestors invaded yours, took land, forbid you to speak your native tongue... Want some turkey?

I'm obviously continuing the tradition in modern times, being a foreign invader taking your jobs and your women.

Yeah, then we kicked your sorry arses back to Angle land :P

Oh Flower o Scotland,
when will we see your like again?
That fought and died fer
yer wee bit hill and glen
And stood against him, proud Edwards army! And sent him hamewards, tae think again!

paha. I wonder if other countries have national anthems that are specifically against another country? :L

I'm actually currently trying to learn fluent scots, then I'm gonna work on Gaelic.
Scots is a lot harder though, as it's hard to seperate the parts that were actually the language and more modern regional dialect.

I'd forgive you for being English, but your people inficted David Cameron upon us, and now I'm seriously considering voting for indipendence just to get out of living in a Tory country :L

Agito

I celebrate Australia on Thanksgiving. :flowerforyou:

Thomasm198

Um, it's nothing to do with the army, I was talking about thanksgiving? celebrating invading another country, raping it of it's resources and taking advantage of the natives before killing them off.... oh and before anyone says it btw, yes I'm Scottish and Britain was just as bad what with the empire and all, but at least we don't throw a massive party to celebrate every year :L

I was making a dark historical joke about thanksgiving in America, not rememberance day in Australia or whatever it is they do there

I'm Irish.

You wouldn't want to be throwing a party every year to celebrate the empire.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

suzycreamcheese

imagine if the english started having a massive celebratory dinner every year to celebrate the battle of culloden or something. Not sure itd go down well

jetscreaminagain

I once stupidly asked a British friend what his family did for Thanksgiving and then caught myself and apologized. He said "no no we're quite happy to celebrate ridding ourselves of religious extremists" BTW he's right.

And it isn't just that they got there late. They were also wholly unprepared and dopey. My ancestor, Mr.Mullins brought a large quantity of shoes but not a single shovel, hoe, or axe. Go team. Maybe that's why his dcendant hundreds of years later was under the momentary impression that it is a global holiday.

LilMissFoodie

I have celebrated Thanksgiving in Australia when I was at uni - usually we would have at least 3 Americans in our 10-share 'dorms' I guess but ours wasn't like a dorm, it was like a big house with 10 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.

So yeah, we usually let them guide what we ate but we helped to cook it. Sometimes they would get stuff shipped over like pumpkin pie filling but sometimes it would just be their recipes with our ingredients. One the menu were things like Turkey (duh), sweet potato and marshmallow thing, green bean casserole, apple pie or pumpkin pie if they had the filling (noone seemed to know how to make a filling from scratch! :P).

Generally we would get 2 blocks together - so 20 people and just go around the table and say what we were thankful for before we ate.

So yeah, that's my experience of Thanksgiving from a country that isn't America

gemco

I'd forgive you for being English, but your people inficted David Cameron upon us, and now I'm seriously considering voting for indipendence just to get out of living in a Tory country :L

hey, most of us down here didn't want Cameron either

suzycreamcheese

most of BRITAIN didnt want Cameron either. Dont forget its a minority government

Biggipooh

Beeing an Alien here in the US it was interesting to hear , what Thanksgiving is about. We don't celebrate that in my home country, but I love the tradition here in the US, that family comes together (as long as they don't argue with each other, lol) and enjoy a nice dinner. I have a 24 pound Turkey sitting in the fridge and still no idea, how to fix that big *kitten*.

kyle4jem

'm actually currently trying to learn fluent scots, then I'm gonna work on Gaelic.
Scots is a lot harder though, as it's hard to seperate the parts that were actually the language and more modern regional dialect.

Unless ye were locked in midden with only the BBC fer company, ye already speak Scots if ye've lived yer hale life amongst em.

Scots is a living leid an ye cannae split the ancient and modern. I grew up in Ayrshire but ma folks are aw Buddies so it's annay natural that things git a wee bit mixed.

Mairs the point, the English actually speak oor leid an nae the other way aroun. An we're a mongrel folk if ever there was. Norse and Normans, Angles and Saxons, Celts and Romans. There's nae such thing as a true Scot or Englishman. But it's what's in her heart that matters.

Historical airbrushing aside, I think it's great that a nation has one day when all it's kin whither tha may be or believe, all gang thegither tae tak a cup of kindness and remember and gie thanks.

