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What Thanksgiving Looked Like To HuffPost Canada Readers

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Happy Thanksgiving dear readers! Earlier this weekend we asked you to share photos of your Thanksgiving spread. Judging from your photos many of you ate very well this weekend.

UPDATE: Our plates runneth over! We added a few more delicious photos from our readers.

Amanda Lindsay-Peaire probably has some leftover turkey. She sent in this photo of THREE turkeys.

We like the balance approach that Cathy Bernatavicius took here. Plenty of veggies on her Thanksgiving plate.

And we're pretty sure that Jenn Brigger enjoyed her Thanksgiving meal.

Judy Gosse Power from Newfoundland shared this photo of a plate overflowing with turkey, gravy, potatoes and more. Yum.

And many of you have mastered the sometimes tricky art of roasting a turkey.

Here's Syed Shah's great looking bird.

And a smoked turkey from Sabrina Goodfellow.

See more photos on our Facebook thread:

Enjoy the rest of your Thanksgiving weekend and if you've got the enviable problem of having leftovers here are some ideas of what you can do.

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What Americans Should Know About Canadian Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Differences Canada-U.S.(01 of08)

Here 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)

Canada has the Thanksgiving Day Classic, an annual doubleheader between four CFL teams. That's all we need. America goes big and has this. (credit:Getty)

It's not associated with shopping(03 of08)

America 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)

We'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)

We 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)

Canadian Thanksgiving fell on various days throughout Canada's history. In fact, the very first Thanksgiving after Confederation was in April. But in 1957, the government made the second Monday of October the official date, even though it fell on that date since 1931. (credit:Shutterstock)

We even have a list of reasons for Thanksgiving(07 of08)

Seriously. In 1814, it was for "glorious victories over our enemies." (credit:Canada Heritage)

Happy Thanksgiving(08 of08)

No 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)

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