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Happy Thanksgiving

N9eav · 2007-11-22 10:42:34

If you are an American celebrating the Thanksgiving hope you have a great day. I also hope the PACKERS beat the Lions.....

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rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite

23 November 2007 at 5:56PM

daisyroots wrote: »

Sorry to contradict, rosiebien, but actually, that was later, after the War of Independence. Thanksgiving was the first Harvest Festival, giving thanks for having survived one year on American soil. They ate turkey because it was a bird not found in Europe, but native to the New World, ditto cranberries, sweet potato, etc.

Independence Day is when they celebrate kicking us out

yes thanks, Daisy, I had realised that I'd confused the two and corrected myself in a earlier post

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