Should Singapore have its official Thanksgiving holiday?

last SG · 2007-08-05T11:55:19+00:00

Wrong! Where got cowboys and red indians here? Bushes may be!

zanemiller SG

We rarely take out the time to formally thank someone for what they’ve done, do we? Hell, it can be another public holiday and an alumni, family or friends gathering can’t it. Thanking each other across the table, eating some fried pigeon, wouldn’t it be great?

MyPillowTalks SG

oh yes i strongly agree that we shld have a holiday, we are short of it Twisted Evil

sEphIrOth SG

no. dont think we should

laurence82 SG

wtf

fried pigeon

Laughing

yong93 SG

Kena Bird Flu nth my problem Laughing

xalkyrie SG

yucks fried pigeon… no thanks

allentyb SG

its turkey, you noob

and this is not a christian or western country, so why should we have thanksgiving as a public holiday , you should be thankful, that chirstmas is already a public holiday

xalkyrie SG

we have christians in this country don't we?

laurence82 SG

each religion or ethnic group have allocated their share of public holidays

and it would be weird to have Thanksgivings, considering the real origin of it in US and Canada

xalkyrie SG

im replying to his christmas part actually Smile

Xephone_xenon SG

LOL WHAT THE FUG.

Yeah i think we should have one.

MohamedF SG

thanksgiving is a holiday to celebrate the giving thanks of the pilgrims to the native americans for helping them to survive the winter and giving them a bountiful harvest....

In what way is this related to Singapore????

Xtrider SG

we should welcome ANY holiday

allentyb SG

then get your elected as a MP then implement it as a public holiday lor

latenightmonster SG

As long as its holiday, I don't mind it being Christian, Muslim, Hindu or Jew. Very Happy

hloc SG

Yeah.... and later the pilgrims 'thanks' the native americans by stealing their land and killing their people. So much for a 'great' USA holiday.....

selfobliged SG

we have alot of public hols, compared to other countries.

zanemiller SG

Lol. You realise I include a lot of puns in this Chit Chat forum. Of course I know about turkey as a sacrifice (main dish)! Pigeons came up to me as it's abundant in our country, meh. Turn your head around and you see one silly bird standing on your window sill. Sometimes they even do some kissing shows in front of you. Singapore doesn't have to copy every single thing that's abroad. We do not need to follow the traditions of another country to thank the people around us do we? We do not hide eggs on an Easter Day right?

Yes. Thanksgiving. Just what an average Singaporean need. (*A public holiday.* We are amazing. Quite a stressful society with a record breaking statistic: Singaporeans walk the fastest.)

dracky SG

Thank PAP for more good years is it?

banzie SG

actually yea Singapore has lesser holiday compared to most country....

Thanks giving would be good... In Australia there is Boxing day...

Same purpose..

also there should have like mid autumn since most of us are Chinese. How about.... Duan Wu....?