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November 27, 2003

Giving Thanks, American Style

Today is American Thanksgiving. It's quite different than Canadian Thanksgiving in the sense that Americans take it much more seriously. First of all, it's always on a Thursday, and many companies (including Microsoft) give the Friday off as well. Most people take this four-day weekend to go home and spend it with their families, eating turkey and wearing those tall black pilgrim hats. Ok, maybe not the hats, but here, Thanksgiving is much more of a family event than in Canada.

And let's not forget the shopping! Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day all year in the US. It's like one big pre-Christmas Boxing Day sale. And, much like Boxing Day, I am not braving the mobs. I'll be perfectly content feeling thankful for my job, my friends and family while sleeping in and spending all day in my pyjamas.

11:22 | America

Comments

you never used to wear pyjamas when we were together...how things change

Posted by: ian at November 27, 2003 12:13 PM

Chris,
Thanks for the mental image.

Posted by: mark at November 28, 2003 4:59 AM

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