Thanksgiving

The first Thanksgiving, like many European firsts in the New World, happened in Newfoundland. It was celebrated in 1578 (43 years before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth) when Martin Frobisher arrived in Newfoundland and wanted to give thanks for his safe arrival. Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday in Canada in 1879 (before that it was generally celebrated in either late October or early November anyway). Originally, Thanksgiving was set for November 6th however, on January 31, 1957, Canadian Parliament announced that it would be on the second Monday in October. This was because after the World Wars Remembrance Day was set for November 11th and they didn't want the two holidays in the same week. Also, since Canadian Thanksgiving is more about the harvest than about pilgrims it makes sense to have it earlier than the Americans, what with our earlier harvest season and all. Anyway, I just like an excuse to see the family and eat pie. Mmmmm...pie. [Update: I had a clip of the episode "Lisa on Ice" where Homer says, "All right, pie. I'm going to start doing this... makes chomp, chomp,chomp... and if you get eaten, it's your own fault", but the clip is gone now. Oh well such is the internet.]


p.s. I just watched Apocalypto which is what is up with the comic.