The Thanksgiving Thread
 

All non-Americans are welcomed to join in on this thread too! ^o^

So are all of our American members going to be eating a feast tomorrow? I am! =D Whatcha gunna eat?

Firstly, wat exactly is Thanksgiving? XD

Since you're a noobie to Thanksgiving, I will tell you the story we're told as little kids.

Well supposedly, when the pilgrims came to America, they were having a rough winter, and they were all getting sick and dying and since the winter was rough, they couldn't get any food. Well, after that, a bunch of nice little native americans came up and decided to teach them how to hunt and farm. To celebrate their new friends and harvesting, they had a big meal. And thus made the holiday Thanksgiving.

But of course.. thats kind of unrealistic with the native Americans and the pilgrims uniting.

But its just a large feast to celebrate the end of the farming/harvesting season.

XD yeah i thought the native americans are being discriminated against?

Ohhh cool? so wat is the exact date? 21st Nov? Does it become a public holiday?

Its the 4th Thursday in November. Its a national holiday, almost everyone celebrates it. It isn't religious and its an excuse to eat lots and lots of food.

In my family, we're eating a turkey, duh, essential, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean caserole, corn, deviled eggs, spinach dip and crackers, cherry pie, pumpkin pie, and chocolate pudding pie.

so do ppl go to work on the Friday?

oh mad a feast!

We have more, but thats all I can think of.

I think people do o.o Not sure.

Australia gotta find something to celebrate more often..

we get Australia Day.. but nothing special happens.. just a long weekend...

I mean.. if the rest of the world really wanted, they could celebrate it too. Cuz its not like we're celebrating our Independance day, just the harvesting season. Ya'lls would be on a different time of the year obviously.

i welcome any excuse for a holiday, i'll celebrate halloween, thanksgiving, independance day, chinese new year, japanese new year, moon festival, chin ming (?? azn day dedicated for relos that has passed away), budda's bday, easter, xmas, valentines day, white day, black day...

name me a celebrate and i'll gladly hv it as a public holiday XD

My family on both sides are having dinner, but my mom's side called us first. xD They asked if we wanted to have it tomorrow or Sunday, and my dad said Thursday. The my dad's side of the family called, but they were having their dinner tomorrow too... I think we're going to my mom's side.. I'm not sure, I wasn't informed until this morning, eating leftover turkey from a party my brother's friends had. ^^ Usually, though, we attend both. What we're eating exactly, I don't know. I'm sure their will be some stuffing, cranberry sauce, a turkey, and pie or cheesecake or both involved... I prefer cheesecake over pie though. *nods* There might be potatos (in some form) or yams, but I don't know for sure. There could be other stuff. *shrugs* o-o

Heres what im eatin tomorrow:

http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p...ivindinner.jpg

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

We're not actually doing the big family get together this year, which I'm kind of thankful for. Not that I dislike my family or anything, they're OK, (some of them anyway), but there's just too damn many people. This year where I'm going it'll just be my mom, one of my sisters and her girlfriend and me. The rest of the clan will just be doing their own things with their families.

Normal stuff to eat I guess, turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, grean beans, deviled eggs, etc.. We usually have various platters of of raw veggies and pickled things too, black and green olives, pickles, coctail onions and whatnot. I think all we're doiing for dessert this year is pumpkin pie. Which is fine by me since that's just about the only dessert I actually like.

I have nothing in common with me family.

Doesn't mean you can't have a thanksgiving dinner. I'm don't have that much in common with my parents either.

I am eating a roasted turkey WITHIN a roasted turkey.

and I thank all that did something good to FiestaFan

Is there a chicken within that other turkey?

Yes there is, a mini one

and who dares eat dogs? god damn, I hate those people that eats dogs :/, stupid chinese, eventhough Im azn, but I hate those chinese that eat dogs

that pic up there.. its not even a dog, just a puppy :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

puppy eaters = death to eater
dog eaters = death to eater
simple as that

but but...its soTEEEEENNNNNDEERR!!!

*Flies to America*

see what I mean by there are some retarded or idiotic people on Fiesta? Now there's one in FiestaFan

Not you, wacky, Im talking to dog eater

I have a 5 day vacation but I know some people who have a 2 week vacation for thanksgiving. And the food is delicous.

:eek: Two weeks!? Just for Thanksgiving? I wanna work there.

*works on his resume*

No, but it does mean I have to go somewhere to eat something I don't want then I have to sit there for 2 hours doing nothing.

Yep, sounds like a family event to me alright. What are you new? :p

Nah, most familys enjoy the 'get togethers'.

Seriously?

.....weirdos.

Lol I have no idea what I am gonna eat. Sence we are going to a buffet, ima just grab some crap and go back for seconds, then thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, eights, ninths, tenths.................. so on and so on till I explode xD.

*Definitely flies to America*

Ooo, crab. <3 Haha, I don't think I'll eat much unless the food is just really good... When I eat too much, I end up with discomfort for most of the night. >_>

We went out to eat at a seafood buffet one Thanksgiving and had a blast. I wonder why we never did that again? I'd rather do all you can crab legs and shrimp than some turkey any day. I'm gonna suggest that again next year.

Lol yea, seafood is good. The buffet im going to is a country buffet and there "small selection" of seafood is actually good. There shrimp is pure ownage. But there fried chicken is the best lol. Yea im southern gotta have my fried chicken xD.

- Hides in wacky's suitcase -

Take me please!!

Is that Dyna you're carrying in the other suitcase? o:

Oh god, Australians are taking over America!!

Is that possible o.O Wouldn't we outnumber them.

but they got skills D:

We dun celebrate thanksgiving here and u guys are making me drool. DX