Happy Thanksgiving!

[ROMAN MASTER2]

wishing everyone & all my freinds a very happy & safe thanksgiving

 

[Naraku]

Thank you, RM. It's a bit early, but I wish you a happy Turkey Day too.
Of course, this only applies to us Americans. The Canadians had their Thanksgiving in October.
But, there is one place outside of North America where they will be celebrating next week....Pieterskirk in Leiden, Netherlands.
http://www.pieterskerk.com/en/agenda/calender/thanksgiving/
So, Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Hansi.
Also, a Happy Hanukkah to any of our Jewish members (do we have any Jewish members?). This year, for the first time since 1888, Thanksgiving & the first night of Hanukkah fall on the same day. the next time that will happen is the year 79,811!

 

[ROMAN MASTER2]

thanks Naraku very interseting history

 

[Darkprincess69]

Here in the UK, we don't have Thanksgiving, so the turkeys can relax. (for another few weeks anyway ), so most of us know very little about it. Isn't that the one where all you Americans give thanks to God for letting you steal the country off its native peoples?

Any American turkeys out there might want to get their heads down for a couple of days...

Here are a few nice turkeys for you all;


Hope this isn't Mr Tree


This is what the turkeys think about it;


And this is my idea of a more pleasing Thanksgiving feast


Have fun guys...

 

[admihoek]

Thank you, RM. It's a bit early, but I wish you a happy Turkey Day too.
Of course, this only applies to us Americans. The Canadians had their Thanksgiving in October.
But, there is one place outside of North America where they will be celebrating next week....Pieterskirk in Leiden, Netherlands.
http://www.pieterskerk.com/en/agenda/calender/thanksgiving/
So, Happy Thanksgiving to you too, Hansi.
Also, a Happy Hanukkah to any of our Jewish members (do we have any Jewish members?). This year, for the first time since 1888, Thanksgiving & the first night of Hanukkah fall on the same day. the next time that will happen is the year 79,811!

Pilgrim Presidents

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Nine times from Pilgrim to President
Since the Pilgrims came to American no fewer than nine of their descendants have made it to President. Presidents Taylor, Grant, Roosevelt, Bush sr. and jr. and Obama all have a Leiden Pilgrim ancestor.

John Adams - 1797-1801

His son John Quincy Adams - 1825-1829

Zachary Taylor - 1849-1850

Ulysses S. Grant - 1869-1877

James A. Garfield - 1881-1881

Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1933-1945

George H.W. Bush - 1989-1993

George W. Bush - 2001-2009

Barack H. Obama -- 2009 -

Take a look at the familytrees of these presidents

…and to mayor of New York

And how about Leiden-born Thomas Willett, who became the first mayor of New York? A letter by this Pilgrim, which he wrote to Hugh Goodyear, vicar of the English reformed church in Leiden on the 16th of September 1660, can be found in the archives in Leiden.
wwhhhooouuwwwh that's a milestone

 

[RacingRodent]

Before they got to Leiden though at least some of the Pilgrim Fathers were locked up in Boston... that is Boston Lincolnshire. Mostly for planning to scurry off to the Netherlands and possibly looking shifty

A tad guilty Boston put up a memorial in 1957.

That takes care of my ancestors' stomping ground as to mine the Mayflower and the Speedwell, the vessels purchased to carry the settlers landed in Devon twice...first as Dartmouth and then again having ended up no further than Plymouth (the wrong one ) finally deciding the Speedwell was naff they set out across the Atlantic in just the Mayflower.

So happy Thanksgiving for this Thursday

 

[admihoek]

Before they got to Leiden though at least some of the Pilgrim Fathers were locked up in Boston... that is Boston Lincolnshire. Mostly for planning to scurry off to the Netherlands and possibly looking shifty

A tad guilty Boston put up a memorial in 1957.

That takes care of my ancestors' stomping ground as to mine the Mayflower and the Speedwell, the vessels purchased to carry the settlers landed in Devon twice...first as Dartmouth and then again having ended up no further than Plymouth (the wrong one ) finally deciding the Speedwell was naff they set out across the Atlantic in just the Mayflower.

So happy Thanksgiving for this Thursday

 

[thehangingtree]

I like DarkPrincess' feast the best...

t

 

[Eulalia]

And to our Japanese friends
(we certainly have some, though they're not very active just now)
Happy Kinro Kansha No Hi

it's a modern public holiday,
but revives an ancient harvest festival.​

 

[Naraku]

Here in the UK, we don't have Thanksgiving, so the turkeys can relax. (for another few weeks anyway ), so most of us know very little about it. Isn't that the one where all you Americans give thanks to God for letting you steal the country off its native peoples?

Any American turkeys out there might want to get their heads down for a couple of days...

Here are a few nice turkeys for you all;
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Hope this isn't Mr Tree
[This is what the turkeys think about it;
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And this is my idea of a more pleasing Thanksgiving feast


Have fun guys...

I believe number 4 represents the way they stuff the turkey at Tree's house.
A good reason not to accept his invitation to dinner.

And to our Japanese friends
(we certainly have some, though they're not very active just now)
Happy Kinro Kansha No Hi

it's a modern public holiday,
but revives an ancient harvest festival.​

Kinro Kansha no Hi was nothing more than local religious festivals in rural areas until the American occupation after WWII.
The Japanese have adopted other Western holidays, Christmas is extremely popular, even though only about 2% of the population is Christian. Still, they put up decorations, exchange cards & gifts, and, of course, do lots of shopping.

 

[Barbaria1]

I like DarkPrincess' feast the best...

t

I second that!

 

[ROMAN MASTER2]

I second that!

i third vote that

 

[Eulalia]

Kinro Kansha no Hi was nothing more than local religious festivals in rural areas until the American occupation after WWII.
The Japanese have adopted other Western holidays, Christmas is extremely popular, even though only about 2% of the population is Christian. Still, they put up decorations, exchange cards & gifts, and, of course, do lots of shopping.

well, I still hope they had a happy day -
nice to have plenty of excuses to celebrate!​

 

[ROMAN MASTER2]

HAPPY OFFICAL THANKSGIVING TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON CRUX FORMS

 

[admihoek]

I like DarkPrincess' feast the best...

y're right even her turkey is fancy

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[admihoek]

and instead of a bull found our own unsurpassed dotty a turkey

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and as the queen of the kitchen, she made that thing ready for all of us

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and in the garden together with some fine friends (like tree and emma)

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and after some time enjoying each other

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chase she all of them out of the garden

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and now she could at long last enjoy the waiting dog

 

[RacingRodent]

Well Happy Thanks Giving to all you whose ancestors made it across the pond

Don't try and stand up too quickly after eating

 

[LittleSiss]

Dear Turkeys,
Don't worry... they only love us for our breasts too.

Sincerely, women.

 

[admihoek]

Dear Turkeys,
Don't worry... they only love us for our breasts too.

Sincerely, women.

that is an entirely fresh angle

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[thehangingtree]

Hope this isn't Mr Tree - DP

a very great grand pappy

t