Thanksgiving Plans

[Jazzmaster 716]

Just thought I'd start this thread and see what others will be doing this coming week; if you don't celebrate you can just go right by.  I've also added a poll...turkey, ham or other?  As for myself, I'll hang with my friends an family this week, but when I'm not doing that I'll take advantage of my time and go crazy with the BAT lol.  So what's everyone else going to do?  Please do share!

thanks for your time,

-Yoshiisland

[your_adress_here 11]

Thanksgiving was last month!

[Voar Tok 4]

That's if you live in Canada. If you live in the US, it's next Thursday.

[your_adress_here 11]

I know.

[Boggy1 45]

Is Thanksgiving that ceremony where you celebrate the AmeriIndians who looked after the Founding Fathers, gave them food and land, and then who you slaughtered and drove into tiny reservations?

[coolotter88 2]

yes, except blame yourself for chasing the puritans out of Great Britain.

anyway, I plan on proudly contributing to our economy by purchasing luxury technology items at low prices on the day after Thanksgiving.

[Jazzmaster 716]

Geez, I just aked what people were up to, but I'd rather this not become a flamewar.  I thought I'd be fun to see what others were doing, but since this is going nowhere: could some moderator or administrator please lock this?

[your_adress_here 11]

Ah, the glorious off-topic!

[Boggy1 45]

Aha..sorry, I was making a joke, as I thought was evident by the sticking-tongue-out-face at the end of my sentance. Apologies if is came across as offensive.

[SimRabbit123 6]

BATting during Thanksgiving is having no life man!!!

Im going to my dear auntie's house and get some turkey!! 

that's ain't funny Boggy1

[Jazzmaster 716]

Well, as I said, I WILL hang out with friends and family, I mean it's not like I'll be eating and BATing or anything! I just know that I will have time...to my knowledge monday, thursday, friday, this and next Sunday will be my "busy days."

-Yoshiisland

[octaves 4]

I had gobble gobble day a month ago   I'm Canadian.

[Voar Tok 4]

Originally posted by: your_adress_here I know. quote>

I figured you did.

[beebs 129]

Originally posted by: your_adress_here Thanksgiving was last month!quote>

Don't mind them. We all know that Thanksgiving is properly celebrated in October.

[Mikeaut1 261]

Originally posted by: beebs

Originally posted by: your_adress_here Thanksgiving was last month!quote>

Don't mind them. We all know that Thanksgiving is properly celebrated in October. quote>

Yeah okay.

October seems too early! LOL

November (especially towards the end) is the best for Thanksgiving because its only a mere 4 weeks until Christmas and New Years. I LOVE the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's pretty suspenseful.

[beebs 129]

Originally posted by: Mikeaut1

Originally posted by: beebs

Originally posted by: your_adress_here Thanksgiving was last month!quote>

Don't mind them. We all know that Thanksgiving is properly celebrated in October. quote>

Yeah okay.

October seems too early! LOL

November (especially towards the end) is the best for Thanksgiving because its only a mere 4 weeks until Christmas and New Years. I LOVE the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's pretty suspenseful. quote>

And November is just too late. We Canadians have the common sense to spread out our turkey consumption evenly.

[hym 358]

Compliments of my university dining hall, I had Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. Quality wise, it beat my family's cooking by a considering amount. As for the Thanksgiving weekend, I don't get off till Thanksgiving day itself, so I get a whopping 4 days, of which I'll be spending a considerable amount of time working on a rather complicated argumentation essay that is due when class reconvenes.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Mikeaut1

Originally posted by: beebs

Originally posted by: your_adress_here Thanksgiving was last month!quote>

Don't mind them. We all know that Thanksgiving is properly celebrated in October. quote>

Yeah okay.

October seems too early! LOL quote>

Crazy cold environment and it's early harvest season.

Originally posted by: Boggy1 Is Thanksgiving that ceremony where you celebrate the AmeriIndians who looked after the Founding Fathers, gave them food and land, and then who you slaughtered and drove into tiny reservations? quote>

Well, it's supposed to be about being thankful for all the good things you have, but yes.

A lot of people have tried to politically twist Thanksgiving into glorifying all that poor treatment of the natives, but that's not at all what it's about. Keep in mind how nicely the pilgrims and the locals got along on "the first thanksgiving". The trouble was that friendly relationship was short lived once the severe clash of both cultures and interests became readily apparent. Fact of the matter is, the lifestyles were so different that natives and Europeans could never have peacefully coexisted in the same area without some serious changes happening on both sides. And, well, the Europeans had better weapons, so they won. Not to mention that they wanted to take over everything and viewed the natives as simply savage annoyances that got in the way, whereas the natives only wanted to keep the status quo.

