Thanksgiving
Also known as Thanksgiving Day, Turkey Day
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Germany. It is also observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. Various similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well.
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Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in countries including the United States, Canada, and several others, originally observed as a day to give thanks for the harvest and blessings of the past year. While it has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it is now widely celebrated as a secular holiday as well.
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- History
- In Canada
- In the United States
- Debate over first celebrations
- Fixing a date
- Canada
- United States
- Observance
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Liberia
- Netherlands
- Philippines
- Saint Lucia
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Similarly named holidays
- Germany
- Grenada
- Japan
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Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Germany. It is also observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. Various similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well.
==History== Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among most religions after harvests and at other times of the year. The Thanksgiving holiday's history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the late-November date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated in the United States.