Meaning of HAPPY THANKSGIVING! - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

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Well, happy Thanksgiving.
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It is Thanksgiving day here in Canada,
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and the phrase that we use to wish someone
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a good Thanksgiving day is, "Happy Thanksgiving."
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So, happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
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This is a weekend where the Monday, today, is a holiday.
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So that's kinda fun.
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And we generally spend time with family.
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And we usually get together and have a meal.
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We went and had a meal with Jen's family.
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This past Saturday, we had turkey, we had stuffing,
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we had mashed potatoes, and some vegetables.
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Kind of a traditional Thanksgiving meal.
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So, it's a great weekend.
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It's a time to talk about the things
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that we are thankful for.
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I am thankful for a lot of things,
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but mostly I am thankful for all of you,
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that watch my videos every day.
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You guys are awesome, so thank you very much.
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I hope that you are learning a lot of English,
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and I hope that you have a really, really good day today.
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So on Thanksgiving, we generally eat a meal,
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and I said that we had turkey.
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Generally we have turkey, sometimes we have ham.
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And usually Jen and I end up eating
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two Thanksgiving dinners.
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I actually have another Thanksgiving dinner coming up
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next weekend with my family.
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My older brother decided that next weekend
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was a better weekend for him to come down.
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He lives way up north in Canada,
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so he'll be down next weekend
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and together we will have a Thanksgiving dinner.
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So, one Thanksgiving dinner done,
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one Thanksgiving dinner to go,
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and it should be a fun time.
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