do Canadians do it better?
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In my experience (having lived in both countries), the difference in timing and length of the holiday makes it, on average, less of a diet-ordeal in Canada than in the US. There's also the fact that Canadians are conditioned to complain less.
Being in the beginning of October, it's still camping weather for Canadian Thanksgiving! I've missed big family Thanksgiving dinners in Canada because we were out camping. (Of course, in the southern US, I guess camping in November is still an option.)
Being only a 3 day weekend instead of 4, it's a smaller celebration.
Thanksgiving in the US seems to have escalated since I moved to Canada about 20 years ago; some colleges give the entire week off, most schools give Wednesday off. And what happened to Veteran's Day? I was down south on November 11th, and it seems mostly only grade schools and banks have it off anymore.0 -
and I was going to say I love Canadians, but now... I'm a little annoyed at how they dispose of their garbage.
the problem is....as we're disposing of the garbage....you as a nation are BEGGING for it...and we Canadian, always concerned about the environment, will always recycle and rehome our unwanted things.
Even still, speaking as an eco-friendly Canadian, there's no explanation for Nickelback.
See....rehoming our garbage to the US....LOL...J/K...I actually like Nickelback.
I have been systematically making all my meals as healthy as I can. I generally don't spend time with family at such gatherings because the only people I care to see who are usually at them are my parents and my daughter. The other family members I want to see usually have other obligations....anyway, I usually go see the parents a few days later and don't have the temptation of most of the high fat/sugar/starch/sodium stuff. We still have turkey or ham....no skin on the turkey, low salt ham, dressing, but with less fat, salads, steamed veggies, desserts made as lo-cal as possible... I can't say I don't overeat....I sometimes do....but it's on mainly healthy stuff which is better than unhealthy.0 -
There's also the fact that Canadians are conditioned to complain less.
Wait. What? We are??? Do tell. *curious Canadian*0 -
See....rehoming our garbage to the US....LOL...J/K...I actually like Nickelback.
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Hahaha...the other side of that sign says "I am so sorry for that outburst"
Funny Funny!!! :laugh: I like it!0 -
There's also the fact that Canadians are conditioned to complain less.
Wait. What? We are??? Do tell. *curious Canadian*
maybe they meant we're more "passive-aggressive" about it.....you know0 -
All I know is all the Canadian men I've met have been hot.0
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There's also the fact that Canadians are conditioned to complain less.
Wait. What? We are??? Do tell. *curious Canadian*
maybe they meant we're more "passive-aggressive" about it.....you know
This I can get behind. We have passive-aggressive down to a petty art.
Plus. Sarcasm. We are the masters. Half the time we don't even know we're being sarcastic. That's how good we are at it.0 -
I think we are just a little subtler about it - which, I suppose when it comes to caloric intake, does make it "better" for weight loss
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That said, I've read some threads on American Thanksgiving, and I think I'd be a goner down south. WAAYYY too much deliciousness.
what do y'all eat?0 -
I think they just whine a little less, I mean they have poutine and don't whine about that either
LOL poutine is so good and makes you feel so mushy inside that you cant whine anyway :P
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I know we do black Friday better in the US! In fact, the mall in Bellingham, Washington and the outlet malls in Burlington will be overflowing with Canadians who drive an hour south from BC. Of course, they must love our shopping because they come down frequently to go to WalMart and especially Costco, and fill their gas tanks south of the border.0
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Haha, thanks to all for your lovely Canadian characteristics / stereotypes!
A) we do celebrate thanksgiving, but it isn't coupled with a) football and b) shopping, which 1000 x the event (and the eating).
Fun fact: the original Thanksgiving day is still celebrated in Canada. The American Thanksgiving was moved to co-incide with the 2 events listed above. Interesting, eh?
And now, for some fun! Feel free to share far and wide
"Canadian Please"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQf13B8epw 0 -
Haha, thanks to all for your lovely Canadian characteristics / stereotypes!
A) we do celebrate thanksgiving, but it isn't coupled with a) football and b) shopping, which 1000 x the event (and the eating). Fun fact: the original Thanksgiving day is still celebrated in Canada. The American Thanksgiving was moved to co-incide with the 2 events listed above. Interesting, eh?
And now, for some fun! Feel free to share far and wide
"Canadian Please"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQf13B8epw
I've always found Canadians are always willing to make fun of themselves. 0 -
It sure is Mr MessierI am in love with canadian chicks.
My last name is canadian enough. I should just move there.. Come on up north 0 -
I don't know about better, but, we do it pretty freakin' well!0
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I think we are just a little subtler about it - which, I suppose when it comes to caloric intake, does make it "better" for weight loss.
