Thanksgiving Jokes

Why should you keep your eye off the dressing?
Because it makes him blush!

Why do turkeys always go  "gobble, gobble"?
Because they never learned good table manners!

How do you keep a turkey in suspense?
I'll tell you at Christmas.

Why did the turkey cross the road?
It was the chicken's day off.

What key has legs and can't open doors?
Tur_key.

What happened  when the turkey met the axe?
He lost his head!

Teacher: "Why did the Pilgrims sail to America?"
Student : "May be they miss their plane."

Teacher: "Why do we have a Thanksgiving holiday?"
Student : "So we know when to start Christmas shopping!"

Why can't you take a turkey to church?
Because they use such FOWL language!

If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for?
Their AGE!

Knock, knock! who's there?
Arthur.
Arthur who?
Arthur any leftover

How can you tell a male turkey from a female turkey?
The male is the one holding the remote control.

What do you call the dirt on a Pilgrim's hand?
Pilgrime!

What is your favourite thing to make for Thanksgiving dinner?
Reservations!

What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children?
If your father could see you now, he 'd turn over in his gravy!

Why didn't the turkey eat dessert?
He was stuffed!

What's blue and covered with feathers?
A turkey holding its breath!

What cat discovered America?
Christofurry Columbus!

Why was the monster tickled when he ate the turkey?
Because he forgot to pluck the feathers!

Did you hear about the gobbler who bounced around the barnyard?
HE WAS A PERKY TURKEY!

What's the best way to stuff a turkey?
Take him out for pizza and cream!

Canadian Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. The origin and history of Thanksgiving Day in Canada is different from the Amerian Thanksgiving. Whereas the American tradition talks about remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The geographical location of Canada is further north as compared to the United States therefore the harvest season falls earlier in Canada.

In Canada Thanksgiving will be celebrated on second Monday in October.

There are three traditions behind Canadian Thanksgiving Day:

• The farmers in Europe held celebrations at the time of harvesting to give thanks for their good fortune of a bountiful harveat and abundance of food. The farmers would fill a goat's curved horn with fruits and grains. This curved horn was known as a cornucopia (abundance) or the horn of plenty. It is believed that when the European farmers came to Canada they brought this tradition of Thanksgiving with them.
• The history of Thanksgiving in Canada is related to Martin Frobisher, who was an English navigator. He made a lot of efforts to find a northern passage to the Orient. Thought he did not successd in his efforts but he was able to establish a settlement in Northern American. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now known as Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Martin Frobisher was later knighted and an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Canada was named as "Frobisher bay" after him. When other settlers arrived here they continued this ceremony of giving thanks.
• The third influence occurred in 1621 in what is now the United States. Here the pilgrims, who were the English colonists, celebrated their first harvest in the New World at Plymouth Massachusetts. By the 1750s, this celebration of harvest was brought to Nova Scotia by American settlers from the south.

In the 1600s, another navigator Samuel de Champlain crossed the ocean and arrived to Canada. Other French Settlers also came with him and their group held huge feasts of thanks for the harvests. On this event they shared their food with the Native American neighbors and thus involved them in their celebrations. Then they formed "The Order of Good Cheer" which marked the harvest and other events as well.

After the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgivng.

During the American Revolution the Americans who remained loyal to England moved to Canada. They brought with themselves the customs and practice of the American Thanksgiving to Canada.

In 1879, the Parliament declared 6th day of November as the day of Thnksgiving and also declared it a national holiday. Over the years different dates were used for celebrating the Thanksgiving Day in Canada but the most popular date was the 3rd Monday of October.

After World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were celebrated on a common day that was Monday of the week in which fell the 11th day of november.

Finally, on January 31st,1957, the Parliament issued a proclamation to fix permanently the 2nd Monday in October as the Thanksgiving Day. The Proclamation goes as..."A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed ...to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October..."