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The First Thanksgiving

  1. DevorahStone
  2. Katrien Vander Straeten

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1.   Oct 26, 2006 5:00 PM

» DevorahStone - Canadian Thanksgiving

No Thanksgiving is just that giving thanks. Martin Frobisher was giving thanks that he and his men were alive. The fact there wasn't any harvest is besides the point.

-- posted by DevorahStone

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2.   Oct 26, 2006 7:32 PM

» Katrien Vander Straeten - Canadian Thanksgiving

In response to Canadian Thanksgiving posted by DevorahStone:


Hi Devorah,

thank you for your input! It gives me a chance to flesh out my position.

I must admit, I am a bit of a stickler for historical roots and believe in the value of historical redundancy of things. For instance, I would hate it if people would decide to start spelling English phonetically: so much of the etymology of the words would be lost!

Well, in any case, I do acknowledge that Frobisher gave thanks. Of course, who wouldn't, after such a grueling sea voyage! And I do admire him as an explorer.

I would just like to reserve Thanksgiving with a capital T for a special kind of thanksgiving. If you want, you can read some of my more personal reasons for that in my blog entry http://customsholidays.suite101.com/blog...

Thanks again for sharing!
Katrien

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Katrien Vander Straeten
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