mercedo's Journal: November Steps

I am looking over the calendar of November.

I'm working in a company harder and harder, I was not in a responsible position before but now my importance has been increaing rapidly. I put down the sign when I was able to see my girlfriend. It was on the 31th, 3rd, 21st. Since I quit my second job, we have been relatively freely able to see one another that enables us to feel much more satisfied than before.

While I was browsing my friend's journals, I often encountered the word, Thanksgiving Day. Was yesterday Thanksgiving Day in America? Probably. We have no traditions to celebrate this day of course I know what the day is like though. In our calendar, it says Thanks Labour Day. Was it adopted from the original Thanksgiving Day?

Traditionally we've got many celebrations in November. When people one hundred years ago wanted to adopt the Western culture, they might be just unable to find how to celebrate the day as Western people had been doing.

On the 22th of November, the calendar says 'Slight Snow'. It's been more than decade when we hadn't have snow at all all around the winter. Unusually hot days' going on.

Thanksgiving Day

[Degrees]

Thanksgiving Day is observed on the fourth Thursday in November. So it is tomorrow for me.

It goes back to USA history, when after a successful harvest season, a feast was held, to give thanks to God for His provision. Here is a link. [about.com]

The link does a pretty good summary - it started with the Pilgrims, who left England so they could practice their religion without persecution. The first year was terrible; the second excellent - so they gave thanks. They also shared their bounty with the native Indians, beca

Re:Thanksgiving Day

[mercedo]

I don't know the exact reason though the symbol of fish was used to indicate Jesus among early Christians in ancient Rome, so fish happened to be both the founder of world religion & the basis of America.

America must be a fertile country, it is just normal to fail in the first year. It was very unusual to succeed in the second year.

thanks giving day,,,,

[kesuki]

is the weekend where we observe my birthday, in the united states everyone goes out and eats a very fat short flight bird called a 'turkey' which is a lot like a chicken, except that it can fly, into a tree to escape a predator. and then the day after that we go out and stand in the cold for 6 hours waiting for the store to open so we can get the consumer items that are now on sale for rock bottom unbelivable prices -- and are first come first serve, no rainchecks! and we buy all that stuff for me! i wish

Re:thanks giving day,,,,

[mercedo]

Happy birthday, kesuki! ( it's a little bit sound like Japanese name! ) Those whose birthdays happen to fall on the other very famous celebration days are very lucky, as if they were celebrated by tens of thousands of people all over the world. But you have to insist on receiving another present besides for your birthday.

Re:thanks giving day,,,,

[kesuki]

well i've explained that before, it was my (bad attempt) at translating 'delete key' into japanese, and then into 'roma-ji' so as to get a unique nickname that i could use anywhere on the net and it would always be available. of course the poor translation attempt makes it more unique.

Re:thanks giving day,,,,

[mercedo]

About the origin of your nickname, I missed reading it somewhere else. Forgive and forget by using your 'kesuki'.