Thanksgiving

[poliphilo]

According to the news sheet they display at the checkout in Waitrose one in every ten Brits is now celebrating Thanksgiving.

What!

Why?

It's not our history.

Why put yourself to all the trouble and expense of a second gourmandising winter festival when it isn't mandatory?

Comments

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

If it's true, I wonder if it's because there are numbers of American expats living in the UK, and possibly because many Brits have family members and friends living over here that they've visited and who've visited them, so they just adopted the day?

[w. lotus (from livejournal.com)]

I hadn't thought of that. Good point.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Our neighbour is American and her family will be enjoying a turkey dinner.