thanksgiving in Australia

[wilk1149]

Sarah Jane is on ABC news saying we should have thanksgiving here. Aren't we inundated with enough pseudo American culture already

[boris1gary]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

I wonder if American Indians Celebrate thanks giving.

Or think of the days before the Boat People came hahaha

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[boris1gary]

isn't sarah jane from Mr Squiggle?

[this-one-time-at-bandcamp]

That makes about as much sense as them commemorating Anzac Day. What silliness.

I celebrate ANZAC day............My grandfather was in the RN in the first war, in the RAN for the second..........

[Anonymous]

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@lurker172602 wrote:
That makes about as much sense as them commemorating Anzac Day. What silliness.

Who is Sarah Janebtw?

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nonsense

http://thanksgiving.org.au/aboutus/

[wilk1149]

I know she was called miss Jane, don't ever recall a first name

[tcmsecretuseid]

Well, I don't feel too guilty about being a white American, since my Father's dad(my grandfather) was a full blooded Indian. 

My mothers side didn't come to America until 1942, and my husband was born in Scotland. 

I can enjoy my Thanksgiving.... guilt free. 😉 

[boris1gary]

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@tcmsecretuseid wrote:

Well, I don't feel too guilty about being a white American, since my Father's dad(my grandfather) was a full blooded Indian. 

My mothers side didn't come to America until 1942, and my husband was born in Scotland. 

I can enjoy my Thanksgiving.... guilt free. 😉 

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guilt is a useless emotion anyway, National Day of Mourning would be more appropriate just as Australia day should be here. 

[tcmsecretuseid]

Boris, the U.S. has this horrible tradition called Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving, people trample over each other to buy things at a discount. Some stores open tonight, and let the crazies in to spend money all night long, and into Black Friday.

 I recently read that Black Friday was originally a day where slaves were sold at a discount, so that farmers could buy extra slaves for the hard winters. 

😞 

Day of Mourning... indeed. 

[goldenjet16]

"guilt is a useless emotion anyway, National Day of Mourning would be more appropriate just as Australia day should be here."

Save it...... 🙂 almost every country/nationality and race has gone through the same thing through out history. Stop your whining.

[lurker172602]

I think you misunderstood me. To me, Australians celebrating American Independence Day makes about as much sense as Americans commemorating Australia's (and New Zealand's) Anzac Day.
I know nothing about any movement to establish an Australian Day of thanksgiving.