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Re: Bad News! Plane down in NYC
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Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:04:12 GMT
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> > WHEN IS Thanksgiving? That is something I've always wondered about American
> > tradition - it is often portrayed in films as a Xmas-like festivity, with
> > the whole family reunited at meals. But the date is never mentioned, unlike
> > the 4th of July... Can you tell me more about it?
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> Well, I can give you the date: The fourth Thursday in November.
> That's how it works. But as for the holiday itself, it's very
> steeped in lore--a lot of it contradictory--but in short it's
> time to "give thanks" for good fortune. The context of the "First
> Thanksgiving" is really kind of twisted, when one thinks of it,
> but the idea is pretty good.
An Kuwaiti- American friend of mine always tells me that a holiday
atmosphere exists in many homes (and work places) in the USA from the week
before Thanksgiving to the week after Xmas. How true is that?
Scott A
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| (...) In our family there has always been a break. We usually didn't start the Christmas preparations until a week or two before. Commercially there certainly is no break (the holiday season for retail these days seems to be all year, but certainly (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Well, I can give you the date: The fourth Thursday in November. That's how it works. But as for the holiday itself, it's very steeped in lore--a lot of it contradictory--but in short it's time to "give thanks" for good fortune. The context of (...) (23 years ago, 13-Nov-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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