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The first thanksgiving in canada was reportedly celebrated in 1578 40 years before the first american holiday.

Religious thanksgiving verses. Beginning with george washington in 1789 annual presidential proclamations had declared the last thursday of november as the thanksgiving date. Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the united states celebrated on the fourth thursday of november. Canadians celebrate thanksgiving on the second monday of october.

However it marked a different period in the us a time when the pilgrim fathers arrived on american soil and a purported incident in which western colonizers shared a meal with the american individuals. Celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth lunar cycle between the end of september and early october and always during the full moon vietnams tet trung thu is a time to give thanks and celebrate the end of harvest. Thanksgiving day is a statutory holiday in the united states observed annually on the fourth thursday of novemberinitially this holiday was celebrated as a harvest festival a period of giving thanks for the autumn harvest until 1863 when it became an official holiday under the administration of abraham lincoln.

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the united states canada brazil grenada saint lucia and liberia and the sub national entities leiden norfolk island and puerto ricoit began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Families and friends get together for a meal which traditionally includes a roast turkey stuffing potatoes vegetables cranberry sauce gravy and pumpkin pie. Thanksgiving is also celebrated in canada grenada the philippines saint lucia liberia and the netherlands.

Thanksgiving day is a day for people in the us to give thanks for what they have. It is sometimes called american thanksgiving outside the united states to distinguish it from the canadian holiday of the same nameit originated as a harvest festival and to this day the centerpiece of thanksgiving celebrations remains thanksgiving dinner. English explorer martin frobisher organized the celebration in newfoundland where he and his crew gave thanks for a successful voyage to north america.

Thanksgiving day annual national holiday in the united states and canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the european colonists pilgrims of plymouth and the wampanoag people. Similarly named festival holidays occur in germany and japan.

How thanksgiving is celebrated in vietnam.