We saw the posting for Thanksgiving and automatically thought it was for America! Just found out that it was actually Thanksgiving in Canada.....our msg of hope, blessings and happiness to our friends in Canada is now a bit belated but the sincerity is there folks. God bless you all. The dates are now in our diary for Thanksgiving/America, Thanksgiving/Canada, Columbus Day/America. Just goes to show how uneducated (some) of us Brits are!!!! We don't have a Thanksgiving day (officially) in the UK.....but we should have!!!
2007-10-08 23:36:27 · 7 answers · asked by ? 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
This does not answer your question, but here is something that might be of interest to you. I am only going to list what the USA has as far as holiday wise. This is not a complete list by no means. Some of these that are listed, we are off work and some we are not.
Maybe some folks from the other country's that are on here can list theirs as well.
If there is a day beside the name then it means that it is always on that day and not the date. This list applies to this year.
USA Holidays 2007
January 1 New Year's Day
February 14 Valentine's Day
March 17 St.Patrick's Day
April 1 April Fool's Day
April 8 Easter (Sunday)
May 13 Mother's Day (Sunday)
May 28 Memorial Day (Monday)
June 17 Father's Day (Sunday)
July 4 Independents Day
September 3 Labor Day (Monday)
October 8 Columbus Day
October 31 Halloween
November 22 Thanksgiving (Thursday)
December 25 Christmas Day
Like I said earlier, this is NOT all of them, but I think this is all of the main ones. If I have left any of them out, I am very sorry.
2007-10-09 10:10:26 · answer #1 · answered by SapphireB 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How can you love a place that you have never been to yet? It's like seeing previews of a movie and you get so excited and love it, then you get there and it's a major disappointment because it was not as great as you expected it to be. I'm not saying Canada is a bad place. In fact, I live her and I love the natural beauty, the friendly people, and our culture has such a great sense of humour in general. But I think that someone should visit parts of Canada first and see what areas they like. Big difference when you are living in Vancouver vs. Winnipeg, especially when January rolls around! Likewise, big cultural differences living in Calgary vs Montreal. It's like putting someone from New York City into the middle of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin...there will be a slight culture shock.
2016-04-07 22:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guy Fawkes? November 5th? All Saints Day? November 1st and China has the quingming festival to honour ancestors, also called sweeping of the tombs day - used to work for immigrant services and Canada is a multicultural country. And dont forget "Boxing Day" in Canada too :-)
Thank you for the message of good wishes - its very thoughtful of you
2007-10-09 18:22:52 · answer #3 · answered by isotope2007 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fair point. But then again, how many of our cousins would know for instance when and why we celebrate bonfire night?
And who out of any of us know when the Mexican Day of the Dead is?
Its jsut one of those things, cant really blame people for not knowing things like that when lets face it, our own lives are difficult enough to keep tabs on (says the man who forgot Mothers day for the first time this year and heard about it at great length)
But like I said, fair point. It never hurts to know a bit more about the traditions of other countries
2007-10-08 23:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by Caffeine Fiend 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't have known either, if it hadn't been for my friends on here. That's the thing I like about this senior site, I'm continually learning about other people and their countries. We're all different, but we have many things in common too.
2007-10-09 03:22:36 · answer #5 · answered by luvspbr2 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i am married a canuk and lived there. they celebrate for the harvest and in the us, well we celebrate for the piligrims fleeing the uk and having a crop that year after almost starving to death!
2007-10-09 03:14:51 · answer #6 · answered by CCC 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know either, but agree with caffeine fiend
2007-10-09 00:06:44 · answer #7 · answered by Croeso 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