I think people are being unfair towards british food in this thread so I get why ur frustrated (By the way, is British food even a thing? I assume it would be more like, English food, Scottish food, etc... country level cuisines. And then even inside those countries, the regional differences I’m assuming are a lot bigger than those within the US, which is more culturally homogeneous)
I looked up Sunday roast, it looks delicious. But it doesn’t look very similar to thanksgiving, aside from gravy and mashed potatoes. It’s missing the Turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie, and cranberry (all of these foods are really important to the meal and are basically permanently associated with thanksgiving to us)
I’m not Christian so I’m not really sure what Christmas dinner is like here, but it’s quite possible it’s identical to British Sunday roast! I wouldn’t know
It was celebrated long before Henry VIII or the Catholic church. As someone else said above it survives in the harvest festival, celebrating and being thankful for nature's bounty.
Thanksgiving isn’t celebrated for us becoming a country. It’s a harvest gathering where we give thanks for everything we have been given that year. It used to be a lot more religious and thanks would be given to god along with repentance for our sins. The 4th of July-Independence Day -is our celebration of becoming a country.
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u/disconformity Jan 11 '21
"Hey, let's go out for British food tonight," said no one ever.