Things I didn't know, but probably should have...

[hells_half_acre]

Did you know that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on a Thursday?! I didn't.

I can't believe that I've watched American movies and television, read American books and stories, and lived just north of America for my whole life and I never realized that Thanksgiving is on a Thursday for them.

What a strange day for a holiday.

I will file this under: Things Unexpectedly Learned from Watching Supernatural (in this case, specifically learned by time-lining it.)

I never understood why Americans bothered to travel home for Thankgiving - I mean, American Thanksgiving is so close to Christmas, it doesn't make much sense financially. But, I suppose if you are getting a 4/5 day weekend, you might as well go somewhere. Plus, Thanksgiving seems to be a much bigger deal in the US than it is in Canada.

Or maybe it was just never a big deal for my family. My Mum declared that we could only afford turkey once a year, so we choose Christmas. Sam and Dean had their Thanksgiving bucket of chicken, and we had our Thanksgiving chicken stir-fry.

So yeah, cultural differences I suppose...Canadian Thanksgiving is on a Monday, so you end your long weekend with a celebratory huge feast, instead of beginning it with one. Thursday indeed! SO STRANGE!

Comments

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

that's the spirit! Blowing stuff up is much more fun than eating - and better for staying slim too (especially if you have to run away from explosions)

(If we ignore this year), you also have much less harsh winters than most of North America - so, probably the idea of the final harvest before the snow falls isn't that big of a deal. I'm speaking for Canada here, of course, (because I know half the states is nice year-round), but man, even though we have super markets and international food imports, part of me would always get instinctually nervous after the first major snowfall every year and I'd have this crazy desire to start hoarding canned goods. :-P

[duowolf.livejournal.com]

People do that here as well at christmas time it's like they go crazy. The supermarkets are only shut for a day at the most but they go crazy buying everything they can get their hands on. It's a little scary really.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Are the supermarkets open Sunday there? When I lived in Germany, we always had to remember to stock up on Saturday :-P

I think the only place where it's been understandable was when I lived in Newfoundland. There, when it snows, it a three-day blizzard...so you really CAN'T go anywhere easily.

[duowolf.livejournal.com]

Most big shops open Sundays here and all supermarkets open on Sundays though it's usually on reduced hours. The one I work at is only open 6 hrs on a Sunday but 24hrs every other day of the week. Garages open everydays as well and the one my husband works at is a 24hrs one that is even open on christmas Day.

[hells-half-acre.livejournal.com]

Ah cool...same as here, then.