Thanks for the well wishes for us Canucks (and Happy Turkey Day to all my fellow Canadians eh?!)

I found this little tidbit of info to perhaps help you understand our strange ways up here!!
"The date of Thanksgiving has changed numerous times through the years until finally in 1957 Parliament proclaimed....."that the 2nd Monday in October"........"be a Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed.".
In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November according to a declaration by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. If you think about it this does make sense - since in Canada we have a shorter growing season and our harvest is sooner than in the US - our Thanksgiving celebrations should be earlier to celebrate the harvest time. "