Do you do presents at Thanksgiving?

[artsy_dragon]

And if so is it more or less than Christmas

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I'm not American so I have no idea what the point of it is lol

[SnowedIn]

We've never done in either my family or my wife's. There are a few families I know who do it but they are odd ones out.

Most of Thanksgiving is food and family and American football. It used to be remembering the pilgrims and the first winter and the whole beginning of the colonies but that's all become a little taboo and were left with food, family, and football.

And no gifts.

Save those for Christmas!

[artsy_dragon]

I will definitely say that a suggestion to not do presents next year! Also American football is not football 😂

[SnowedIn]

I don't disagree with you about football but we have no other name for it... 🤷‍♂️

[artsy_dragon]

You call it soccer. American FOOTBALL IS NOT FOOTBALL HENCE WHY YOU LOST AT THE WORLD CUP 😂😂😂

[SnowedIn]

No no my friend! Giggle. When I said American football I meant 🏈. The crazy American sport. If I meant soccer I'd have said soccer. 😉

[artsy_dragon]

I see why they say (the British) that they should of kept you under their power for longer (joking lol) 😭😂

[SnowedIn]

Sometimes I agree!!! 🤣

There's a wonderful story that when Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip visited the United States in 1976 for the bicentennial, they toured the USS Constitution (a sailing frigate from the late 1700s). When the US built the ship, we still didn't have industry here to make cannon, so we bought them from Britain. They were (still are) embossed with the George III's royal coat of arms. As the story goes, the Queen saw the cannon and dryly remarked to Philip "we must do something about these foreign arms sales!"

[artsy_dragon]

Lol good times also I think she is now just addressed as Queen Elizabeth 2nd. It is confusing lol

[SnowedIn]

That's a good point. Hence why you cannot trust an American with protocol! 🤣

[artsy_dragon]

😂😂😂😂😂

[SnowedIn]

Thank you for MHO, Lady Artsy! (And for the discussion of soccer and football!)

[smahala1991]

No, its a holiday tradition to celebrate fall harvests. Now it's mostly all about food

[musicbrain5]

I’ve never heard of anyone doing that, actually. Maybe it happens, but not in my family. Thanksgiving in Canada is in early October anyways so there is no connection to Christmas or anything like that.

[artsy_dragon]

I kike the idea of Thanksgiving more

[musicbrain5]

It doesn’t seem to be a super huge deal here, definitely not like in the US. The origins of Thanksgiving are different here from what I understand. It’s honestly one of the more boring holidays for me personally, and it’s always on a Monday so you have to go back to work the next day, haha.

[QuietVerbena]

No. Just at Christmas. Thanksgiving is just food.

[Likes2drive]

Never on Thanksgiving

[bowenw]

I do not.

[artsy_dragon]

I never understood it as holiday tbh. Is it more about food?

[bowenw]

Agreed, plus to be thankful for friends and family.

[artsy_dragon]

I like that idea more than Christmas tbh. I may suggest that next year!

[bowenw]

Good plan if you can remember it in a year.

[artsy_dragon]

No I will. I hate Christmas anyways haha