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Thanksgiving Day

Observed by	Canada, United States
Type	National
Date	2nd Monday in October (Canada) 4th Thursday in November (U.S.)
2009 date	October 12, 2009 (Canada); November 26, 2009 (U.S.)
2010 date	October 11, 2010 (Canada); November 25, 2010 (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 Canada and the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.

The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration 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.

Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends.

1 Canada
2 United States
3 Grenada
4 Netherlands
5 References
6 External links

Canada

Main article: Thanksgiving (Canada)

United States

Main article: Thanksgiving (United States)

Grenada

In Grenada there is a national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on 25 October. It is unrelated to holidays in Canada and the United States even though it bears the same name and occurs around the same time. It marks the anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of the island in 1983 in response to the deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.^[3]

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.^[4]

References

^ USA Today article reporting research into the purportedly first Thanksgiving in St. Augustine, FL
^ See also NYTimes article of Nov 25, 2008
^ Grenada Board of Tourism official website
^ "Dutch town". The World (radio program). http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/22856&answer=true. Retrieved on 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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History in the United States	Pilgrims • Native American • Samoset • Tisquantum • Wampanoag • Plymouth • National Thanksgiving Proclamation • "Franksgiving" • National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation

History in Canada	Martin Frobisher • Newfoundland and Labrador • Samuel de Champlain • Halifax

Traditions	Thanksgiving dinner • World's Largest Disco Parades: Macy's • 6abc-IKEA (Formerly Boscov's) • McDonald's (State Street) • Holidazzle • Celebrate the Season

Songs	"Over the River and through the Woods" • "We Gather Together" • "Alice's Restaurant" • "The Thanksgiving Song"

Society	Black Friday (shopping) • Cyber Monday • List of harvest festivals • Buy Nothing Day

Sports events	American football • Thanksgiving Classic • Turkey Trot • Turkey bowling • Turkey Night Grand Prix

Television specials	A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving • National Dog Show • Oprah's Favorite Things

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Translations: Thanksgiving

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - taksigelse, taksigelsesfest

Nederlands (Dutch)
dankzegging, Thanksgiving Day (dank, -feestdag)

Français (French)
n. - (Relig) action de grâces, (US) jour d'Action de Grâces

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausdruck der Dankbarkeit, Dankgebet, amer. Erntedankfest

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) θεία ευχαριστία

Italiano (Italian)
ringraziamento, giorno del Ringraziamento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dia de ação de graças

Русский (Russian)
благодарственный молебен, благодарение

Español (Spanish)
n. - acción de gracias

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tacksägelse

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
感谢, 感恩节, 感恩祈祷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 感謝, 感恩節, 感恩祈禱

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하느님에 대한 감사, 감사의 기도

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 感謝をささげること, 感謝の祈り, 感謝祭

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألخميس ألأخير من شهر تشرين الثاني, عيد الشكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הודיה, בעיקר לאלוהים, הבעת תודה‬

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