THANKSGIVING AMERICAN STYLE

Holy candied-yams-with-mini-marshmallows Batman!  It's American Thanksgiving!!!


I'm from Canada where Thanksgiving is celebrated weeks earlier and in a decidedly more low-key manner compared to all the hoopla that surrounds the holiday down south.  But I envy American Thanksgiving to the max.  They know how to do it up baby!


In Canada, Thanksgiving lasts but a day, but many Americans celebrate from the Wednesday before to the Tuesday following.  SWEET!!!


And how do they fill up those six glorious days?


An orgy of football.
Turkey feasts the likes of which have not been seen since the final days of the Roman Empire.
And...shopping...shopping...shopping.


Black Friday...what a concept!


We have something akin to it in Canada on the day after Chrsitmas called Boxing Day but it can't hold a candle to good old B.F..  Hardly anyone ever gets trampled to death.


As far as I can figure out, the final couple of days of American Thanksgiving are spent in heavy recuperation trying to shake that gassy turkey hangover and nursing the wounds incurred lunging for those discounted i-Pods over at Best Buys.


It sounds like heaven to me.


 HAPPY THANKSGIVING MY AMERICAN FRIENDS!!!