Thanksgiving is celebrated in October in Canada and November in the United States. Why is that? Give me your answer in the comments section along with any websites you used!
For a few hundred years, Thanksgiving was celebrated in either late October or early November, before it was declared a national holiday in 1879. It was then, that November 6th was set aside as the official Thanksgiving holiday. But then on January 31st, 1957, Canadian Parliament announced that on the second Monday in October, Thanksgiving would be "a day of general thanksgiving to almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed." Thanksgiving was moved to the second Monday in October because after the World Wars, Remembrance Day (November 11th) and Thanksgiving kept falling in the same week. This year Canadian Thanksgiving is October 13th!
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Thanksgiving is about thanking God for having a good harvest but in Canada it gets colder earlier so we harvest earlier. The dates have changed throughout the years but our Prime Minister and their President decided the final dates.
For a few hundred years, Thanksgiving was celebrated in either late October or early November, before it was declared a national holiday in 1879. It was then, that November 6th was set aside as the official Thanksgiving holiday. But then on January 31st, 1957, Canadian Parliament announced that on the second Monday in October, Thanksgiving would be "a day of general thanksgiving to almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed." Thanksgiving was moved to the second Monday in October because after the World Wars, Remembrance Day (November 11th) and Thanksgiving kept falling in the same week. This year Canadian Thanksgiving is October 13th!
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Good research Samantha - you found part of the answer......why is it celebrated in November in the State I wonder though.....?
ReplyDeleteThanksgiving is about thanking God for having a good harvest but in Canada it gets colder earlier so we harvest earlier. The dates have changed throughout the years but our Prime Minister and their President decided the final dates.
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