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Author:  spongey98 [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:40 pm ]
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It's coming in two days.

How will YOU celebrate?
Author:  neoswordmaster [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:45 pm ]
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Eh, I have divorced parents so I'll be going between the two families that day.

I'd like to bring up my opinion on turkey though. I don't know why it's the symbol food for the holiday. It's a very dry meat.

Now, sweet potatoes, that I can enjoy.
Author:  L_J [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 1:53 pm ]
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i am going to fucking pig out
Author:  Acey Enn [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:29 pm ]
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Uhhhhhh I'll prolly just veg out and eat a shitload of mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, green beans, cranberry sauce, and whatever the hell my mom's making this year.

Aw yeah.

We're also having a Thanksgiving potluck in my Humanities class today. I'm bringing a huge spinach salad, prepared by my mother (what can I say? She rocks at things like this). Of course, there's gonna be a shitload of other food, too. I'm SO gonna pig out. C:
Author:  Liquidzilla [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:23 pm ]
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I'm not, I'm English! What's the holiday actually about? I've heard of it but never really understood it...
Author:  antonis [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:03 pm ]
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Liquidzilla wrote:
I'm not, I'm English! What's the holiday actually about? I've heard of it but never really understood it...


It is to mark the day the new Americans made peace with the native Americans and had dinner with them (There was turkey at that dinner as well)
Anyway I think that's the story (I'm not American so I don't know too much)
Author:  DerekAMW [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:07 pm ]
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Us in Canada have Thanksgiving in October. Last month we had a nice dinner when I went to my grandfather's and aunt's house.
Author:  Liquidzilla [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:53 pm ]
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antonis wrote:
Liquidzilla wrote:
I'm not, I'm English! What's the holiday actually about? I've heard of it but never really understood it...


It is to mark the day the new Americans made peace with the native Americans and had dinner with them (There was turkey at that dinner as well)
Anyway I think that's the story (I'm not American so I don't know too much)

Thankee! Interesting story, I wonder where they got the Turkeys...
Author:  nekonohime [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:00 pm ]
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I'm going to my aunt and uncle's house like we do every year, and I'm going to make a pumpkin pie :)
Author:  JasmineJustice [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:19 pm ]
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I'm going to make pointed asides all day about how the Native Americans were so kind and helpful and then we broke every treaty we made with them, brought them new sicknesses from Europe that killed them, and forced them into tiny reservations far from their homes.
>.> A topic that irritates me. If I'm not careful, I'll get banished from the family table again-for that and calling the whole football insanity that runs in the males of my family stupid.
Author:  Catgrenade [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 9:52 pm ]
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Having Tofurky and mashed potatoes with my sister.
Author:  Regy Rusty [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:00 pm ]
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Liquidzilla wrote:
antonis wrote:
Liquidzilla wrote:
I'm not, I'm English! What's the holiday actually about? I've heard of it but never really understood it...


It is to mark the day the new Americans made peace with the native Americans and had dinner with them (There was turkey at that dinner as well)
Anyway I think that's the story (I'm not American so I don't know too much)

Thankee! Interesting story, I wonder where they got the Turkeys...


Uh... they killed them by shooting them where they were walking around.

Also Thanksgiving (like most holidays) is based on a mythical interpretation of actual events, as well as a combining them with older, less organized traditions (dating back to the settlers' ancestors in Europe). Harvest festivals and giving thanks for good crops have been around for pretty much all of history. The actual making it a national holiday and the tradition of celebrating it every year on the last Thursday of November was done for the first time by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
Author:  PandaPrinzessin [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:05 pm ]
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Heh, I wish we had Thanksgiving in England- I've always though I would enjoy pumpkin pie <3
Author:  dullahan1 [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:26 pm ]
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Liquidzilla wrote:
I'm not, I'm English! What's the holiday actually about? I've heard of it but never really understood it...

Excuse to skyrocket our country's status as being the #1 overweight nation in the world.
Author:  L_J [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:28 pm ]
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lincoln dug up an old story and made it into a holiday to promote nationalism during the civil war
Author:  SD-Rim_6 [ Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:40 pm ]
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Well with my dad me and my siblings are going to a fancy restaurant because my dad can't cook than on Saturday I'm going to my mom's house for a late Thanksgiving dinner.
Author:  Liquidzilla [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:49 pm ]
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dullahan1 wrote:
Liquidzilla wrote:
I'm not, I'm English! What's the holiday actually about? I've heard of it but never really understood it...

Excuse to skyrocket our country's status as being the #1 overweight nation in the world.

Ahh, well England's trying to catch up, sadly we only have Christmas and Easter for that...
Author:  Arukidasu [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 4:44 pm ]
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I won't be celebrating!
All because I don't live in America and I'm not American and so therefore us Britons don't usually celebrate it.
Author:  Louise [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:06 pm ]
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You turkey murdering motherfuckers!

