Update · 4:45pm Nov 23rd, 2015
I know it's been a while since the most recent update of Transdementia (well, compared to my usual writing speed), but real life has been repeatedly sticking its nose into my free time this month (and the unexpected arrival last week of the extended edition of the third Hobbit movie,* which I'd forgotten I'd pre-ordered, didn't help). That said, I think I may have this finished by the end of the month, because I don't actually have any plans for my Thanksgiving** holiday.
Thanks for your patience!
* I am fully aware of the Hobbit trilogy's flaws, and they aren't enough to keep me from enjoying the movies.
** This is American Thanksgiving, of course, as opposed to Metric Thanksgiving, which is celebrated on October 10th of every year, unless your country decides to cop out and celebrate it on the Monday closest to 10/10.
Hm? I wasn’t aware any other countries celebrated Thanksgiving. In fact, as far as I knew it was solely an American holiday, a remembrance of that one time some Indians shared food with some pilgrims instead of letting them starve to death. (Bet they regret that…)
Do Canadians celebrate it too? If so, why? I can easily imagine an eerily similar circumstance happening there but why do two different commemorations almost share the same date and actually do share the same name?
3567406 - Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October. As far as I'm aware, the fact that it's always within a week of 10/10 is a coincidence, but I can't resist needling my Canadian pre-readers.