Actually, I'm an all-American boy and I, too, had never heard of the egg-balancing thing until I ran across it on the BA site. I wonder if it could be a regional thing?

In any case, non-Americans should not get the idea that it's all that big a deal, even here. Certainly not as big as, say, Thanksgiving.

By the way, although American Thanksgiving commemorates a particular event (the first harvest by the Pilgrim invad... uh, settlers), does it not have its roots in much more ancient harvest festivals?