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James McLeod
@jamespmcleod.ca

For Canadians, watching the Americans do Thanksgiving is like having that one friend who dresses up and gets way too into St. Patrick's Day. Like yeah, it's a fine holiday. But you go so hard that it feels weird.

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mackenzian
@mackenzian.bsky.social

I get this: Canadians already had their Thanksgiving without the entire world knowing. But US Thanksgiving these days is the only fed holiday explicitly about emotional connection, people, and families regardless of military or citizenship status or religion.

James McLeod@jamespmcleod.ca

For Canadians, watching the Americans do Thanksgiving is like having that one friend who dresses up and gets way too into St. Patrick's Day. Like yeah, it's a fine holiday. But you go so hard that it feels weird.

mackenzian
@mackenzian.bsky.social

"Black Friday" is a weak, ill-fitting add-on only invented because the holiday didn't have enough unvarnished grubby commerce in it. And "Giving Tuesday" comes on afterward to help with the guilt of excess. It's *incredibly* American.