2006-11-30 16:42:52 · 13 answers · asked by whrldpz 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
I'm being funny! Just looking for some good honest answers and outright lies!
2006-11-30 17:53:28 · update #1
Thanksgiving is a NORTH AMERICAN holiday, not just American. Canada is north of the US for those of you who don't know.
Google "Thanksgiving" and you will find that Thanksgiving began in Canada.
2006-11-30 17:36:38 · answer #1 · answered by katie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They all don't. I was in London one Thanksgiving and had a hard time finding turkey-anything (I didn't want a whole one, and I had no kitchen to cook in--I was just visiting) to celebrate with. I think I finally had to settle for a turkey sandwich made out of some reconstituted, pressed turkey mess that was so thinkly shaved into slices you could see through them.
I would guess that some Brits do Thanksgiving because they are greatful that Americans no longer are part of Britain :) and others just like a party for any reason at all.
2006-12-01 00:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by Inundated in SF 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is a celebration in the US. The Pilgrims came to the New world and settled a celebrated their new lives by having the first thanksgiving. So the pilgrims started the tradition in America and it is an American Holiday. But I do not think anyone from the UK would turn down an invite to a Turkey Dinner.
2006-12-01 00:47:32 · answer #3 · answered by Sergeant 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because it's a holiday invented by the Americans, and is therefore primarily an American holiday. Many other countries have similar holidays; the British celebrate Harvest Home Day.
2006-12-01 00:46:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they are ashamed seeing how Thanksgiving is an American Holiday to celebrate Christopher Columbus coming to America and claiming to discover it from the American Indians who already lived here. To add insult to injury the Indians welcomed them and gave them food and shelter only to be given disease infected blankets to kill them off so they could steal their land.
2006-12-01 00:47:48 · answer #5 · answered by kamsmom 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Are you joking? The origin of thanksgiving concerns the original settlers of America and how the bounty of their new land supplied them with plenty in their first year of arrival. How did you miss this?
2006-12-01 00:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Its an american holiday not an English.. Nor an Australia holiday either.
2006-12-01 00:47:38 · answer #7 · answered by A Lady Dragon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably the same reason they don't celebrate the 4th of July. =P
2006-12-01 00:51:25 · answer #8 · answered by yblur 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it started with the pilgrims being thankful for making it through their first winter and surviving in their new world!
2006-12-01 01:16:40 · answer #9 · answered by ~♥~ *CHEEKY* ~♥~ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They dont have a lot to be thankfull for as they live in the OLD world when we live in the NEW world!
2006-12-01 00:45:14 · answer #10 · answered by simichka 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