Holy shit, I almost forgot it’s Thanksgiving Day in America. Since I moved to Canada, I hadn’t thought about it because most of my family lives so far away now. Canada’s Thanksgiving is always on the second Monday in October. America’s is on the fourth Thursday in November. I’m a sad turkey today.

The first Thanksgiving took place in America, and then Canada copied it, but nobody really got mad about it. Come on, if you’re the kind of person to complain about when your country’s holiday gets copied by another country, I think you have issues.

The Caribbean island Grenada also has a Thanksgiving Day.

Celebrated on October 25th, Thanksgiving Day in Grenada is not about celebrating the harvest at all. On this day, Grenadians celebrate the 1983 execution of their Prime Minister and the U.S.-led invasion of their country. Although the United Nations called the invasion “a flagrant violation of international law,” the Grenadians didn’t seem to mind.

I always thought that Thanksgiving Day in America was meant to commemorate the Native Americans breaking bread with the settlers. Without the Natives, the settlers would have starved and you may have never been born.

Eh, I’ve been giving this peace, love, and thanks shit a chance for 25 years. I like Grenada’s idea of celebrating execution and war crimes better