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Thanksgiving Day
Observed by	Canada, United States
Type	National
Date	Second Monday in October (Canada); Fourth Thursday in November (U.S.)
2008 date	October 13, 2008 (Canada); November 27, 2008 (U.S.)
2009 date	October 12, 2009 (Canada); November 26, 2009 (U.S.)

Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American holiday, and is a form of harvest festival. The date and whereabouts 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] Despite scholarly research to the contrary, 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 done in the evening, usually as a gathering of friends and/or family.

Contents [hide] 1 Canada 2 United States 3 Grenada 4 See also 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 US-led invasion of the island in 1983 in response to the deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.^[2]

See also

• Thanksgiving dinner
• Festival
• List of Harvest Festivals

References

External links

• Thanksgiving: The Jewish Perspective on Chabad.org
• Deconstructing the Myths of “The First Thanksgiving”
• Thanks but No Thanks”

[hide] v • d • e Thanksgiving
History in the United States	Pilgrims • Native American • Squanto • Wampanoag • Plymouth • National Thanksgiving Proclamation • National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation
History in Canada	Martin Frobisher • Newfoundland and Labrador • Samuel de Champlain • Halifax
Traditions	Thanksgiving dinner Parades: Macy’s • 6abc-IKEA (Formerly Boscov’s) • McDonald’s (State Street) • 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 related harvest festivals
Sports events	American football • Thanksgiving Classic • Turkey Trot
Television specials	A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving • National Dog Show • Oprah’s Favorite Things

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