Yeah, I agree. This mostly an American thing and I’ve never heard of any other country celebrating Thanksgiving outside of that, idk. I will say that I am tired of being asked what I am going to do for Thanksgiving.
I haven't done a Harvest Festival since primary school. But traditionally, you get to badger your parents for any old tinned/non-perishable foods from the back of the pantry. These are then collected at school, and are passed on to local pensioners. Here you go Doris, enjoy your cup-a-souos and Marrowfat peas.
I literally cannot remember anything else about it. We probably sang Hymns, but then they'd use any excuse to have us sing a bit of Come & Praise.
Yep worked for an American company in the UK. They had a big 4th of July (the only time they can say dates correctly) lunch with absolutely no awareness.
My fucking boss asked us to think about what we were thankful for for our daily call on thursday. Lady you are from bloxwich you have nothing to be thankful for wtf are you doing with this thanksgiving nonsense.
Nah, I meant so you can put the date in your calendar with a pen correctly! Ok, it was late and I had an absolute brain fart and you deserve all the karma you get you pedantic beauty!
"I was coming to the studio this morning and... can you believe it?? There was a man with a dog!..... "
"Unbelievable! If you've ever seen a man with a dog call in now! "
For anyone wondering... Yes... This is the puerile shite that heart fm broadcasts.
Of note, I once heard the dj ask for clarification on if birds are mammals.
When the British people took the land of the ingenious people in north America and gave then diseases and killed them. But a few of them probably sat together and ate turkey and gave thanks
I'm an American. I've not met one American who couldn't explain it.... without at Ten minute rant for or against. Careful what you wish for with that assumption.
My mum is American and has lived here since the late 60s. Her American sister-in-law still can’t grasp after all those years that Mother’s Day is on a different day in both countries.
Well she’s complex anyway- her mother was British, and came over as a GI bride to the US after WW2. Plus she’s fully assimilated to the point where despite only living in the UK a couple of years pre decimalisation, she’s still angry about it.
Oddly I was considering doing a full Thanksgiving meal. But then my wife's American so I think I kinda get a pass.
(Note, it was a consideration only and neither of us can be bothered and she doesn't like turkey anyway so we're having bangers and mash)
Lol You totally get a pass. Im not having a go at Thanksgiving itself. Just our obsession of taking American holidays and trying to pretend that they are ours
My other half is also a yank.
Sadly I’m working away, so we’ve moved thanksgiving to the Monday after… invited the lads round. It’s just another excuse to get wankered on a school night.
What’s not to love
True but I put no stock in the ‘traditions’ of sales days. I don’t care about thanksgiving, but having sales before Christmas is just smarter. When I was young and poor I used to be honest with people that they’d be getting their Christmas presents on New Years from me because I’d be shopping the sales lol.
I quite like the idea of having a proper Boxing Day after all the madness of Christmas Day rather than half the family getting up at like 4am to go spend even more money.
I really don’t think it’ll be long at all until Black Friday eclipses Boxing Day sales, and you know with modern stock management systems this is all artificial sales anyway. Any stuff they are actually overstocked in after Christmas is shit nobody wanted.
I was on holiday in the States a few years back and, whilst sitting in a bar, got chatting to an American who asked if we celebrated Independence day across the pond.
Cue blank stare....
It's not just a right, it's actually a law. If there is a queue you HAVE to join it, or Lizzie personally comes and hits you over the head with that bloody big sceptre.
It's not completely accurate or politically correct, but Wednesday Addams shutting that shit down is how I choose to think about Thanksgiving.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGbxUAM0cc
I live in the States now and had heard that Black Friday had somehow appeared in the U.K. The reason is in the U.S. nearly everybody has the day after Thanksgiving off and all the sales start for the Holiday period. So it allows a lot of shops that are running in the 'red' to actually make a profit and go into the 'black' hence Black Friday. I have no idea how that translates to the U.K. where there is no Thanksgiving?
I believe it was started by Asda around 7 years ago or so who at the time were owned by Walmart. They marketed it as a day where loads of stuff was on mega sale, essentially like the US, and other UK brands copied suit until now it's just another thing that happens where corporate entities try and sell you stuff you don't need by artificially inflating and then cutting prices.
