On 11/22/2017 5:51 PM, wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 at 4:46:21 PM UTC-6, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 2017-11-22 5:38 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/22/2017 5:22 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>>> Happy Thanksgiving to all my neighbours to the south.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Dave!Â* I noted yours in October even if I didn't comment.
>>> Happy belated!
>>
>> We're not dumb. We have it before the winter turns nasty ;-)
>>
>>
> Pshaw! Winters are generally not nasty down here in the South.
> Jill is farther South than me and on the coast so her winters
> will be even milder than mine.
>
Climate does have to do with the origins of harvest festivals, though.
But no, it's not cold here yet. This is one of my currently blooming
azalea bushes:

https://s8.postimg.org/mx5asllxh/pink.jpg

It will get cold (relatively speaking) in December, January and
February. But as a rule, it doesn't snow. You know that's what Dave is
talking about.

Jill