Many thanks for your comment -- but you are incorrect. I am a list administrator as well -- but only of Canadian lists, as different countries, for example, Canada and United States have different customs. As my mother was American, I KNOW the American Thanksgiving Day is in November and thoroughly enjoy the Thanksgiving Day parade -- our family also had an EXTRA Thanksgiving Day. As list administrator of a Canadian list, you should become accustomed to Canadian customs -- or give the list over to a Canadian. The Canadian Thanksgiving Day is always the second Monday in October, complete with all the turkey and other goodies enjoyed by Americans in November. Our parade is always the Ocktoberfest Parade, in which many American bands took part, and televised from Kitchener, Ontario. Should you ever desire to know other special holidays in which Canada and United States differ, I do not mind replying, e.g. we celebrate July 1 -- United States celebrates July 4. Muriel M. Davidson muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Co-Chair, Canada Census Committee Brampton, Ontario, Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: SLWCEW2@aol.com To: muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:07 AM Subject: Re: [QC-ETANGLO] Post 1901 Census - House Petitions In a message dated 10/12/2004 7:53:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, muriel_davidson@sympatico.ca writes: Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 12:06 PM Subject: Post 1901 Census - House Petitions Greetings all. I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving weekend and that you had your fill of turkey. I spend a part of the weekend collating Census Petitions to the House of Commons received to date. The totals as I write this are as follows: Muriel: Thanksgiving is in November and has not happened yet.

The calendar I bought at WalMart notes Canadian Thanksgiving as well as the United States' . . . Personally, I'm in favor of us in the U.S. moving our Thanksgiving holiday to mid-October. After all, it is the HARVEST holiday, and who's still harvesting in November?? Besides, that way, it wouldn't get lost in the Halloween-right-into-Christmas syndrome <g>! Hilary Henkin Atlanta, Georgia Grandparents married in Toronto, cousins still there.