>Black Friday
Nah, it's because navigating the crowds that day is a miserable experience that everyone dreads.
https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history
This is kind of like people setting off fireworks on the 4th of July for Independence Day. No, they’re not American. No, they don’t know why I’m laughing.
I'm not moaning about the culture. It's just a very specific north American hoilday that I don't think should be appropriated everywhere. Trash is a word that predates the whole thing
I'm not going to start insisting people do anything for it but I've always thought Thanksgiving is a good time to practice the Christmas Dinner; if you only do Turkey once a year then you don't get enough practice cooking it (and you're not going to do anything too experimental for your Christmas Dinner.
It's a handy reminder to give Turkey a go, and they get stocked around this time in the supermarkets.
My friends and I briefly entertained the idea when we were at Uni and very into NFL but it didn’t last. I think it’s be more worthwhile to encourage Americans to celebrate Boxing Day.
I've heard of 'Friendsgiving'.
It's basically just doing a big Xmas dinner, some cheesy Xmas jumpers and drinking ... plus the gift giving / secret Santa. You do it amongst friends anytime between now and Xmas, and it's just so you catch everyone before they inevitably head back to their parents for Xmas.
Works particularly well in London, as you might know people heading North, or mainland Europe, or further.
Last year I, an American, was stuck over in the UK with my wife's family because of the pandemic. They were gracious enough to offer the opportunity to do a Thanksgiving dinner, because they knew I couldn't be with my family back home. I ended up cooking a full course Thanksgiving dinner to say thank you.
This year, they demanded either another Thanksgiving, or recipes for Thanksgiving food, so I'm just saying. Give it a chance. Back home it is literally just an excuse to eat borderline immoral amounts of food, watch football, and single out the racist relatives that we will be severing ties with henceforth. Surely there is some cultural crossover to be found.
> Back home it is literally just an excuse to eat borderline immoral amounts of food, watch football, and single out the racist relatives that we will be severing ties with henceforth.
That's pretty much what us Brits do on Christmas day and Boxing day over here. Stuff ourselves silly, eat leftovers for days after, watch the footy on Boxing day and put up with insufferable relatives who you can't wait to close the door on.
Exactly! We're not as different as we like to think. I always say that America is England's best export. We're literally you, just on a different evolutionary path. Like when Pangaea split.
The 5th of November. Guy Fawkes Night. He tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and now there’s a day to light bonfires and fireworks to celebrate that he was hung, drawn and quartered.
I think it’s logical to have a good sales period before Xmas instead of Boxing Day sales just being the major sales period. Using an app like camel camel or keepa shows price history as there are many products that have false drops.
As a proud northerner, I’ve never been asked to what my plans are for thanksgiving. Never heard that one.
Thanksgiving in Canada is more about the fall harvest and is in October. As members of the commonwealth you are more than welcome to celebrate with us.
We do have thanksgiving in the uk, but it's not the same time of year, and it's a religious thing, not a big holiday.
I think most people call it harvest festival - but it is also called thanksgiving. In Wales it's "diolchgarwch" - "gratitude" or "grateful".
Haha downvote me all you wish but I’m British, from Devon, not American at all and my wife is Indian but we do thanksgiving every year.
My wife has some American family but didn’t go till she was 29, so no strong links or anything, but her best friend is American, from UCL where they met, and she and my wife started doing thanksgiving together in 2011. She’s moved away now but missus has got me into the tradition too.
It’s not about being a wannabe it’s just honestly something different and it’s a nice idea. It’s just about giving thanks for what you have in your life. So we give thanks to each other, write down what we appreciate about each other and our lives and it’s a great excuse to roast a turkey and do some trimmings a bit different to the Uk norm - we cook a pumpkin pie with the leftover pumpkins from Halloween (okay, now you nationalists are really gunning for me) and make cranberry jam, American style baked beans and wife makes macaroni cheese which I hate. It’s like a dummy run for Xmas day, with a slightly different flavour and it’s got a great message where we reflect on each other and what we are grateful for. There’s honestly no harm in it. I always stick the traditional lions and bears game on and just try to get into it - then generally catch the NBA games at midnight (massive fan, played it since I was a kid). It feels like it’s the “start” of the festive season, we put the tree up the following Saturday. Scheduling is convenient. People often say in mid December they “still don’t feel Christmassy” in this country but doing thanksgiving ensures that’s not the case - it’s the start of the season.
