An English Lesson about Thanksgiving and Thankfulness

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Well, happy Thanksgiving.
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Bob, the Canadian here.
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Welcome to this little video about Thanksgiving,
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a holiday that we have in the fall,
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or autumn, here in Canada.
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Thanksgiving weekend is a holiday
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where we don't work on the Monday.
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Today is actually Thanksgiving Day.
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And the greeting we use on Thanksgiving
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is Happy Thanksgiving.
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So Happy Thanksgiving to all of you
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who are watching this video.
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I just wanted to tell you a little bit about Thanksgiving,
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a little bit about the things I am thankful for.
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And then I wanted to ask you about
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the things that you are thankful for,
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about the things that you are grateful for.
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So, let's talk about Thanksgiving.
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On Thanksgiving weekend,
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we usually spend time with family.
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This past Saturday, Jen and I and the kids
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went to Jen's parents' place
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and we had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner.
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We had turkey, we had potatoes,
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we had different kinds of vegetables
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and it was really, really yummy.
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It was really, really tasty.
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And during that time,
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we got to spend time with Jen's brothers and sisters
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and their spouses and all of my nieces and nephews,
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so it was a really enjoyable Saturday
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evening Thanksgiving dinner.
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My own family is not actually having
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Thanksgiving dinner until next weekend.
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We've delayed it by one week,
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so we are going to get together this coming
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weekend and have a Thanksgiving dinner.
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And we'll have the same kind of dinner.
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We'll probably go to my sister's house.
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Thanksgiving in Canada though is a little earlier
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than Thanksgiving in the United States.
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Our Thanksgiving in Canada is in October.
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In the United States, Thanksgiving is in November.
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So we do it just a little bit
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earlier than our American cousins.
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Besides spending time with family,
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though, one of the things that we do during Thanksgiving
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is we think about the things that we are thankful for.
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We think about the things that we are grateful for.
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So there are a few things that I want
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to share with you that I am thankful for.
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I am thankful that my heart is working really, really well.
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For those of you that don't know,
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about a year and a half ago,
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I had heart surgery to repair a heart valve.
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And I have been feeling pretty good lately.
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I try to eat healthy,
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I try to walk everyday,
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and I feel pretty good.
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So I am thankful that my heart is working well.
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I am also thankful for my wife, Jen,
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who some of you met in one of my livestreams.
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I'll put a link up here actually to that livestream
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if you're interested in watching it.
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So I'm thankful that I have a really,
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really beautiful, awesome, cool wife named Jen,
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and I'm also very thankful for all of my five children.
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There's a lot of them,
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and I am thankful for each and every one of them.
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I am thankful for my wife,
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and I am thankful for my kids.
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I'm also thankful for all of my brothers
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and sisters and for my mom and for my in-laws
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and all of my brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws as well,
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and all of my nieces and nephews.
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So I'm thankful for my heart,
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I'm thankful for Jen.
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I'm also thankful that my YouTube channel is doing well.
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I'm just really happy and really thankful
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that so many of you find these videos useful,
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and that so many of you watch them.
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It's just really nice for me to know that
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when I spend some time making an English lesson
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that so many of you who are learning English are benefiting.
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So I am very thankful for all of you.
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I am thankful for every single person
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that has clicked that red subscribe button.
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There is a lot of you now.
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So thank you very much.
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Please know that I am thankful,
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I am very grateful that you watch my videos.
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You guys are awesome.
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You are just the best people in the world.
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So I am thankful for that as well.
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I'm thankful for many things,
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I'm thankful for my job,
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I'm thankful for where I live.
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What I do want to say though is that my life is not perfect.
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Just because I am saying and mentioning
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the things I am thankful for,
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it doesn't mean that I am having the perfect life.
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I have my own challenges,
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I'm sure you do as well.
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And I would just wish for you that you can make
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your way through those challenges as best as you can.
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But here's the last part of the video.
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I wanna know what you guys are thankful for.
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I wanna know what you are grateful for.
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I won't be able to respond to all of these,
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but please, in the comments below,
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just mention something that you are thankful for today.
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You'll be watching this on Tuesday.
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It won't be Thanksgiving anymore,
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but I believe we can still give
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thanks even if it is a day later.
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So please, in the comments below,
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tell me one thing that you are thankful for today.
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Tell me if you are thankful for your job,
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tell me if you are thankful that
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because you have a really nice pet,
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we have Oscar, he was around somewhere.
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Oscar!
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I'm not sure he wants to be in the video.
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Nope, he doesn't wanna be in the video.
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But maybe you are thankful that you
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have a really nice dog or cat.
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Maybe you have a nice family.
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Again, maybe you have a nice job.
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So please, in the comments below,
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just mention something that you are thankful for.
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Anyways, just a short video this week
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on a holiday weekend from Canada.
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I'm Bob, the Canadian.
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I am helping you learn English.
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Hopefully it's working out.
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If you could give me a thumbs up,
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and if you could subscribe.
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If you are new here, that would be awesome.
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I will be doing a livestream this coming Friday,
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and I will see some of you then.
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Thank you so much for watching
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this video and have a great week.
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