For the Scots it's Hogmanay and Ne'erday - that's traditionally when we gie thanks an remember absent friends... although the young'ens dinnae always see it that way noo. It's just another night tae get blootered, whit's a pity! Funny that I had tae come tae England tae rediscover the true Ne'erday spirit :happy:

Cheers!:drinker:



*translation available upon request :laugh:

Quaters

If it is ok to ask how long does thanksgiving go for. are all the shops closed like they are in Auz christmas day and public hoidays?

Quaters

You mean there are certain foods you cannot eat on thanks giving?

emergencytennis

I'm thinking it would be more of Extreme Makeover, Deportation Edition.

Good one.

Contrarian

Yeah.. pretty much everything is closed on Thanksgiving day in Canada, which is in October. & our Thanksgiving is celebrating something different from the American version and with slightly different foods. (no sweet potatoes with marshmallows etc.)

Really? From what I know, it's exactly the same. We also eat the same kind of meal.

veganbaum

You mean there are certain foods you cannot eat on thanks giving?

In response to your other questions, stores are generally closed, but there are still some things open. And it's not that you can't eat certain foods, just that there tend to be some "traditional" Thanksgiving foods, but even those vary - often regionally (such as the typical ingredients for stuffing can vary greatly). I'm vegan, so no turkey. Many people I know will have only ethnic food on Thanksgiving, others will have a Turkey with some typical sides, but also some ethnic foods. So a turkey might immediately jump to mind for Thanksgiving, but I actually know many people who don't eat turkey on Thanksgiving, it's just what is considered traditional, but nothing's off limits.

koosdel

Yeah.. pretty much everything is closed on Thanksgiving day in Canada, which is in October. & our Thanksgiving is celebrating something different from the American version and with slightly different foods. (no sweet potatoes with marshmallows etc.)

Really? From what I know, it's exactly the same. We also eat the same kind of meal.

Not true at all. Canadian thanksgiving involves sacrificial virgins, followed by a contest of gladiators, then celebrating with a feast... broiled kitten being the main course.

lor007

I like Thanksgiving. I am American, but one year we celebrated with pizza. It was fun.

lor007

Duplicate.

sexforjaffacakes

imagine if the english started having a massive celebratory dinner every year to celebrate the battle of culloden or something. Not sure itd go down well

I think England might lose a large chunk of the population, and seriously regret stashing the nuclear weapons up here...

sexforjaffacakes

'm actually currently trying to learn fluent scots, then I'm gonna work on Gaelic.
Scots is a lot harder though, as it's hard to seperate the parts that were actually the language and more modern regional dialect.

Unless ye were locked in midden with only the BBC fer company, ye already speak Scots if ye've lived yer hale life amongst em.

Scots is a living leid an ye cannae split the ancient and modern. I grew up in Ayrshire but ma folks are aw Buddies so it's annay natural that things git a wee bit mixed.

Mairs the point, the English actually speak oor leid an nae the other way aroun. An we're a mongrel folk if ever there was. Norse and Normans, Angles and Saxons, Celts and Romans. There's nae such thing as a true Scot or Englishman. But it's what's in her heart that matters.

Historical airbrushing aside, I think it's great that a nation has one day when all it's kin whither tha may be or believe, all gang thegither tae tak a cup of kindness and remember and gie thanks.

For the Scots it's Hogmanay and Ne'erday - that's traditionally when we gie thanks an remember absent friends... although the young'ens dinnae always see it that way noo. It's just another night tae get blootered, whit's a pity! Funny that I had tae come tae England tae rediscover the true Ne'erday spirit :happy:

Cheers!:drinker:



*translation available upon request :laugh:

So many people on thios thread must have read this like...wtf?
You know that 90% of scots don't even realise there was a language called "scots", not just a dialect, though there is scots dialect which is a bit confusing, but like a completely different language. Really funny reading early letters from mary queen of scots to queen elizabeth, she canny write in English at all :L
I remember in primary school we had to write essays and stories in scots, it was so much fun (:
But of course, I had to learn tae speak proper English when I got to highschool :P
I wonder what the SQA would actually do if you did write in fluent scots? They couldn't mark you down for spelling mistakes or slang, beccause it is neither, and it's not a foreign language either, so really, what would they do....? Might go take a standard grade exam just to find out :L

fit4mom

Yeah.. pretty much everything is closed on Thanksgiving day in Canada, which is in October. & our Thanksgiving is celebrating something different from the American version and with slightly different foods. (no sweet potatoes with marshmallows etc.)

Really? From what I know, it's exactly the same. We also eat the same kind of meal.

Not true at all. Canadian thanksgiving involves sacrificial virgins, followed by a contest of gladiators, then celebrating with a feast... broiled kitten being the main course.

SWEET. This is so my new family tradition!