I had an asshole BF once who asked me how Bolivia celebrates Thanksgiving. I said they don't, it's a USanian holiday. He insisted that "They must do SOMETHING, because Thanksgiving is really just the Indian's original harvest festival, and every culture has harvest festivals!" And I could not convince him that no, in fact, "the harvest" is not in November in all parts of the globe; and that in fact, the Andes contains a lot of climates and several cultures; and no, they don't have anything in November that I've ever heard of; and that in fact, I'm sick of talking about it and don't give a rat's ass what they do in Bolivia in November or any other time of year; and that if he really wanted to know he could go look it up and quit bugging me. If I'd told him this thing about Granada he'd never have believed me. :)
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Date: 2009-11-27 14:42 (UTC)