>>>Lennart Broekhof - Sun Service Nederland [CONTRACTOR] said:
> ] ps, Even though I am running the risk of being flamed for my ignorance and
the
> ] NON-triumph content of this question, what actually is 'thanks giving' all
> ] about?
> I don't know too, what is it ?
For our non-USA friends, Thanksgiving is a USA holiday that commemorates the
first harvest of the Pilgrims who founded a colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts
in 1620. After a long hard winter in which half of them died, the Indian
Squanto showed them how to plant corn (maize for non-US types) and in the fall
of 1621 they reaped a bountiful harvest and held a feast to give thanks.
In return, they gave the Indians smallpox.
Today, the traditional thanksgiving feast includes roast turkey with bread
stuffing, baked yams, cranberry relish and pumpkin pie. Other trimmings to
suit. Usually the wife cooks while the husband watches the stylized
gladiatorial combat we 'merkins call "football".
Not really fair is it?
Oops...gotta go peel the yams...
--berry (wonders if the Dodgers will win the Superbowl this year...)
Berry Kercheval :: kerch@parc.xerox.com :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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