My Canadian friends get to celebrate Thanksgiving first on the calendar, lucky pups! To all my Canadian friends, enjoy your holiday as best you can in these pandemic days, and we will try to enjoy ours later in November.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!
My Canadian friends get to celebrate Thanksgiving first on the calendar, lucky pups! To all my Canadian friends, enjoy your holiday as best you can in these pandemic days, and we will try to enjoy ours later in November.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!
Mom learned from her UK pal that there is no Thanksgiving holiday in England.
Tell Mom she can feel happy now because there is a Harvest Festival in UK…! http://www.thanksgiving-day.org/celebration-united-kingdom.html
Thank you for your kind thoughts of us Canucks, boys. You’re right there Doug, traditionally the US and Canada stand together. We are stronger.
Jean
We are stronger together is what we meant to say….geesh give us a holiday and we forget how to meow…mol
LOL! Understandable!
At one point, as a college student not thrilled with the Vietnam War, I considered moving to Canada. The Toronto Star was available at the local (college town!) library, and I followed the Canadian view on American boys slipping into the country to avoid the draft. It helped me make a better decision to know they – you – were starting to cool to letting them stay because many came without the means to live or with skills needed in the Canadian economy: they threatened to become burdens on the system! So, I talked with the US Army recruiter, found I could volunteer for three years active duty, have a guaranteed job, and live happily ever after. So, I selected three possible jobs, won a spot to train to become a US Army motion picture photographer, which I did for my three years, in then-West Germany. It proved to be less onerous than I expected since I went of temporary duty jobs all over West Germany and other countries: I felt like I was on a vacation some days! I rarely had to wear my military uniforms when on a job, and I usually was on a job. Yes, I occasionally met Canadians while there. I even contacted your embassy there for information on becoming Canadian, but didn’t follow up on it since my parents were getting older. I took your citizenship test on line a few years ago and scored well, thanks to having read a Canadian book meant to instruct college-level kids in your history. It was interesting to get a Canadian pointy of view on things I studied from the US point of view, to know we were rascals, not heroes at times when we weren’t friends! LOL! I passed those 100 question tests – you could take one with new questions if you wanted, though in the mid-80s because, of course, I didn’t know local politics well enough, something I could get right by living there and reading local papers, watching local news, I thought. Well, my parents were in even poorly shape, then I had health issues that made a move impractical, so you’ll just have to do without this fan of the northern land!
Well, on behave of all Canadians I declare you Douglas Thomas of Alliance,NE to be an honorary Canadian citizen!
All cats born after this date shall be called Doug!
Welcome to the Great White North Douglas Thomas!
LOL! I would love to live there, especially BC. Well, Nova Scotia might appeal, too.
I love Canada! 🥰🇨🇦
Me, too! I’m a big fan!
I lived in Ontario for a while many years ago, Doug. I will always remember the people of Canada as very friendly and happy people. I dated a gal then too. 🥰🇨🇦❤️
One of my nieces was born in Brandon, Manitoba. He father taught at a university there for a few years in the 70s. Unfortunately for me, this “love affair” is a long distance one.
I am with Easy – wishing all our Canadian friends a Happy Thanksgiving. We are all together, no matter where we are during the holidays.
No matter how miserable things get, Canadians and Americans historically stand together! Love them!
Indeed we are standing together. Thanks for the Happy Thanksgiving.
Great to know, Pierre! Thanks to your posts, that special relationship occasionally makes it into a post, like the one I shared with you of a Nebraska boy who joined the Canadian forces before we we in the war and was prepared to die for Canada. His gravestone in the local cemetery is Canadian-issued, a proper military stone. Anyway, I also appreciate that your posts honor the fact that Canadians were a significant component of the military forces that won the war against fascism. For that matter, Canadians have been there in many other wars, often side by side with those of the UK and the USA. I salute you Canadians and thank you for your service!
Thank you. Yes we will always stand together.
I hope so. We are formidable together!
I agree!
we wish all canadian friends a good thanksgiving… and even when we have to celebrate some holidays alone this year, in our imagination we all are together ;O)
Good eggs, those Canadians! I have it on good word that they think Weimaraners are good dogs, too! I hope they enjoy their holiday as best anyone can in these days of pandemic.
Absolutely!