But really, that's just typical western attitude. basically everyone who wasn't a WASP got oppressed somehow, somewhere along the way. What's interesting is that now the tables have turned and WASPs are rather unpopular with a lot of people....

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Anyway, as for thanksgiving, it's back to New Garden, PA. Though, due to the previously used hotel refusing to give rooms to anyone who does not stay the whole long weekend (Wed/Thur/Fri/Sat nights), my family will not be staying in Kennett Square, but over in Christiania, DE instead.

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[GreekMan 246]

I LOVE Thanksgiving! I love being with my family!

1. tie between Thanksgiving/Christmas

2. Easter week for us Greeks!

[Chris M 406]

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday after Christmas. I just love the meal and the gathering of family, really a great experience. I don't have any real plans other than to sit around and hang out with my family while eating some pumpkin pie and watching football.

[GingerBlokey 30]

Originally posted by: SimRabbit123

that's ain't funny Boggy1 quote>

Yeah it is!

Your'e just not British

My plans for Thanksgiving are nothing at all.

[Jazzmaster 716]

Originally posted by: Boggy1 Is Thanksgiving that ceremony where you celebrate the AmeriIndians who looked after the Founding Fathers, gave them food and land, and then who you slaughtered and drove into tiny reservations? quote>

 

Excuse me, but I was offended when you said "you" in general.  I'd like you to find one person in this lifetime including myself who was involved in that incident that occured so many decades ago.  Is there a problem?

I can guarantee you that there's not one person on this Earth who'll recall slaughtering any natives, because the pilgrims are all dead.

-Yoshiisland

[JanYpe 17]

Could all of you drop it already and stick to the subject? It was a joke, move on.

[ilikehotdogsalot 307]

my mom got a huge free turkey from her work yesterday i think we're going to a family friend's house for thanksgiving and have a large party like we've had for the last several years, i'm looking forward to it all of my extended family lives in brazil, and don't celebrate thanksgiving, so we won't be having a gathering like most.

[Abc987 3]

Oh man, you beat me to it! I always normally make the holiday threads lol j/k.

We're having 17 people at my house!! Its going to be insane! We can't even fit the food on our long long 100x45 in. table. And we need a second table just to fit the people! So its going to be like 10 people at one table and then the "kids" (there's actually only going to be 2 actual kids there, the rest are teenagers) at another table thats a little shorter but about the same width. Its going to be a 5 day Thanksgiving extravaganza! WOOT!!

[The_Dalai_Llama 15]

My plans are to eat lots of food and take a nap afterwards. Oh, and gain weight... I'll be gaining weight on Thanksgiving.

[DuskTrooper 314]

Gotta do some term papers, and a massive research paper over this weekend and next...arrgh... Of course, finals are coming up soon, so I have a ton of studying to do for that.

Other than that, we'll get the CHRISTMAS decorations put up inside and out, start cooking for this Thursday, maybe chill around a bit, and then stuff myself with various good foods. Perhaps I will even put in some winter/cool season annuals in the garden, since my tropicals were beaten up a bit by the recent cold front...wahhh.

Going shopping on Friday just isn't an option; too many people, and I'd rather do my Xmas shopping online. Besides, most of the "goods" out there are crap this time around.

Ahh, the CHRISTMAS season....long live consumerism, gluttony, and political correctness....NOT

[Jazzmaster 716]

Originally posted by: ilikehotdogsalot my mom got a huge free turkey from her work yesterday i think we're going to a family friend's house for thanksgiving and have a large party like we've had for the last several years, i'm looking forward to it all of my extended family lives in brazil, and don't celebrate thanksgiving, so we won't be having a gathering like most.quote>

 

Lol, yeah, I remember one year our church and friends kept giving us their leftover uncooked turkey and ham...we ended up having like 5 large dinners that year!

Here's my outlined plan, subject to change:

Tommorow: Church, then running around doing random stuff like every Sunday.

Monday: No school, no nothing, just me and GMAX.

Tuesday: Going to a friends house, probably going to walk to a store to get candy (let's hear it for Skittles!)  Probably won't be doing any SC4 related stuff all day, but oh well, it's good to get out!

Wednesday: Nothing I can think of.

Thursday: The big dinner, going to have my step bro down from West Point Millitary Academy.  It'll be fun cooking for like 10 straight hours!

Friday: Hanging out with family/friends, I think.

Saturday: ???

Sunday: Same as tommorow.

Monday: School resumes...ughh...

[coolotter88 2]

aww no fair you get a whole week off from school

[GreekMan 246]

this is a new thing, A week off

Monday-school

Tuesday-School+Mass

Wednesday-School for half a day

Thursady- The big and delicious dinner!

Fri,Sat, Sun-fun time!