;O;


I'm a Brit but I might celebrate it by eating some vegetables or something. Might wear my stars and stripes trainers too *fnar*
Author:  L_J [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 9:47 pm ]
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loobywright wrote:
You turkey murdering motherfuckers!

but... they taste so good
Author:  Catgrenade [ Wed Nov 25, 2009 10:14 pm ]
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Loooooooby, buy some Tofurky, it's delicious :3
Author:  Judgemaster64 [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:53 am ]
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I wanted Turducken this year but ><. Tomorrow is just going to be eat turkey,shit, and watch tv or play video games(ether something handheld or VC on PS3)
Author:  silentxfilmstar [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:28 am ]
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I'm going to be cleaning because my sister's boyfriend is coming over for dinner, then I'm going to eat a lot and drink a lot of booze. Should be fun.
Author:  Regy Rusty [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:53 pm ]
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Even as a vegetarian I am of the opinion that a full roast turkey is one of the most wonderful looking foods in existence.

I'd still never eat one, but I like looking at them and saying "Damn that is a fine looking turkey." :yogi:
Author:  Louise [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 6:02 pm ]
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Catgrenade wrote:
Loooooooby, buy some Tofurky, it's delicious :3


hahaha that sounds really weird XD


Regy Rusty wrote:
Even as a vegetarian I am of the opinion that a full roast turkey is one of the most wonderful looking foods in existence.


They are, and they smell amazing.


Regy Rusty wrote:
I'd still never eat one, but I like looking at them and saying "Damn that is a fine looking turkey." :yogi:


I did that last Christmas. Looking at a gorgeous turkey whilst eating my Quorn fillet. Mmm.
Author:  Marche Tobaye [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:17 pm ]
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I'm not sure if we even celebrate that in Sweden. :yuusaku:
Author:  carbon monoxide [ Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:23 pm ]
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Five day weekend! Down in the South!
Author:  dullahan1 [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:07 am ]
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Had some very juicy Cajun Turkey today. Very spicy and very tasty. Also got to devour some delicious cake balls and I plan on pigging out on Pecan Pie later tonight.
Author:  nekonohime [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:09 am ]
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I had a great Thanksgiving! Just got back from my aunt's house a while ago and everyone LOVED the pumpkin pie I made :D

Hope everyone else had a good one too :)
Author:  Catgrenade [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 3:09 am ]
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Good thanks giving, I'm still full.
Author:  Lunaria42 [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:22 am ]
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This is the first Thanksgiving in a long time where I was too sick to eat much. Not that I cared because the ham I had wasn't that spectacular (I'm not really a fan of turkey, unless it's fried). It was also the first Thanksgiving without my uncle. It makes me kind of sad that I missed dinner with my parents tonight because of other familial obligations with my husband's family, but we still visited them and that's what counts. I'm hoping that I'll be better before the weekend so I can at least enjoy some of this holiday before I go back to work on Monday.
Author:  SerialVER [ Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:32 am ]
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JasmineJustice wrote:
I'm going to make pointed asides all day about how the Native Americans were so kind and helpful and then we broke every treaty we made with them, brought them new sicknesses from Europe that killed them, and forced them into tiny reservations far from their homes.
>.> A topic that irritates me. If I'm not careful, I'll get banished from the family table again-for that and calling the whole football insanity that runs in the males of my family stupid.


This and more BUT I think some holidays need to be viewed from a different point of view and new way of thinking, not so much the true background of a festival but what it means now. Of course this might be like Christmas to me, a good time to buy stuff and get drunk but I would like to think some people can use Thanksgiving as a way to make amends. To give true thanks to people in America (and the world), people in their lives and be more open minded about diversity because frankly USA IS an immigrant country.

This is not to say the sins of the father should be forgot but instead faced, dead in the eyes so it does not happen again and that the lesson is learned. Maybe this is idealistic of me haha

Now Football fever I have no positive new way to think of that, it is just crazy. I am close minded regardless mindless repetition of stereotypes and archetypal behavior.

But yeah, give thanks to what you have, remember those which suffered and open your arms to difference. Though I actually do not know when Thanksgiving was or is.
Author:  Yaragorm [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:39 am ]
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Thanksgiving for me was great! Until I vomited on the whole turkey...
Author:  justis76 [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:41 am ]
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Why do you tell us this stuff???
Anyways, Thanksgiving wasn't anything special for me, though I may be forgetting something sicne it happened last month. My cousins came over, we played some Brawl, and we ate some dry turkey. Exciting.
Author:  Yaragorm [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:43 am ]
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The pumpkin pie was great too.

justis76 wrote:
Why do you tell us this stuff???
Anyways, Thanksgiving wasn't anything special for me, though I may be forgetting something sicne it happened last month. My cousins came over, we played some Brawl, and we ate some dry turkey. Exciting.


I'm very outspoken.
Author:  Catgrenade [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:47 am ]
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Yaragorm wrote:
Thanksgiving for me was great! Until I vomited on the whole turkey...

justis76 wrote:
and we ate some dry turkey.


There's a very easy solution to both of your problems :godot:

Although very disgusting.
Author:  justis76 [ Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:52 am ]
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Catgrenade wrote:
Yaragorm wrote:
Thanksgiving for me was great! Until I vomited on the whole turkey...

justis76 wrote:
and we ate some dry turkey.


There's a very easy solution to both of your problems :godot:

Although very disgusting.


>_>
Well judging by your description.... I suppose you mean becoming a vegetarian?
*BA DUM TISH*
Author:  Catgrenade [ Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:28 pm ]
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;_;, just, just, ;_;
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