It means absolutely zippo to us here in Australia, unless we watch the NFL double-header on Fox Sports on Friday morning. Thanksgiving does, however, have parallels with our own Australia Day - the celebration of a hostile, and ultimately successful, invasion by foreign forces.

For more on the significance of Thanksgiving, I recommend the Wikipedia entry (which includes material from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Brittanica), and Deconstructing the myths of "The First Thanksgiving" by Judy Dow and Beverley Slapin.

Then read GWB's Thanksgiving Proclamation and puke. (And on the subject of puking, go to Al's Morning Meeting at Poynter Online for today: Overeaters and Thanksgiving.)