On 2017-11-23 9:58 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> On 11/22/2017 5:47 PM, 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 ;-)
>>
>>
> It makes sense because that's when the harvest happens way up North.
>
> Down here, my azaleas are blooming again:
>
> https://s8.postimg.org/mx5asllxh/pink.jpg
>
> President Lincoln declared US Thanksgiving to be the fourth Thursday in
> November.Â* Maybe some historian can explain why *Thursday*.Â* It seems
> like an odd day to choose.Â* I'm pretty sure in 1863 people weren't
> thinking about a long holiday weekend. (laugh)
>


Back then, a Thursday off would have meant a midweek break, not a long
weekend. People typically worked 12 hour days, 10 hours working and 2
hours for meals, and they worked 6 days a week.