rw wrote:



Thanksgiving is a feel-good AMERICAN holiday. Believe it or not, most of
the world, including a significant percentage of ROFF, couldn't care
less about Thanksgiving, even if they know what it represents. I like
Thanksgiving -- it's my favorite holiday -- but celebrating Thanksgiving
or Veteran's Day or the Fourth of July or the like ON ROFF strikes me as
crass American chauvinism. There's an underlying assumption that ROFF
belongs to the US, in some fundamental sense. Our English and Canadian
and Aussie and Kiwi colleagues have the good taste, at least, to
celebrate Boxing Day on their own time, in their own way.


Bah Humbug!

IMO, holidays where family and friends get together to celebrate some
aspect of life are good things. I'm hard pressed to see how friends
wishing each other well on ROFF during these days can be offensive to
others.

And this from a guy that always has to work overtime before, during and
after holidays.

I hope everyone has a happy Thanksgiving.

Willi