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Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday October 7th, 2011

Thanksgiving is upon us once again and we at Big Top Tent Rentals celebrate another successful summer!

This year we are thankful for:

Our loyal customers - your support and dedication are a big part of who we are today!

Our new customers - it was great to work with you and we can't wait to do it again!

Our vendors - thanks for scratching our backs.

Our great employees - your hard work and dedication to this company is invaluable and truly appreciated.

Our friends and family - you keep us sane and help us enjoy life when all we can think about is that tent and how strong that wind is blowing...

Thank you to everyone for a great year and we wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!

 

*Please note we are closed Saturday October 8 for the Long Weekend.*

Now for some fun:

Test your Thanksgiving knowledge with this quiz below

1. Canada's first Thanksgiving celebration was held in 1578 as Martin Frobisher gave thanks for

a. a successful harvest

b. Frobisher's safe arrival to the New World

c. start of the turkey hunt

2. Today we celebrate Thanksgiving for

a. a successful harvest

b. Frobisher's safe arrival to the New World

c. start of the turkey hunt

3. Prior to arriving to Canada, European farmers celebrated harvest season by filling what with fruit and grain?

a. a wicker basket

b. a trunk

c. a goat's horn

4. Thanksgiving was first declare a national holiday in Canada in what year?

a. 1957

b. 1879

c. 1867

5. When first proclaimed a national Canadian Holiday, Thanksgiving was to be celebrated every

a. second Monday in October

b. November 11th

c. November 6th

6. Because it always fell in the same week as Remembrance day, Canadian Parliment announced on January 31, 1957 that Thanksgiving would be  

a. the first Monday in October

b. the second Monday in October

c. on the same day as American Thanksgiving

7. When does American Thanksgiving take place?

a. the first Monday in November

b. the fourth Monday in November

c. the fourth Thursday in November

8. Traditional Thanksgiving meal is not likely to include

a. a turkey

b. cranberry sauce

c. fried fish

9. How many calories are there in a typical Thanksgiving dinner plate?

a. 4500 calories

b. 2500 calories

c. 7000 calories

10. What is the french name for Thanksgiving?

a. L'action de gras

b. Le jour de gras

c. Le jour de la gratitude

Answers: 1. b. 2. a. 3. c. 4. b. 5. c. 6. b. 7. c. 8. c. 9. b. 10. a.

Happy Turkey Day!

Source: http://palc.sd40.bc.ca/palc/feature/2006/canadianthanksgiving.htm

http://www.divine.ca/en/fun-and-entertainment/quizzes/c_49_i_3045/thanksgiving-quiz-1.html