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I´m an American living in Germany, and we´re celebrating Thanksgiving this Saturday, even though this is an American holiday. My German husband was in the US last year, and had sweet potatoes for the first time, so has requested I make a dinner this year for him, only we´ll have duck instead of turkey since it´s only the two of us. |
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koolygurl89
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Thanksgiving is an American Holiday celebrating the pilgrims landing in AMERICA! |
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Flower
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no |
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tigger444321
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Thanksgiving is a holiday which originated when the pilgrims moved to America. It was a day (or rather, a week) for them to give thanks to God for bringing them over safely. So, the answer to your question is no, Germany does not celebrate Thanksgiving. |
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Inga007
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Germans don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but many Americans living here do. My husband works for the US Army in Stuttgart, Germany and we will be having Thanksgiving Dinner, watch football, eat pumpkin pie just like you do in the States.
So "Happy Thanksgiving" to you, wherever you are!!! |
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starcloud.2007
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No, we don't. Why should we?
Yes, we do have a sort of Thanksgiving but this is the second Sunday in October. But nobody else but the church is celebrating. For most people it's just another Sunday and nothing else. |
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thamain
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I don't think so. Thanksgiving is a North American tradition but nowhere else. Let's save the turkeys! |
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DeeDee
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nope, we dont celebrate the genocide of native americans |
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liebekatz2
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Germany does have a day called Erntedankfest, but nobody except the church really gives it any significance. It's also not common here to roast a whole turkey. Lots of Germans have roast goose on Christmas. My family and I will have our own Thanksgiving feast, with turkey and all the trimmings. My German in-laws love it!
Edit: It seems like a lot of people have nothing to do but sit around giving others the thumbs down. So sad... |
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Mara
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No, we dont have Thanksgiving.
it is only an North-American Celebration. And turley isnt an endemic animal here, so if we eat a big bird, it is mostly chicken.
About this Erntedankfest , some other mentioned- on some rural areas it exist and it is still celebrated. but mostly you eat there (in my experience) the product of the field. because it has a diffrent meaning than thanksgiving- or is not excatly the same. It is just a thank you celebration after all the corns are brought in from the field. |
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nix
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No Thanksgiving is an American Holiday celebrating the Pilgrims and the First Thanksgiving. |
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♥LIZZY♥
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no |
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K02
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They don't celebrate the American Thanksgiving.
There is a Thanksgiving (=Erntedank) but that is on a different day and traditionally they don't eat roast turkey on Thanksgiving. |
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fliege52000
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No not really. They are having similar the same call (Erntedankfest) is not holiday and nobody cooking Turkey and get together like Americans do.
By the way: Happy Thanksgiving..... |
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Alwin E
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Hi from Bavaria.
We have something like Thanksgiving which does not correspond to the catholic Erntedankfest; it's "Saint Martin's Goose", or "Martinsgans". It's a tradition that the weekend after St Martin's Day (in November) people in their village gather to eat goose, dumplings, and red cabbage, and the meeting usually takes place in the biggest restaurant in the village, as everybody wants to go there. I was there again this year, and it's fantastic. You meet people who you hadn't met for a year, and there's a lot of things to talk about. Usually, families with kids go there at noon or in the early afternoon, and the adults meet again in the early evening, for a drink or two.
Turkey is not an animal native to Europe, but goose meat tastes really fine. I think you should try. For christmas, we'll have duck. |
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DeSaxe
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NO
Thanksgiving in the holiday to commemorate the trials that the Pilgrim experienced when they settled in America. The significances of thanksgiving when compared to the traditional harvest festivals was the involvement of the American Indians in the festival. The pilgrim had extreme difficulties and at one point faced starvation but a number of local Indians helped the the pilgrim by showing them farming and hunting tips plus giving them food. When the pilgrim got there act together and managed to have a good harvest they invited the Indians to the celebration of the bountiful harvest.
Germany has a unofficial fest which many compare to thanksgiving but it originated from the Harvest festival that most agricultural based societies have. But it is in no way or manner celebrated in any manner like Thanksgiving. |
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Fenris Troll Ripper JPA RT ATL ®
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No
Thanksgiving is SOLELY an USA AMERICAN Holiday.
I lived in Germany and go there yearly.
They do celebrate other US Holidays but not all. example Halloween, Christmas, Easter, New Years are all holidays that are the same. |
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flutey tutey
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NO, MY FRIEND FROM GERMANY IS HAVING HER FIRST THANKSGIVING THIS YEAR AND HER FIRST BITE OF TURKEY. THANKSGIVING IS AN AMERICAN HOLIDAY STARTED BY THE PILGRIMS |
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Morgan E
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Germany celebrates the unification of Germany as a whole.. it is similar. =) |
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♥§Łəəpү Caŧ Eүəs♥
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Yes. it's called Erntedankfest i think. |
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Bernd
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yes we do but not on the 6th December we do it on the 24th December and eat whatever we can get hold on.
some eat Turkey, some a carp fish, some Franks, some Schnitzel and some got nothing to bite
we drink a lot and than having arguments
and on the 25th we all suffer from hangovers
same on the 26th |
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