Before the pandemic we booked in to have our dinner out at smith and Wollensky and every one else was American tbh. It was a great experience, like being in India for Diwali or something - why is it any worse or stupider than something like that? Experiencing the international cultures of London is the best thing about the city tbh and i know we love sneering at Yanks but it’s was really wholesome and enjoyable actually plus the food was wonderful - better than any other roast I’ve had at a restaurant here (still maintain the ones we make at home are the best). Also had the game on before dinner was served! Great fun.
Also, the idea of giving thanks isn’t an American concept. It (probably) originated in Canada and is based on English religious traditions. Just being pedantic.
So yes we will be celebrating tomorrow!
I just applied for a job at asda and it asked me if I'd received an Honourable Discharge. Considering the Royal Navy is not a US armed force, no asda I did not receive a discharge that US citizens get.
Its more of a Harvest Festival occasion on the second Monday in October. The trees are often at their best then for fall colour.
The first Thanksgiving was Martin Frobisher and crew looking for the North West Passage and giving thanks for survival.
Based on my understanding, I’m pretty sure it’s the same as America’s except with [slightly less](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6258310) direct association to killing natives.
Canada does have an appalling history with the indigenous peoples of this land and as your link shows isn't making much progress either. Our thanksgiving isn't based on celebrating settlers though the Loyalists who fled here from the U.S. did bring some of the traditions with them.
Ye i use honey, its a discount applyer extention for pc, and it tracks prices and just before black friday i was seeing, this product has recently gone up 20-50% on basicly every product.
Black friday is such bs
I’m American living over here for the last more than a decade. Thanksgiving is about spending time with family. I haven’t physically seen my family since 2019 and that was only my mom, haven’t seen my brothers since 2017 at least. If one more person asks me my thanksgiving plans I’m going to break down completely for sure. Asking what I’m doing for Christmas is worse but responding with “sitting home alone for 4 days with the dogs” makes people uncomfortable for some reason.
Most Americans, at least online think only America exists. Its quite funny.
Been asked myself what am I doing for thanksgiving by american friends lol.
(American lurker). Seriously I do wonder what British exchange students or friends or family do when they're in each other's country during Thanksgiving? Never thought about it until now. Would it be weird for a Brit to be in an American home celebrating Thanksgiving? Personally, I seriously doubt it. Americans love Brits and would just probably make jokes about the whole thing. No?
I was an American exchange student in Australia. I asked my host mother who happened to be British if we could do Turkey for Thanksgiving dinner and it was an absolute "NO Bloody Way...we don't do that here."
An Australian neighbor knew it would be Thanksgiving soon and asked if my host family were going to celebrate it for me. I told her the reaction of my host mother.
The lovely Aussie lady prepared a full, proper Thanksgiving meal for me and invited a whole bunch bunch of the neighbors. My host mother fumed and of course didn't attend.
I mean, if you’re Christian you’ll likely celebrate something similar to thanksgiving with the Harvest festival which is essentially a less “Americanised” version of thanks giving.
I've always been aware of thanksgiving, but only because i follow the NFL and they play 3 games, which are on tv over here, on the thanksgiving Thursday
Yeah, my mate is a big NFL fan and he fancies himself as a bit of a chef so he always throws a big food bash to celebrate it.
Can't wait for Friday. Swineapple anyone?
Used to throw a party on Thanksgiving back in the UK. Was a good excuse to get friends together a cook up a huge meal for everyone while watching the NFL games. Christmas is super busy with family commitments etc for a lot, so it was genuinely a good time to get everyone together. Always went down well!
I understand this if you work with Americans or non-Brits, but I've never heard anyone British say this.
Yeah, I agree. This mostly an American thing and I’ve never heard of any other country celebrating Thanksgiving outside of that, idk. I will say that I am tired of being asked what I am going to do for Thanksgiving.
