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Does anybody know how people in other countries celebrate Thanksgiving. ? (Original Post) BlueJazz Nov 2014 OP
I believe in The Shire they eat lots of seed cakes aint_no_life_nowhere Nov 2014 #1
I didn't know they did! jmowreader Nov 2014 #2
My daughter lives there. murielm99 Nov 2014 #6
They don't. It's an American holiday, though Canada has a version The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2014 #3
In Australia it's called "Leg Pulling" day BlueJazz Nov 2014 #4
My American friends in other countries antiquie Nov 2014 #5
Same way they celebrate the 4th of July, I would expect. dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #7
Oh NO! You mean those bastards down the street keep foreigners up all night also ?? BlueJazz Nov 2014 #8
Denmark celebrates the fourth of July blackcrowflies Nov 2014 #9
In ISIS Land, the family gathers for a stoning or beheading. Kaleva Nov 2014 #10
Black Friday Eve jakeXT Nov 2014 #11
In Switzerland... bikebloke Nov 2014 #12

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
1. I believe in The Shire they eat lots of seed cakes
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 06:56 PM
Nov 2014

mutton pie, lots of mushrooms, with gallons of Olde Winyards wine, and smoke many pipefulls of the Olde Toby.

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)
2. I didn't know they did!
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 06:58 PM
Nov 2014

Well, the Canadians do and they do the same things the US does - turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and football games.

murielm99

(30,717 posts)
6. My daughter lives there.
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 08:22 PM
Nov 2014

They celebrated last month. Her husband went out for lunch today with his mother. She called me.

 

antiquie

(4,299 posts)
5. My American friends in other countries
Thu Nov 27, 2014, 08:19 PM
Nov 2014

have as traditional a meal as they can -- much more so than when living in the States.

bikebloke

(5,260 posts)
12. In Switzerland...
Fri Nov 28, 2014, 11:29 PM
Nov 2014

They feast on baked yodels.

The Dutch cook their wooden shoes.

The Russians drink vodka - so every day is Thanksgiving.

I could go on, but I'll stop while I'm ahead.

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