Technically Thanksgiving is today but most people I know celebrated it yesterday. This seems to be the norm for most people I think. Some people may be having a second Thanksgiving today at the in-laws house or something like that. So is this what usually happens all across the country or just people I know (I am in Edmonton).

Thanks for the kind thoughts -- and the great recipes! Like Dione mentioned, we (26+ of us) typically get together the Saturday for dinner, where a favourite is the mushrooms cooked in butter, rosemary, and Wooster. It's terrific on the turnips and potatoes -- a sort of second gravy, really.
This year we had a big family wedding on Saturday, so the usual traditions got put on hold. But we did honour the most important of those traditions: getting together with the family to celebrate.

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! It's been a chilly Thanksgiving weekend here in Edmonton! I come from a large, blended family so I get two very different Thanksgiving dinners this weekend every year.
For dinner with my dad's family yesterday, we made deep-fried turkey, two kinds of stuffing (apple chestnut bread stuffing and oatmeal stuffing), roasted root vegetables, corn fritters, brussels sprouts with bacon and balsamic vinegar, cranberry fruit chutney and pumpkin custard for dessert!
Tonight with my mum's family, we're having roast rib of beef, cream cheese mashed potatoes, green beens, turnip puff, broccoli salad, homemade rolls, yorkshire pudding, and s'more pie for dessert!
Happy Columbus Day (is that right?) to all you lovely people south of the 49th parallel!! Everyone should get on the Canadian Thanksgiving train, I mean, any excuse to celebrate friends and family and all our blessings, right?

Here on the West Coast, it was cedar-planked salmon with a fresh tomato (from the plants on the balcony) salad and roasted onions with the family on Saturday. Then, a full turkey dinner on Sunday with friends. Monday - the day that says Thanksgiving on the calendar - is usually reserved for leftovers and napping!

In Hull, Quebec, we had 14 family over on Sunday night and made parsnip and pear soup, Martha Stewart's brine turkey (with herb and orange butter), white wine gravy, the traditional mashed potatoes with butter and milk, honey-and-parsley carrots, salted turnips, apple and sausage stuffing and my MIL Brussels sprouts in cream and bacon. (Nobody said it would be a healthy dinner !) To top it off, I made the apple sauce and ginger cake I found on apartment therapy and two apple pies. Needless to say, I worked out on Monday !!

The hubby & I were married the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, it's always one of our favourite holidays. Everyone's meals sound delicious- it's only once a yr,so no guilt,eh?