Difference Between Thanksgiving in US and Thanksgiving in Canada

Thanksgiving in Canada. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November but in Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October (which is Columbus Day in the U.S.).

1. Why is Thanksgiving different in Canada and the US?
2. Is Canadian Thanksgiving the same as American Thanksgiving?
3. What is Canada's version of Thanksgiving?
4. Why is Canadian Thanksgiving in October and American in November?
5. Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
6. Who had Thanksgiving First Canada or USA?
7. Do First Nations celebrate Thanksgiving?
8. What can I celebrate instead of Thanksgiving?
9. Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
10. Who invented Thanksgiving?
11. Why do Canadians say eh?
12. Do British celebrate Thanksgiving?

Why is Thanksgiving different in Canada and the US?

The meaning ascribed to Thanksgiving is slightly different between Canada and the U.S. Historically in Canada, Thanksgiving celebrations commemorated everything from explorer Martin Frobisher's successful 1578 crossing of the Northwest Passage to victories during the World Wars, whereas the emphasis in the U.S. is on ...

Is Canadian Thanksgiving the same as American Thanksgiving?

That's right! Canadian Thanksgiving happens a full month and a half before American Thanksgiving, on the second Monday in October (Monday, October 12, in 2020). ... Today, Canadian Thanksgiving lines up with Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day in the United States, which are also held on the second Monday in October.

What is Canada's version of Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving (French: Action de grâce), or Thanksgiving Day (French: Jour de l'Action de grâce) is an annual Canadian holiday, held on the second Monday in October, which celebrates the harvest and other blessings of the past year.
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Thanksgiving (Canada)

Why is Canadian Thanksgiving in October and American in November?

Long before Europeans settled in North America, festivals of thanks and celebrations of harvest took place in Europe in the month of October. The very first Thanksgiving celebration in North America took place in Canada when Martin Frobisher, an explorer from England, arrived in Newfoundland in 1578.

Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?

Since Bradford wrote of how the colonists had hunted wild turkeys during the autumn of 1621 and since turkey is a uniquely North American (and scrumptious) bird, it gained traction as the Thanksgiving meal of choice for Americans after Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.

Who had Thanksgiving First Canada or USA?

Canadian Thanksgiving takes place on the second Monday in October, while the US celebrates on the fourth Thursday of November. The earliest recorded Canadian Thanksgiving actually dates back to 1578 — well before the Pilgrims and the Native Americans feasted at Plymouth in 1621.

Do First Nations celebrate Thanksgiving?

The so-called first Thanksgiving has been celebrated and taught to schoolchildren as the origin story of what would later become the United States. But many Native Americans say Thanksgiving Day is a reminder of the slaughter of millions of Indigenous people and the theft of their lands by outsiders.

What can I celebrate instead of Thanksgiving?

The National Day of Mourning is an annual protest organized since 1970 by Native Americans of New England on the fourth Thursday of November, the same day as Thanksgiving in the United States. It coincides with an unrelated similar protest and counter-celebration, Unthanksgiving Day, held on the West Coast.

Why do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?

Thanksgiving Day, annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people.

Who invented Thanksgiving?

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states.

Why do Canadians say eh?

Using “eh” to end the statement of an opinion or an explanation is a way for the speaker to express solidarity with the listener. It's not exactly asking for reassurance or confirmation, but it's not far off: the speaker is basically saying, hey, we're on the same page here, we agree on this.

Do British celebrate Thanksgiving?

The American thanksgiving is not celebrated in the UK because no one had to be thankful for their new land and good ocean trip. However, the harvest part of it is still celebrated by many churches and most schools.