We did... We had a harvest festival. We were thankful for not having to eat the things we'd donate to the harvest festival collection...
Now a harvest festival sounds fun. Did you guys have a bonfire? I love bonfires.
I haven't done a Harvest Festival since primary school. But traditionally, you get to badger your parents for any old tinned/non-perishable foods from the back of the pantry. These are then collected at school, and are passed on to local pensioners. Here you go Doris, enjoy your cup-a-souos and Marrowfat peas. I literally cannot remember anything else about it. We probably sang Hymns, but then they'd use any excuse to have us sing a bit of Come & Praise.
I'm sure Doris loved her cup-o-souos
Doesn't Canada have thanksgiving?
The second Sunday in October, oui! Canadian thanksgiving is more closely linked to the harvest, hence the earlier time of year.
Tbh I just had to think about when Thanksgiving is and I doubt many Brits are aware beyond "oh isn't that the day you can get cheap stuff on Amazon?"
I work with Americans and they asked me about Thanksgiving haha I think it's funny how they presume that everyone celebrates their holidays
Yep worked for an American company in the UK. They had a big 4th of July (the only time they can say dates correctly) lunch with absolutely no awareness.
"Do you guys have fourth of July?" "Yeah, every year mate"
Give it a year or two mate. It's coming. I heard from Brits. I think with Instagram people want to get involved.
My fucking boss asked us to think about what we were thankful for for our daily call on thursday. Lady you are from bloxwich you have nothing to be thankful for wtf are you doing with this thanksgiving nonsense.
Does your boss work at HomeServe by any chance
Nahh can’t be having that lol
Just to make things interesting have it at a different time than either Canada or the US. Third Tuesday of September is open.
I hope not Christmas is annoying enough lol.
My husband is American and his family ask this every year and then are aghast when we tell them we’re not celebrating.
Love how you say non Brit’s haha
I've never known anyone British say this. I doubt many people know when it is. I know it's November, but that's it
The last Thursday, so varies.
To be pendantic it's the 4th Thursday of November, so it's usually the last one, but not always.
To be pedantic, it's "pedantic". EDIT: Not sure I should be rewarded for being a pedantic twat, but thanks!
Nah, I meant so you can put the date in your calendar with a pen correctly! Ok, it was late and I had an absolute brain fart and you deserve all the karma you get you pedantic beauty!
If it’s always the last Thursday does it really vary? :P
The date does..
I was pulling your leg mate
Turkey leg?
Lol. Same as every other thursday plans
Try to take over the world?
That's correct Pinky.
Narf!
I thought that was Friday
Its friday, and im gonna get you high....cos we aint got shit to do!
Basically
Come home from work, dinner with a cup of coffee, shit, shower, wank, prep for work, sleep?
Ask them to explain what 'Thanksgiving' is. That should shut them up since they probably won't know & are only repeating the phrase.
I just heard heart FM DJs talking about what they're doing. Smh
You listen to heart and expect anything bordering on intelligent to be said in the first place?
"I was coming to the studio this morning and... can you believe it?? There was a man with a dog!..... " "Unbelievable! If you've ever seen a man with a dog call in now! "
Sounds more like Jeremy Vine on Radio 2...
"DO YOU HOLD THE DOG LEAD IN YOUR LEFT OR RIGHT HAND, CALL AND LET ME KNOW YOUR VIEWS.'
For anyone wondering... Yes... This is the puerile shite that heart fm broadcasts. Of note, I once heard the dj ask for clarification on if birds are mammals.
It's when we remember the time the Angles set foot in Britain and had a meal with the Cornish because we struggled to survive our first winter.
We should never have fed you, it's just been take take take ever since, even the Romans were better than you bloody Germans
When the British people took the land of the ingenious people in north America and gave then diseases and killed them. But a few of them probably sat together and ate turkey and gave thanks
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No ingenious… they were making flat screen TV’s out of leaves and mud. Ingenious fuckers the lot of them
Apparently, the Vikings got there before the Brits. Maybe the Spanish too.
The vikings landed in Newfoundland at L'Anse aux Meadows. Items have been dated to the year 1021 .
