I celebrated my first ever Thanksgiving!
Here in Canada we just had a long weekend (7th –
10th of October) to celebrate Thanksgiving. In Canada Thanksgiving
takes place in early October instead of in November like it does over in
America. The reason why is apparently because Thanksgiving is more about
celebrating the Harvest over here in Canada. Going into the long weekend I didn’t
really know what to expect because I have never experienced Thanksgiving
before. But it turned out that I had a really great time and I really enjoyed
myself.
Most people on my floor in my accommodation either went home
for the long weekend or went off exploring places. As I’ve mentioned before
usually my accommodation is very sociable so it was weird to find it so quiet,
though it was kind of a refreshing change! I spent nearly the entire weekend
with a couple of friends who live on the same floor as me and were staying for
the long weekend. The three of us had a really good time together.
On Saturday we didn’t do too much, though I did go to a
local farmers market which was really nice. I spent a lot of Saturday chatting,
hanging out and just generally enjoying spending time with my friends.
On Sunday evening we had been invited to go to one of our
other friends (she’s also one of my suitemates) home to join her family for
Thanksgiving Dinner. It was a really good meal with lots of good food. We just
had a really nice evening. Beforehand I know we’d been worried that it might be
a little awkward but there wasn’t really any awkwardness. Once more the stereotype
about Canadians being friendly welcoming people was proven to be true!
On Monday a lot of places were closed - as it was a public
holiday - but we wanted to get out and do something. We found a local farm with
a Corn Maze and a Pumpkin Patch was open and so we went there for a little
outing. We managed to get lost in the Corn Maze but that’s part of the fun! It
was a good harvest themed attraction which was nice to visit over Thanksgiving.
On Tuesday we had pancakes, we hung out some more and we
went for a walk. There was also a second Thanksgiving dinner on a smaller scale
than the big meal but on by the university. In the evening more or less
everyone who had gone home returned, even though we’d all seen each other on
Friday it was still good to have a reunion with all the friends I’ve made on
this floor!
So that was my first ever Thanksgiving, as you can probably
guess, I really enjoyed myself. I kind of want to bring celebrating
Thanksgiving with me next year when I am back in the UK.
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