Our second Thanksgiving* of the season was spent with about 200 of our closest 😉 friends in the Rec Hall here at Rock Shadows. We were divided into tables of 16 arranged in a U shape; diners were seated along the uprights of the U with the food spread out on the joining table. We had all signed up for different parts of the meal; Jeannie & her husband did a very fine job of the turkey (provided by the park)/stuffing/gravy!
Of course, two of the vegetables on hand were the traditionally classic "green bean casserole" and ""marshmallow-topped sweet potatoes"...neither are our favourite!
Earlier in the day we tried to earn our meal on a bike ride. We left early while it was cool and did the uphill portion; it was all downhill back to the Park as the day reached well into the 80sF/30+C by midday.
* Some of our table guests asked about how Canadians set their Thanksgiving in October?
It seems both countries have celebrated Thanksgiving of some sort since early time, but here is how we ended up with the current dates:
Canadian Thanksgiving first moved to the second Monday of October in 1908, after railways lobbied to turn it into a long weekend that could be used to visit family — by train, naturally — and that day change later became permanent. In 1957, a law was passed so that the holiday didn’t have to be re-proclaimed on the second Monday of October each year.
After a history of varying dates in various states, American Thanksgiving was moved to the third Thursday of November in 1939; President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday a week earlier in the month in an attempt to spur retail sales during the Great Depression. However, in 1941 a bill was passed officially setting Thanksgiving in the US to the fourth Thursday in November.
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