Fourth of July isn't a big US family holiday?
No. I mean, it's often a get-together holiday, which could include family, but they aren't a key factor. I would say.
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Jesse - Nov 27, 2005 2:07:56 pm PST #7196 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2005 2:16:09 pm PST #7197 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
And that's not covered by your "not blood relatives" clause? So it's that you get together with people you're less close with?
flea - Nov 27, 2005 2:19:21 pm PST #7198 of 10006
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Tons of people travel to be with family on Thanksgiving. Very few on the 4th of July. Partly because the 4th could be a random Wednesday, and you always get 4 days for Tday.
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Jesse - Nov 27, 2005 2:26:04 pm PST #7199 of 10006
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Like flea said. To me, Thanksgiving is about making a point to get together with your family, however you describe that. If you even have a party for 4th of July, it's usually for people nearby, who are sometimes family, but you wouldn't travel to see your family because it's the 4th. You might travel because it's a long weekend.
JenP - Nov 27, 2005 2:28:22 pm PST #7200 of 10006
How to say. If I weren't planning on coming home for Thanksgiving, it would require a phone call to say so. If I were planning on coming home for the 4th, it would require a phone call to say so, and the likely response would be, "O...kay," which would be code for, "Huh? Why? I mean, not that it won't be nice to see you, but... why?"
To me, it's a hang with the people you like where you are at a BBQ and watch fireworks if you're of a mind (or just do nothing and enjoy the day off) holiday, not a default see the family holiday.
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2005 2:38:00 pm PST #7201 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Any Canadians around? I'd love to know if it's different there. Most of my friends presented a dislike of Thanksgiving, but that might have been University posturing. Not that July 2nd seemed a big deal, but we weren't in session then, so I don't have as much data.
If I weren't planning on coming home for Thanksgiving, it would require a phone call to say so. If I were planning on coming home for the 4th, it would require a phone call to say so
I like that explanation. It's very simple.
flea - Nov 27, 2005 2:39:29 pm PST #7202 of 10006
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A lot of USians dislike going home for Thanksgiving, but still go.
tommyrot - Nov 27, 2005 2:41:24 pm PST #7203 of 10006
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Is Thanksgiving a completely Christian holiday? I mean, Christians certainly celebrate it, but for some reason it's always struck me as far more secularizable than Christmas. Or maybe that's true just in my head....
Cashmere - Nov 27, 2005 2:42:24 pm PST #7204 of 10006
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Is Thanksgiving a completely Christian holiday? I mean, Christians certainly celebrate it, but for some reason it's always struck me as far more secularizable than Christmas. Or maybe that's true just in my head....
I think it's very secular.
Edited to add: I've never considered it especially religious in any way.
§ ita § - Nov 27, 2005 2:43:40 pm PST #7205 of 10006
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
No one is saying it's Christian, though.