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There are several differences between the two holidays; for example, Thanksgiving Day is the holiday that people give thanks to God for a plentiful harvest, it involves not only thanks but also usually a period when people help those who are poor and less fortunate than themselves. Thanksgiving promotes thankfulness and gratitude, but has a North American history clinging to those morals that alienate people outside of North America. The Canadians celebrate thanksgiving during the second Monday of October and while in the Americans, it being celebrated during the fourth Thursday in November every year. Christmas is the day Christians go to church where the take part in a special religious service in order to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is the day of spreading joy, good cheers, exchanging gift, family reunion, and eating special food. Christmas promotes certain morals of sharing and giving to others that people can easily identify with. Christmas may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after Christians believe Jesus to have been conceived which is the date of roman winter solstice or various ancient winter festivals.
both Thanksgiving and Christmas are time of giving thanks, merriments, gift exchange and family reunion but the clear differences are there purposes are not the same. Thanksgiving serves as pilgrim's celebration of harvest and Christmas as Jesus Christ birth day, and also, there dates are not the same. Since Christmas is generally known around the world as a renowned holiday for the birth of our savior Christ, the Thanksgiving is only known and recognized in Canada and the United States alone and is a symbol of a good harvest.
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∙ 12y agoNo, Channukah and Christmas are not similar in any sense. While Christmas is the Christian celebration of the birth of Christ, Christ plays no role whatsoever in Judaism and Channukah is the celebration of the successful fight against forced assimilation of Jews by pagans.
The only similarity between Christmas and Channukah is that they occur around the same time of year - Christmas at the end of December and Channukah somewhere between the end of November and December.
They are the same in that they both occur near the beginning of northern-Hemisphere winter.
Other than that, there's not a single social, cultural, spiritual, philosophical, or historical similarity.
A lot like Halloween and Election Day.
Answer 2: They're both a holiday...
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∙ 11y agoChristmas and Thanksgiving are mostly about spending time with family
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∙ 12y agoHarvest festivals are similar to Thanksgiving.
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∙ 14y agoyou spend them with people that you love
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How are kwanzaa and Thanksgiving alike?
kwanzaa and thanksgiving have similar foods
Is id-ul-fitr similar to Thanksgiving?
no
Is Halloween similar to Thanksgiving?
yes and no the only difrence is the celebratoins like trick or treating and thanksgiving dinner
What is cheusok?
It's a holiday in Korea similar to Thanksgiving.
How are Christmas and thanksgiving similar and different?
I think there not in the same month
What is name of England's Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is not celebrated in England (or any other part of the UK). The only similar celebration in the UK is a Harvest Festival, but this is purely a religious festival (as was the original American Thanksgiving).
Do Chinese people have Thanksgiving?
The Chinese don't't really celebrate Thanksgiving because it is many American but they have their own holidays similar to Thanksgiving.
Does China celenbrate Thanksgiving if not why in Chinese and English?
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. It represents the first feast the Pilgrims had when they came to America from England. China does not celebrate Thanksgiving, unless that Chinese person is living in America.
Does Canada celebrate a similar holiday as thanksgiving?
YES BECAUSE THEY ARE BOTH IN NORTH AMERICA
How was the Indians' Thanksgiving similar or different to Thanksgiving in the US?
It lasted three days with hunted and gathered food rather than one day, with store-bought food.
Chinese holiday similar to Thanksgiving?
Dōngzhì Festival (冬至) or Winter Solstice Festival
Do sikhs celebrate Thanksgiving?
Sihks in colonial times probably did not celebrate Thanksgiving. There were not many sihks in North America pre-Eurocolonization. Thanksgiving is an American holiday essentially, but americanized sihks could celebrate Thanksgiving if they deem it fitting and acceptable. Many religions celebrate harvest season or the coming of fall, and although not called Thanksgiving they may be similar enough to be counted as such.
