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| Observed by | Canada, United States |
| Type | National |
| Date | second Monday in October, fourth Thursday in November, last Wednesday in November, first Thursday in November, first Monday in October |
| 2025 date | October 13, 2025 (Canada); November 27, 2025 (U.S.) |
| 2026 date | October 12, 2026 (Canada); November 26, 2026 (U.S.) |
Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada.
The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration in the United States is a topic of modest contention. Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida,[1][2] the traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621. Earlier still was the first formal Thanksgiving in Canada when explorer Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean held a formal ceremony, in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey in 1578. The feast was one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations by Europeans in North America.
Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated[3] on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving dinner is held on this day, or over the course of the associated weekend in Canada, usually as a gathering of family members and friends.
The First Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to god and the Native Americans for helping the pilgrims survive the brutal winter. Although half of the pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower died, many more would have had it not been for the native Americans teaching the pilgrims to harvest foods. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted three whole days providing enough food for 53 pilgrims and 90 Indians. The traditional thanksgiving menu consists of Turkey, pumpkin pie, stuffing, sweet potatoes, and so on. We may eat these foods on modern day Thanksgiving, but the first feast didn't not consist of these items. On the first feast turkey was any type of fowl that the pilgrims hunted. pumpkin pie wasn't on the menu because there were no ovens for baking, but they did have boiled pumpkin. Cranberries weren't introduced at this time, Due to the diminishing supply of flour there was no breads of any kind. The foods included in the first feast included duck, geeses, venision, fish, lobster, clams, swan, berries, dried fruit, pumpkin, squash, and many more vegetables.
United States
Television Traditions
- The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Occurs in New York City Yearly, As Does The Mcdonalds Parade in Chicago, Illinois.
- Three NFL Football games, Cooking Shows, And Cartoon Specials (Charlie Brown Movies, Etc.) are scheduled[4]
Netherlands
A Thanksgiving Day service is held in Leiden’s 15th century Gothic church. The Pilgrims stopped in Leiden on their way to the Americas.[5]
References
- ^ USA Today article reporting research into the purportedly first Thanksgiving in St. Augustine, FL
- ^ See also NYTimes article of Nov 25, 2008
- ^ Thanks Giving Day Retrieved 2009-10-20
- ^ www.mahalo.com/thanksgiving-televison
- ^ "Dutch town". The World (radio program). Retrieved 2008-11-28.
The Pilgrims arrived in Leiden in 1609, after fleeing religious persecution in England. Leiden welcomed them because it needed immigrants to help rebuild its textile industry, which had been devastated by a long revolt against Spain. Here, the Pilgrims were allowed to worship as they wanted, and they even published their arguments calling for the separation of church and state. Jeremy Bangs directs the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum. He says the Pilgrims quickly adopted several Dutch customs, like civil marriage and Thanksgiving.
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