Brace yourself, America, because the following two facts may cause a rift between our two great countries and even the space-time continuum itself: Canada has its very own Thanksgiving and it even falls on a different day than yours.
Sorry for the shock. Now we can —if that's alright with you, of course — break down the differences between our two holidays.
For starters, Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October, the same date as your Columbus Day. Your Thanksgiving, as you surely know, is on the fourth Thursday of November. That's dangerously close to Christmas, which we also have.
Even though turkey is the most common meal on Canadian Thanskgiving, it isn't mandatory grub. Plenty of families have ham, dim sum, chicken or, you know, whatever they feel like.
We're not saying our Thanksgiving is better. We just want you to know about it as much as we know about yours, which is a lot.
Check out the slideshow below for more differences between Canadian and American Thanksgivings:
What Americans Should Know About Canadian Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Differences Canada-U.S.(01 of08)
Open Image ModalHere are some things that distinguish our Thanksgiving from its American counterpart. Happy Thanksgiving to Canada and happy future Thanksgiving to the U.S. (credit:Shutterstock)
We have much less football(02 of08)
Open Image ModalIt's not associated with shopping(03 of08)
Open Image ModalAmerica has Black Friday, while we have a little something we like to call the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. (credit:AP)
We like to get out of the city(04 of08)
Open Image ModalWe're not bragging about our serene outdoors, but we kind of are. (credit:Shutterstock)
Canadian Thanksgiving's origins aren't dramatic at all(05 of08)
Open Image ModalWe really don't have much of a cool backstory to it. More associated with European harvest celebrations than the arrival of pilgrims in America, Canadian Thanksgiving started with an English navigator being thankful for having what he needed, although in the past Canada's used the occasion to mark specific events like the passing of cholera or an English king overcoming an illness. (credit:Shutterstock)
We made it official in 1957(06 of08)
Open Image ModalWe even have a list of reasons for Thanksgiving(07 of08)
Open Image ModalHappy Thanksgiving(08 of08)
Open Image ModalNo matter what side of the border you're on, what you eat, how much sports and shopping you enjoy or what day you have it, we hope you have a most excellent Thanksgiving. (credit:Getty)