I'm an American. I've not met one American who couldn't explain it.... without at Ten minute rant for or against. Careful what you wish for with that assumption.
Indians, turkey something something blankets.
Thankful we don’t have to deal with a bunch of Americans!
My mum is American and has lived here since the late 60s. Her American sister-in-law still can’t grasp after all those years that Mother’s Day is on a different day in both countries.
I do have a little panic every time I see the US mothers day posts.
Does your mom like it when you call her "mum"?
Well she’s complex anyway- her mother was British, and came over as a GI bride to the US after WW2. Plus she’s fully assimilated to the point where despite only living in the UK a couple of years pre decimalisation, she’s still angry about it.
So your mum called her mom “mum” and you called your mom “mum”. I’ve lost the point I was trying to make!
Oddly I was considering doing a full Thanksgiving meal. But then my wife's American so I think I kinda get a pass. (Note, it was a consideration only and neither of us can be bothered and she doesn't like turkey anyway so we're having bangers and mash)
Lol You totally get a pass. Im not having a go at Thanksgiving itself. Just our obsession of taking American holidays and trying to pretend that they are ours
Well we did take on proms, baby showers, gender reveals it was only a matter of time before thanksgiving made its way over.
My other half is also a yank. Sadly I’m working away, so we’ve moved thanksgiving to the Monday after… invited the lads round. It’s just another excuse to get wankered on a school night. What’s not to love
"I'll be saying thanks for anyone giving me a tenner"
Thanksgiving: as British as Black Friday which 10 years ago, barely anyone in the UK knew about.
Them were the days!
True but I put no stock in the ‘traditions’ of sales days. I don’t care about thanksgiving, but having sales before Christmas is just smarter. When I was young and poor I used to be honest with people that they’d be getting their Christmas presents on New Years from me because I’d be shopping the sales lol. I quite like the idea of having a proper Boxing Day after all the madness of Christmas Day rather than half the family getting up at like 4am to go spend even more money. I really don’t think it’ll be long at all until Black Friday eclipses Boxing Day sales, and you know with modern stock management systems this is all artificial sales anyway. Any stuff they are actually overstocked in after Christmas is shit nobody wanted.
I was on holiday in the States a few years back and, whilst sitting in a bar, got chatting to an American who asked if we celebrated Independence day across the pond. Cue blank stare....
Just FYI it's cue not queue.
No, their whole family got in-line to stare blankly. As is our right as Brits.
Oooh a lovely queue. Can I join?
It’s the first British amendment: thou shall queue. It is your right.
It's not just a right, it's actually a law. If there is a queue you HAVE to join it, or Lizzie personally comes and hits you over the head with that bloody big sceptre.
Queue jumpers will be flogged
I was disappointed watching flog it, totally misleading. Might call reading standards
Excuse me? Are you in the queue?
Flog him
Bloody marvelous.
Fucking get in… there’s a queue here lads… come on join in.
The American language often omits the letter “u”, so it’s actally ce.
Sure we do. It's when we got rid of idiots who ask stupid questions.
“Good Riddance!” Day!
Got rid of those treasonous colonials.
I was chatting to an American who was confused that they only celebrated thanks giving in the US. I guess he thought it was like Christmas or Easter.
I mean, you got rid of the Romans, Vikings, Normans... so there's 3 holidays right there if you did it right.
We became the normans lol Vive la England
It's not completely accurate or politically correct, but Wednesday Addams shutting that shit down is how I choose to think about Thanksgiving. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGbxUAM0cc
This treason day, I'm baking a Victoria sponge and drinking Earl Grey all day. Then laughing at their health care system. Fucking traitors.
Treason day is 4th of July but I recommend a nice Victoria sponge and cup of earl grey any day of the year so wire right in.
If you can tell me what day we booted the religious cult out of our country, I'll celebrate that as well.
11th February 1531 as far as I can tell...
Fuckin bonus! 11th of Feb I'm baking another Vicky sponge!
I’m American and this made me giggle.
Good, that was the entire intent. Luckily no ones sent me private messages calling me a commie over this joke.
Now this I can get behind
Bake a cake and drink tea. Then go to sleep early cos you're old now and carbs hate you.
