Spending US Thanksgiving with a great family here in the USA. Back in Aus next Friday 6th Dec.
A happy Thanksgiving to all GN's, looking forward to catching up on the road.
John
Landfall said
07:45 AM Nov 29, 2013
Australia = No such thing as Thanks Giving, but thanks for the thought and glad to read you are enjoying the USA.
Ken
Rip and Rosie said
09:21 AM Nov 29, 2013
I've always thought that thanksgiving would have been one of the nicer things we could have adopted from america. There are many things we adopt with great gusto that are not so positive.
Enjoy your thanksgiving John.
Gerty Dancer said
09:27 AM Nov 29, 2013
When I was young, and a church-goer, we used to have a harvest thanksgiving service in autumn. Everybody brought stuff from said harvest, I remember lotsa pumpkins tomatoes, vegs, bags of wheat, even hay... and it was all distributed to "the poor"
Do churches still do this ?
Dougwe said
09:29 AM Nov 29, 2013
What a great idea GD, sounds very friendly indeed.
Old Crofter said
10:55 AM Nov 29, 2013
Gerty Dancer wrote:
When I was young, and a church-goer, we used to have a harvest thanksgiving service in autumn. Everybody brought stuff from said harvest, I remember lotsa pumpkins tomatoes, vegs, bags of wheat, even hay... and it was all distributed to "the poor" Do churches still do this ?
Yes, we at Yolla in Tassie have a Harvest thanks giving. In our area organised by the Yolla Baptist.
Bob
miroku12g said
07:09 PM Nov 29, 2013
I remember that well G.D. when i was in primary school back in the UK.
Dave
barina said
07:36 PM Nov 29, 2013
Might make more sense than the ridiculous halloween that is fiercely promoted here now.
-- Edited by barina on Friday 29th of November 2013 07:36:51 PM
03_troopy said
08:00 PM Nov 29, 2013
But Halloween isn't American......
Gerty Dancer said
08:05 PM Nov 29, 2013
I believe Halloween was originally an Irish/ Celtic custom Troopy. Been heavily corrupted!
03_troopy said
08:18 PM Nov 29, 2013
I believe the same GD. Celtic origins of the eve of the festival of Samhain, or All Hallows Eve.
johnq said
01:20 AM Nov 30, 2013
Gerty Dancer wrote:
When I was young, and a church-goer, we used to have a harvest thanksgiving service in autumn. Everybody brought stuff from said harvest, I remember lotsa pumpkins tomatoes, vegs, bags of wheat, even hay... and it was all distributed to "the poor" Do churches still do this ?
Hi Gerty,Services, country dances and get-togethers after the harvest were once common throughout Australia. In the country we were forever looking for excuses to get together to supplement the social tennis and school events that were always the default standbys.
You are right to link the thanksgiving to the church, and it never mattered which church, everyone turned up. I remember such functions well because I was always made to wear those wretchedly hot and uncomfortable wool 'serge' shorts, shoes and my shirt was always starched like a board.
This time of the year, with Xmas coming, the regional ambulance services usually had a small carnival, assisted by the community service clubs, RSL, Freemasons, CWA (scones, lamingtons and Xmas cakes). The ambos had a hams raffle, with the half- and full hams donated by business and the butcher.
Sheba said
09:55 PM Dec 1, 2013
johnq wrote:
You are right to link the thanksgiving to the church, and it never mattered which church, everyone turned up.
My understanding of the origin of the American Thanksgiving, is that it began with the Pilgrims in the 1600's, after the first Harvest was gathered.
Spending US Thanksgiving with a great family here in the USA. Back in Aus next Friday 6th Dec.
A happy Thanksgiving to all GN's, looking forward to catching up on the road.
John
Australia = No such thing as Thanks Giving, but thanks for the thought and glad to read you are enjoying the USA.
Ken
Enjoy your thanksgiving John.
Do churches still do this ?
Yes, we at Yolla in Tassie have a Harvest thanks giving. In our area organised by the Yolla Baptist.
Bob
Dave
Might make more sense than the ridiculous halloween that is fiercely promoted here now.
-- Edited by barina on Friday 29th of November 2013 07:36:51 PM
Hi Gerty,Services, country dances and get-togethers after the harvest were once common throughout Australia. In the country we were forever looking for excuses to get together to supplement the social tennis and school events that were always the default standbys.
You are right to link the thanksgiving to the church, and it never mattered which church, everyone turned up. I remember such functions well because I was always made to wear those wretchedly hot and uncomfortable wool 'serge' shorts, shoes and my shirt was always starched like a board.
This time of the year, with Xmas coming, the regional ambulance services usually had a small carnival, assisted by the community service clubs, RSL, Freemasons, CWA (scones, lamingtons and Xmas cakes). The ambos had a hams raffle, with the half- and full hams donated by business and the butcher.