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How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:04 am
by Cronus
I was wondering what the cultural differences around the world in celebrating Thanksgiving were? Is it as festive as in the United States? I wonder how people in countries like Iran and China celebrate Thanksgiving due to our current differences. There is no question that the United States is the greatest country to ever exist and will ever exist, so obviously celebrating Thanksgiving is a big world holiday as people around the world thank the U.S. for making the world a safer place and it is a nice way to pay tribute to God's country. Do they eat other meat than turkey such as lamb or beef?
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:17 am
by Dancing Mustard
Heh, good one.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:31 am
by DaGip
In Japan, they all gather around the Thanksgiving table, say a quick thank you, and the male elder begins to carve the Thanksgiving Day Squid! MMMM, Yummy!
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:27 am
by mandyb
Here in Spain, they make all their dishes into effigies of American presidents past and present (Bush is generally the centrepiece).
After an elaborate ceremony in which each dish is carved, chopped mashed and generally hacked at by all, the resulting meal is eaten and heartily washed down with a bottle of Rioja.
They call it the 'thanks, but no thanks' Thanksgiving.
I don't believe they plan to include Obama in their celebrations as yet..
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:18 am
by Cronus
mandyb wrote:Here in Spain, they make all their dishes into effigies of American presidents past and present (Bush is generally the centrepiece).
After an elaborate ceremony in which each dish is carved, chopped mashed and generally hacked at by all, the resulting meal is eaten and heartily washed down with a bottle of Rioja.
They call it the 'thanks, but no thanks' Thanksgiving.
I don't believe they plan to include Obama in their celebrations as yet..
Hey, remember that time Spain was allied with Hitler in WW2 and Nazis helped win the civil war for Franco? Yeah? Good times.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:25 am
by MeDeFe
Cronus wrote:Hey, remember that time Spain was allied with Hitler in WW2 and Nazis helped win the civil war for Franco? Yeah? Good times.
I must have done that campaign three times, good times indeed.
I celebrate by being generally thankful that although things are headed steeply downhill here, I still have more civil liberties than US citizend have in their country.
Stasi 2.0 anyone?
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:33 am
by DaGip
MeDeFe wrote:Cronus wrote:Hey, remember that time Spain was allied with Hitler in WW2 and Nazis helped win the civil war for Franco? Yeah? Good times.
I must have done that campaign three times, good times indeed.
I celebrate by being generally thankful that although things are headed steeply downhill here, I still have more civil liberties than US citizend have in their country.
Stasi 2.0 anyone?
In Germany, they have pig instead of turkey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww1ap7sgrYs
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:35 am
by yeti_c
What's "thanksgiving"?
C.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:37 am
by hulmey
I will say a Thanks Giving prayer to America and its people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:53 am
by DaGip
yeti_c wrote:What's "thanksgiving"?
C.
That's when you give thanks to your PhotoShop editor for doing such a fine job on that special document so as to fool the American people into believing you were actually born a United States Citizen so you could put your shoe in for the presidency:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBgkDSw- ... re=related
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:31 am
by DAZMCFC
Cronus wrote: pay tribute to God's country.
Scotland.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:56 am
by pimpdave
Actually, I thought all the other countries just ate our shit.
And that it wasn't just on Thanksgiving.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:32 pm
by MeDeFe
pimpdave wrote:Actually, I thought all the other countries just ate our shit.
And that it wasn't just on Thanksgiving.
True, McDonalds and Burger King are everywhere.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:46 pm
by diddle
Sacrifices mainly.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:53 pm
by ManBungalow
We go off down to McDonalds and have a burger
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:54 pm
by BaldAdonis
In Canada we do it the same way, but a month earlier. Pretty much everything in Canada is ahead of America. We just finished our football season this week, and it was the 96th championship. How old's the superbowl, 50? We're planning on having Christmas next week... enjoy the wait, suckers!
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:57 pm
by Kotaro
pimpdave wrote:Actually, I thought all the other countries just ate our shit.
And that it wasn't just on Thanksgiving.
And they mystery of where my shit goes after I take a loooong ass shit is solved. At least it's going to a good cause.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:00 pm
by gimil
DAZMCFC wrote:Cronus wrote: pay tribute to God's country.
Scotland.
Whole hearted agreement
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:26 pm
by bspride
BaldAdonis wrote:In Canada we do it the same way, but a month earlier. Pretty much everything in Canada is ahead of America. We just finished our football season this week, and it was the 96th championship. How old's the superbowl, 50? We're planning on having Christmas next week... enjoy the wait, suckers!
Well good for Canada eh? You stole an American made sport and made it shitty with our second rate players. Shit the CFL compared to the NFL is like the MLS compared to Premier League Soccer...yeah its that bad...but I do give you Canadians one thing...you play 6 man football up there, and thats the best type of football
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:31 pm
by Pedronicus
Cronus wrote:I was wondering what the cultural differences around the world in celebrating Thanksgiving were? Is it as festive as in the United States? I wonder how people in countries like Iran and China celebrate Thanksgiving due to our current differences. There is no question that the United States is the greatest country to ever exist and will ever exist, so obviously celebrating Thanksgiving is a big world holiday as people around the world thank the U.S. for making the world a safer place and it is a nice way to pay tribute to God's country. Do they eat other meat than turkey such as lamb or beef?
Cronus, I've got a question regarding the above statement. Did you write this whilst keeping a straight face?
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:16 pm
by Minister Masket
We don't.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:15 pm
by Grooveman2007
Thanksgiving is an American/Canadian holiday.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:20 pm
by pimpdave
Grooveman2007 wrote:Thanksgiving is an American/Canadian holiday.
Pffft, next you're gonna tell us something even more crazy, like "football" means a completely different game in other countries.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:13 am
by Grooveman2007
pimpdave wrote:Grooveman2007 wrote:Thanksgiving is an American/Canadian holiday.
Pffft, next you're gonna tell us something even more crazy, like "football" means completely a completely different game in other countries.
No way, that is impossible.
Re: How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?
Posted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:36 am
by jonesthecurl
pimpdave wrote:Grooveman2007 wrote:Thanksgiving is an American/Canadian holiday.
Pffft, next you're gonna tell us something even more crazy, like "football" means completely a completely different game in other countries.
Or that red means left -wing in some places.