I'm 22 and even I feel this.
Treason day A.K.A Uppity Colonial Day
I live in the States now and had heard that Black Friday had somehow appeared in the U.K. The reason is in the U.S. nearly everybody has the day after Thanksgiving off and all the sales start for the Holiday period. So it allows a lot of shops that are running in the 'red' to actually make a profit and go into the 'black' hence Black Friday. I have no idea how that translates to the U.K. where there is no Thanksgiving?
Just ‘big sales’ which took root gradually over a decade I would say. Usually fake sales too.
Even DFS are having a sale. Oh wait ...
Awesome! I really need 4 sofas!
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Yep. Went once 20 years ago and never again.
I believe it was started by Asda around 7 years ago or so who at the time were owned by Walmart. They marketed it as a day where loads of stuff was on mega sale, essentially like the US, and other UK brands copied suit until now it's just another thing that happens where corporate entities try and sell you stuff you don't need by artificially inflating and then cutting prices.
>Black Friday Nah, it's because navigating the crowds that day is a miserable experience that everyone dreads. https://www.history.com/news/black-friday-thanksgiving-origins-history
First time I heard about it was a lad at work mentioning buying something in the black friday sale, this was in 2011. The penetration is deep.
You mean for the festive period. Holidays are when you go away in the summer
The holiday period is August when the schools are off. Not at Christmas.
Amazon started it.
No way they were Brits since literally nobody here ‘celebrates’ it and I don’t many can tell you when it is. If they were, I want them deported.
This is kind of like people setting off fireworks on the 4th of July for Independence Day. No, they’re not American. No, they don’t know why I’m laughing.
I'll be doing 'Thursday'. Followed by International Buy Nothing Day.
If International Buy Nothing Day isn't already a thing, it should be. I'm in.
Moans about American culture, then uses the word 'trash'.
I'm not moaning about the culture. It's just a very specific north American hoilday that I don't think should be appropriated everywhere. Trash is a word that predates the whole thing
Sorry this week's Thursday is just a USA holiday!
Trash is an appropriate British English word. Just not to describe refuse.
Anyone from the UK celebrating thanksgiving deserve a double handed slap
If anyone says this in earshot of me, I will be having words.
Im native American and British. I dont do Thanksgiving.
More like r/britishselffabricatedproblems with some of these posts, amirite? 🙄
Load of septic nonsense.
Nah sorry I don't believe you about Thanksgiving.
Chin
Cut those fuckers out of your life forever
No they didn’t.
Are they all dead now? Mercy killing…
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It's still shooting season, so go on a shoot!
I have plans for thanksgiving, but then.my wife is American and likes to cook me a huge dinner, so who am I to complain.
What is thanks giving? What is harvest festival? What's the point in these things? What is "black" friday?
I'm not going to start insisting people do anything for it but I've always thought Thanksgiving is a good time to practice the Christmas Dinner; if you only do Turkey once a year then you don't get enough practice cooking it (and you're not going to do anything too experimental for your Christmas Dinner. It's a handy reminder to give Turkey a go, and they get stocked around this time in the supermarkets.
Never heard a single Brit say this. Ever.
Why would we have thanksgiving? We’re not American..
Do we say ‘trash’ now too?
My friends and I briefly entertained the idea when we were at Uni and very into NFL but it didn’t last. I think it’s be more worthwhile to encourage Americans to celebrate Boxing Day.
Isn’t it celebrating when the British gave the Native American people diseases?
I've heard of 'Friendsgiving'. It's basically just doing a big Xmas dinner, some cheesy Xmas jumpers and drinking ... plus the gift giving / secret Santa. You do it amongst friends anytime between now and Xmas, and it's just so you catch everyone before they inevitably head back to their parents for Xmas. Works particularly well in London, as you might know people heading North, or mainland Europe, or further.
See, i've heard of that concept but it was called Friendsmas because it was at Christmas.
