Thanksgiving
Today in the US it’s Thanksgiving, where Americans gather around tables groaning under turkeys the size of footstools and serve what appear to be marshmallow-laden deserts as salads.
It is the biggest family holiday in the US and the idea of being thankful for being an American certainly has a great appeal that admittedly might be a little lost on the nation’s original Indians.
Our national day isn’t for a couple of months but I thought it apt to list ten things I am thankful for about being an Australian and living Australia.
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Today in 1789 the American tradition of Thanksgiving was declared a National holiday by thenPresident George Washington. The first celebration was believed to have been held in El Paso, Texas in 1598.
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Michael says:
Let me be the first to throw up my breakfast lunch and dinner at Della bosca’s love letter to Belinda Neal in parliament, what a disgrace that the married couple of state and federal labour would use their time on show to promote their on personal “relationship” this country is… Read more »
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stephen says:
America has a lot to be thankful for : Benjamin Franklin, George Washington Tom Paine and many others. Our founding ‘fathers’ were a bit rougher, and we have a lot to be thankful for too. Read more »
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