Today’s a holiday in Canada.
Thanksgiving Day, (l’Action de grâce in French), a time to reflect and be grateful, to gather and partake with family and friends, watch a bit of a football maybe or stroll amidst the autumn foliage.
Sometimes, of course, it doesn’t always go so well. Some of the worst family arguments ever rendered (usually fuelled by too much alcohol) have been known to take place around the Thanksgiving dinner table.
No matter. Thanksgiving remains a respite from the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Lots of stores shut their doors, offices and schools are close down, public transit shifts back to first gear.
Over the years, and it goes back a very long way, Thanksgiving has been celebrated at different times and for different reasons.
With summer gone and winter approaching, it can be both bittersweet and joyful.
For some thoughts on Thanksgiving I contacted journalist, author and historian Alan Hustak.
He joined RCI by phone from his home in Montreal as he prepared to head home to his native Saskatchewan to celebrate the holiday.
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