Like the United States, Canada gives thanks for its good fortune once a year and eats itself silly with turkey and mashed potatoes. 
Whereas in the US, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, in Canada the second Monday of October is a statutory, or public, holiday. This year, Canadian Thanksgiving falls on Monday, Oct 12, 2009.
Although Canadians do tend to get together on Thanksgiving weekend, the holiday is not as big a deal in Canada as it is in the US, where Thanksgiving seems to be the year's biggest holiday occasion. Nevertheless, Thanksgiving weekend is a popular time for Canadians to gather with family.
Canada does not have a big shopping day after Thanksgiving the way the United States does. Boxing Day - December 26th - is the equivalent in terms of big sales and shopping extravaganzas in Canada. It has been my personal experience that the deals are better on the day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. when compared to the shopping deals found on Boxing Day in Canada.
Living in Canada means my son and I get to eat a big turkey dinner twice in one year, and we also get to take part in two mega shopping weekends each year.
A win-win situation if you ask me. 
So...what are you thankful for?
Me: I'm thankful for family, good friends, my health, and a job I love.
Gobble, gobble. 
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tassie1
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Oct 12 @ 6:13AM
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I'm thankful I'm not a Canadian or American Turkey 
happy thankgiving anyways my wonderful friend. 
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Wordsofwit
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Oct 12 @ 7:51AM
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I am probably most thankful for friends, family, and the good people I have had the privilege of knowing.
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RevDocLove
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Oct 12 @ 9:09AM
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That I'm still alive after all these years  
Thanksgiving is cool 
Turkey turkey dee, turkey turkey duffin,
Love to eat turkey with a lot of stuffin'
Turkey for me, turkey for you,
Let's eat turkey in a big brown shoe.
Turkey and sweet potato pie,
Sammy Davis Jr. only had one eye
Turkey with the girls, turkey with the boys,
My favorite kind of pants are corduoroys
Gobble gobble gee, gobble gobble gickle
I wish turkeys only cost a nickel.
Oh, I love turkey .. on Thanksgivingggggg
Happy Holidays Kat
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NightOfOld
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Oct 12 @ 9:15AM
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For your blog I give you a kudo. And for your Thanks Giving I offer you this.
Happy Thanks Giving KitKat 
Dear Lord,
Every single evening
As I’m lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:
God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm
and safe from harm
For they’re so close to me.
And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do;
Hope you don't mind me asking,
Please bless my computer too.
Now I know that it's unusual
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain it to you, Lord.
You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my friends.
I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scraps of metal
Takes me in to where they live.
By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you.
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendships grew.
Please take an extra minute
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love.
Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail inbox
And each person who hits ’send’.
When you update your Heavenly list
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer
Sent up to God.com
Amen
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sugarnspice005
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Oct 12 @ 9:45AM
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Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian neighbors. 
pssst!! Can you please take the cool air back north? 
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carlos2342
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Oct 12 @ 9:54AM
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I would rather celebrate pussygiving a multicultural day where we eat out and give thanks to all the women of the world in thanks for their delicious meats.
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carlos2342
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Oct 12 @ 9:54AM
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I would rather celebrate pussygiving a multicultural day where we eat out and give thanks to all the women of the world in thanks for their delicious meats.
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McBunman
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Oct 12 @ 10:05AM
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I'm thankful for my wife, my family, my friends, my dogs....and that the Dodger swept the Cardinals!
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somnium
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Oct 12 @ 10:06AM
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Even though it's been a rough year, I'm thankful that:
I finally got paid for a job I did back in February, for a major corporation
I'll be starting a 'new' career soon
My physiological alarm clock hasn't gone off yet
I can still get out of bed at a speed of ¼ MPH or better
Thanks giving is coming and I can see family, have Thanksgiving dinner and get my coveted 'Care Packages' of leftovers to take home!
I hope you have an enjoyable and safe Thanksgiving Day in Canada Kit! 
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dmbchick420
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Oct 12 @ 11:05AM
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The biggest thing I am thankful for right now is having a job (and being able to find one in the last couple months due to the office I worked for shutting down in August) because the unemployment rate in my state (Ohio) is 10.5%.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family
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Ewe_Wish
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Oct 12 @ 11:25AM
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Wow.......I have so little in material things and yet I have so much to be grateful for......
I am grateful for all the friends I have here and offline..........I am grateful that I have my children and granddaughter.........I am grateful for my son and his wife soon to give me a grandson........I am grateful that my family is once again in my life...and that my sister and I are once again getting close........I am grateful that my daughter found a job (actually 2 of them) and I am grateful that God sent such a wonderful man to me and I grateful that each day I grow a bit more within myself and that my health is finally returning..................
Happy Thanksgiving
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loveableone
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Oct 12 @ 11:35AM
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Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians!!! I am so thankful for all of my family and friends and the wonderful support I have had over my life.
I am so thankful my surgery went well, and that My dad came out of the hospital alive after a scary bought of acute pancreatitis!! I am so thankful I still have my job and that I got accepted to my school! I am extremely thankful I am alive and that I have been blessed in this life with health, love, and happiness!!!
Have a wonderful day everyone!!
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BABYDOLL666
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Oct 12 @ 1:39PM
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being canadian your right we dont make as big of a deal i wish we did sometimes but to some its just another day to celebrate to others its just another day off work....had a great dinner with my mom and her boyfriend last night it was awsome and thats what im most thankfull for to have my mom and people i love around me because u never know when the last day is that your gonna see them...AND PS we had a white thanks giving with snow on the ground enough for the kids to make snow men lol But happy thanks giving to all
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Sunshine79
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Oct 12 @ 6:03PM
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My toys.....lol
No...really, my family, home, job & friends!
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aftershox
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Oct 12 @ 7:17PM
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I am thankful for all the wonderful kinky and horny people at AMD and other websites, and also for Turkey Bondage:
Turkey Bondage
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StraddleMyNose
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Oct 14 @ 5:25PM
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I'm thankful to have a great loving family, to have pretty good health, and to have another chance to be getting close with someone on here as of late.
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