How do people outside the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving?

Cronus · Post by **Cronus** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:04 am

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?

Dancing Mustard · Post by **Dancing Mustard** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:17 am

Heh, good one.

DaGip · Post by **DaGip** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:31 am

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!

mandyb · Post by **mandyb** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:27 am

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..

Cronus · Post by **Cronus** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:18 am

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.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:25 am

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?

DaGip · Post by **DaGip** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:33 am

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

yeti_c · Post by **yeti_c** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:35 am

What's "thanksgiving"?

C.

hulmey · Post by **hulmey** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:37 am

I will say a Thanks Giving prayer to America and its people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE

DaGip · Post by **DaGip** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:53 am

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

DAZMCFC · Post by **DAZMCFC** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:31 am

Cronus wrote: pay tribute to God's country.

Scotland.

pimpdave · Post by **pimpdave** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:56 am

Actually, I thought all the other countries just ate our shit.

And that it wasn't just on Thanksgiving.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:32 pm

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.

diddle · Post by **diddle** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:46 pm

Sacrifices mainly.

ManBungalow · Post by **ManBungalow** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:53 pm

We go off down to McDonalds and have a burger

BaldAdonis · Post by **BaldAdonis** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:54 pm

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!

Kotaro · Post by **Kotaro** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 2:57 pm

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.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:00 pm

DAZMCFC wrote:
Cronus wrote: pay tribute to God's country.
Scotland.

Whole hearted agreement

bspride · Post by **bspride** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:26 pm

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

Pedronicus · Post by **Pedronicus** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 3:31 pm

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?

Minister Masket · Post by **Minister Masket** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:16 pm

We don't.

Grooveman2007 · Post by **Grooveman2007** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:15 pm

Thanksgiving is an American/Canadian holiday.

pimpdave · Post by **pimpdave** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 11:20 pm

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.

Grooveman2007 · Post by **Grooveman2007** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:13 am

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.

jonesthecurl · Post by **jonesthecurl** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:36 am

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.

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