Ross-
Sorry to hear that Holidays are not your thing. I can understand that for some people it often bring memories or make them feel lonely, but like everything else it pass.
Dear Nancy-
Hope that Joe is hanging there with his special low potassium diet. Be sure that tomorrow morning ,as we are going to early Mass ,there will be a special though for both of you.
I always like Thanksgiving , moslty because it is not as commercialized like Christmas as become. In Canada , like for most other events, there is two differents version of the day. For English Canada its resemble greatly the U.S. but on a smaller scale of course, with the focus point being the harvest. For my family (French Catholic) it was the 10am great Mass complete with choir and organ and then my mother used to offer a late lunch around 2pm and cook a lapin aux pruneaux (rabbit with plum) or a coq au vin. But since both my parents are not with us anymore I greet my friends with a large brunch (morning wife saver, ham, croissants and of course lot of pastries and Sauterne.
A real joyous occasion to slow down and catch up with family and friends.