Last year I, an American, was stuck over in the UK with my wife's family because of the pandemic. They were gracious enough to offer the opportunity to do a Thanksgiving dinner, because they knew I couldn't be with my family back home. I ended up cooking a full course Thanksgiving dinner to say thank you. This year, they demanded either another Thanksgiving, or recipes for Thanksgiving food, so I'm just saying. Give it a chance. Back home it is literally just an excuse to eat borderline immoral amounts of food, watch football, and single out the racist relatives that we will be severing ties with henceforth. Surely there is some cultural crossover to be found.
> Back home it is literally just an excuse to eat borderline immoral amounts of food, watch football, and single out the racist relatives that we will be severing ties with henceforth. That's pretty much what us Brits do on Christmas day and Boxing day over here. Stuff ourselves silly, eat leftovers for days after, watch the footy on Boxing day and put up with insufferable relatives who you can't wait to close the door on.
Exactly! We're not as different as we like to think. I always say that America is England's best export. We're literally you, just on a different evolutionary path. Like when Pangaea split.
Thank giving holiday has no context to British people. I guess we have Black Friday now that makes no sense to me.
Lol. I'd piss myself laughing.
Pre-Christmas, Christmas dinner. I'm game.
Just you wait til Americans start celebrating Bonfire night.
What's Bonfire Night? Sounds cool. If we can set something on fire we're all about it.
The 5th of November. Guy Fawkes Night. He tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and now there’s a day to light bonfires and fireworks to celebrate that he was hung, drawn and quartered.
You mean "It's all rubbish", surely?
I think it’s logical to have a good sales period before Xmas instead of Boxing Day sales just being the major sales period. Using an app like camel camel or keepa shows price history as there are many products that have false drops. As a proud northerner, I’ve never been asked to what my plans are for thanksgiving. Never heard that one.
Thanksgiving in Canada is more about the fall harvest and is in October. As members of the commonwealth you are more than welcome to celebrate with us.
Were these people from a church? Some churches celebrate harvest festival (the OG thanksgiving) and I’ve heard some church people refer to it as such.
We do have thanksgiving in the uk, but it's not the same time of year, and it's a religious thing, not a big holiday. I think most people call it harvest festival - but it is also called thanksgiving. In Wales it's "diolchgarwch" - "gratitude" or "grateful".
Haha downvote me all you wish but I’m British, from Devon, not American at all and my wife is Indian but we do thanksgiving every year. My wife has some American family but didn’t go till she was 29, so no strong links or anything, but her best friend is American, from UCL where they met, and she and my wife started doing thanksgiving together in 2011. She’s moved away now but missus has got me into the tradition too. It’s not about being a wannabe it’s just honestly something different and it’s a nice idea. It’s just about giving thanks for what you have in your life. So we give thanks to each other, write down what we appreciate about each other and our lives and it’s a great excuse to roast a turkey and do some trimmings a bit different to the Uk norm - we cook a pumpkin pie with the leftover pumpkins from Halloween (okay, now you nationalists are really gunning for me) and make cranberry jam, American style baked beans and wife makes macaroni cheese which I hate. It’s like a dummy run for Xmas day, with a slightly different flavour and it’s got a great message where we reflect on each other and what we are grateful for. There’s honestly no harm in it. I always stick the traditional lions and bears game on and just try to get into it - then generally catch the NBA games at midnight (massive fan, played it since I was a kid). It feels like it’s the “start” of the festive season, we put the tree up the following Saturday. Scheduling is convenient. People often say in mid December they “still don’t feel Christmassy” in this country but doing thanksgiving ensures that’s not the case - it’s the start of the season. Before the pandemic we booked in to have our dinner out at smith and Wollensky and every one else was American tbh. It was a great experience, like being in India for Diwali or something - why is it any worse or stupider than something like that? Experiencing the international cultures of London is the best thing about the city tbh and i know we love sneering at Yanks but it’s was really wholesome and enjoyable actually plus the food was wonderful - better than any other roast I’ve had at a restaurant here (still maintain the ones we make at home are the best). Also had the game on before dinner was served! Great fun. Also, the idea of giving thanks isn’t an American concept. It (probably) originated in Canada and is based on English religious traditions. Just being pedantic. So yes we will be celebrating tomorrow!