That said, I've read some threads on American Thanksgiving, and I think I'd be a goner down south. WAAYYY too much deliciousness.
what do y'all eat?
We eat the same things you do - minus the green bean casserole :laugh: We tend to emphasize quality of quantity of food. It more about family than football or shopping.
What do you think we ear?? :noway:0 -
We do everything better
This :drinker:0 -
I'm half Canadian and half Australian (born in Canada, live in Australia). We don't even celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia so I guess that's a win from a dieting point of view. We don't really do Halloween either (except we've kind of started to adopt it as an excuse to dress up).0
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Haha, thanks to all for your lovely Canadian characteristics / stereotypes!
A) we do celebrate thanksgiving, but it isn't coupled with a) football and b) shopping, which 1000 x the event (and the eating). Fun fact: the original Thanksgiving day is still celebrated in Canada. The American Thanksgiving was moved to co-incide with the 2 events listed above. Interesting, eh?
And now, for some fun! Feel free to share far and wide
"Canadian Please"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWQf13B8epw I've always found Canadians are always willing to make fun of themselves.
typical Canadian Humor....i grew up with these boys...
Enjoy!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2oAAyrLKrk 0 -
We do everything better
+1000
But, in fact, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving as much as USA does... Especially here in Qc, it is really not in the french canadian mentality to celebrate this holiday. It's more a "Yay, we got a day off" and that's it day.0 -
Ryan Reynolds anyone?
Not to mention:
Ryan Gosling
John Candy
Rachel McAdams
Alex Trebek
Elisha Cuthbert
Jim Carrey
Michael J Fox
Anna Paquin
Dan Akroyd
Evangeline Lily
Pamela Anderson
Nina Dobrev
Oh and nobody in Canada eats poutine, at least none of the cool cats. We just make it and get Americans to try it when they come here.
But as for the real topic, I was actually thinking that there isn't as much hoopla about the Canadian Thanksgiving feast as there seems to be for the American Thanksgiving.
Well, see, in my neck of the woods, we do... We kind of invented it and (I don,t know why) but are proud of it. Opposite of celebrating THanksgiving, where it speaks french, we have gastronomic food AND poutine but no Thanksgiving. Go figure!
Ever tried Foie Gras Poutine? I dare you!0 -
Not a chance0
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Not to mention:
Ryan Gosling
John Candy
Rachel McAdams
Alex Trebek
Elisha Cuthbert
Jim Carrey
Michael J Fox
Anna Paquin
Dan Akroyd
Evangeline Lily
Pamela Anderson
Nina Dobrev
Sorry but that stil doesn't make up for C. Dion and Bryan Adams. OH and the world still wants a public apology for Tom Green.0 -
Not a chance
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We just ate every morsel that was in site and pretending the day didn't even happen.
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Sorry but that stil doesn't make up for C. Dion and Bryan Adams. OH and the world still wants a public apology for Tom Green.
Rebecca Black.
/end argument.0 -
Not to mention:
Ryan Gosling
John Candy
Rachel McAdams
Alex Trebek
Elisha Cuthbert
Jim Carrey
Michael J Fox
Anna Paquin
Dan Akroyd
Evangeline Lily
Pamela Anderson
Nina Dobrev
Sorry but that stil doesn't make up for C. Dion and Bryan Adams. OH and the world still wants a public apology for Tom Green.
Yeah, I'll give you that one.0 -
In my experience (having lived in both countries), the difference in timing and length of the holiday makes it, on average, less of a diet-ordeal in Canada than in the US. There's also the fact that Canadians are conditioned to complain less.
Being in the beginning of October, it's still camping weather for Canadian Thanksgiving! I've missed big family Thanksgiving dinners in Canada because we were out camping. (Of course, in the southern US, I guess camping in November is still an option.)
Lol you must live either in southern BC or Ontario - here in Alberta we had 6" of snow by mid-October! :grumble:
That being said, I do know people that will camp in the snow, golf in the snow (my husband), play softball in the snow (again, my husband), and of course, our CFL's Grey Cup has many times been played in the snow. No wonder some people call us crazy canucks :laugh:
I would love to experience an American Thanksgiving one day - I have always wondered if it compares to the Portuguese and Italian Weddings I have been to....yum-me! :drinker:0 -
Sorry but that stil doesn't make up for C. Dion and Bryan Adams. OH and the world still wants a public apology for Tom Green.
Neil Young and Joni Mitchell more than make up for C Dion and Bryan Adams.
We humbly apologise for Tom Green, although I am in no way personally responsible for his existence.0 -
hockey = yes
drinking beer = yes
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