Fall in Here

Thanksgiving might not be happening in the United States until next month, but Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of every October. It is during this time that we can give thanks for the many blessings we have received in the preceding year and for the many more blessings to come.

You might remember a couple years ago when I put up a blog post about what I’m thankful for and most of that really has changed. I’m still thankful for the opportunity to build my own home-based business as a freelance writer. I am still very thankful for the love and support that I get from my family. And yes, I am thankful for the Internet too.

I am also thankful for the good company and conversation that we have at social gatherings like Dot Com Pho, but really, how is Canadian Thanksgiving different from its American counterpart? We still carve turkey and eat pumpkin pie, but us Canucks don’t really have much of an emphasis on pilgrims. We also don’t really have Black Friday for shopping, saving up our bucks for the day after Christmas (Boxing Day) for that spending spree.

I started poking around on YouTube when I discovered the video embedded below. (If you’re reading this via email or in an RSS aggregator, you’ll need to make your way over to my blog to see the clip.) It was posted last October, but it’s still very much relevant this year. Learn some fun Canadian facts about Thanksgiving, like how it’s not even a national statutory holiday. Yup, it’s only a provincial thing and not every province gets the day off!

Hurray for Alex Keith’s!