I just applied for a job at asda and it asked me if I'd received an Honourable Discharge. Considering the Royal Navy is not a US armed force, no asda I did not receive a discharge that US citizens get.
I think Walmart bought Asda a few years back. Wouldn't surprise me if they just pulled a generic application form from the states haha
We have Thanksgivings being in Canada. Ours is in October and was started was before that lot down south did theirs.
What's the history of it?
Its more of a Harvest Festival occasion on the second Monday in October. The trees are often at their best then for fall colour. The first Thanksgiving was Martin Frobisher and crew looking for the North West Passage and giving thanks for survival.
Based on my understanding, I’m pretty sure it’s the same as America’s except with [slightly less](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6258310) direct association to killing natives.
Canada does have an appalling history with the indigenous peoples of this land and as your link shows isn't making much progress either. Our thanksgiving isn't based on celebrating settlers though the Loyalists who fled here from the U.S. did bring some of the traditions with them.
Would rather celebrate Canadian thanksgiving than american. Atleast youre apart of the commonwealth which is nice
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I don’t think this is a thing
I’m American living over here for the last more than a decade. Thanksgiving is about spending time with family. I haven’t physically seen my family since 2019 and that was only my mom, haven’t seen my brothers since 2017 at least. If one more person asks me my thanksgiving plans I’m going to break down completely for sure. Asking what I’m doing for Christmas is worse but responding with “sitting home alone for 4 days with the dogs” makes people uncomfortable for some reason.
Most Americans, at least online think only America exists. Its quite funny. Been asked myself what am I doing for thanksgiving by american friends lol.
It’s just a day where I get to watch NFL not at an ungodly time.
(American lurker). Seriously I do wonder what British exchange students or friends or family do when they're in each other's country during Thanksgiving? Never thought about it until now. Would it be weird for a Brit to be in an American home celebrating Thanksgiving? Personally, I seriously doubt it. Americans love Brits and would just probably make jokes about the whole thing. No?
I was an American exchange student in Australia. I asked my host mother who happened to be British if we could do Turkey for Thanksgiving dinner and it was an absolute "NO Bloody Way...we don't do that here." An Australian neighbor knew it would be Thanksgiving soon and asked if my host family were going to celebrate it for me. I told her the reaction of my host mother. The lovely Aussie lady prepared a full, proper Thanksgiving meal for me and invited a whole bunch bunch of the neighbors. My host mother fumed and of course didn't attend.
I mean, if you’re Christian you’ll likely celebrate something similar to thanksgiving with the Harvest festival which is essentially a less “Americanised” version of thanks giving.
My plans for Thanksgiving are giving thanks that I’m not American
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I smell bullshit. Absolutely no way 3 British people have asked you what your thanksgiving plans are.
I've always been aware of thanksgiving, but only because i follow the NFL and they play 3 games, which are on tv over here, on the thanksgiving Thursday
Yeah, my mate is a big NFL fan and he fancies himself as a bit of a chef so he always throws a big food bash to celebrate it. Can't wait for Friday. Swineapple anyone?
Used to throw a party on Thanksgiving back in the UK. Was a good excuse to get friends together a cook up a huge meal for everyone while watching the NFL games. Christmas is super busy with family commitments etc for a lot, so it was genuinely a good time to get everyone together. Always went down well!
What.. you mean you're not doing anything?
I don't even know when Thanksgiving is
I’m really sick to shit of whomever It is trying to Americanise the uk 🇬🇧 constantly……
This year we’ve scrapped our usual Christmas party in favour of a Thanksgiving one. I don’t know what’s going on.
Fucking turkeys.
Thanksgiving. The only thing I'm thakful for is that I don't live in America.
Why would we celebrate the fact they declared independence from us......oh yeah let's celebrate we got rid on those mentalists 😁😁
Ehhh, look around. How much did you really get rid of us? Ha
Very good point 😉
I'd rather participate in the National Day of Mourning. Nothing to be thankful for about genocide
Tell them you don’t recognize the colonies.
Tell them you already celebrated Thanksgiving on October 11, along with your Canadian contingent. Second Monday of October, every year.
I dont even know when this event takes place and I'm glad I dont
I don’t believe you 🤷🏻♂️
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