There’s a national holiday observed especially in some American countries where they celebrate in family and give thanks for a fruitful harvest. As you’ve probably guessed, that’s Thanksgiving Day.
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Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday in November, is based on the colonial Pilgrims harvest meal in 1621. The holiday continues to be a day for Americans to gather for a day of feasting, football and family.
For many Americans, the Thanksgiving meal includes seasonal dishes such as roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. The holiday celebrates when the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians gathered at Plymouth for an autumn harvest celebration, an event regarded as America’s “First Thanksgiving.
Unlike some holidays such as New Year's Eve and Fourth of July when people traditionally go out somewhere to celebrate, Thanksgiving is most commonly celebrated at home with family and friends.
We wish all of our American customers, colleagues and friends a wonderful Thanksgiving 2020.
Thanksgiving Day is a traditional Western holiday. It is a holiday for the United States and Canada to thank God for their annual harvest. It originated from the early immigrants of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Canadian
Thanksgiving Day is scheduled on the second Monday in October each year, and American Thanksgiving Day is scheduled on the fourth Thursday in November each year.
In terms of customs, the United States and Canada are basically the same. Food customs include: eating roast turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry moss jam, sweet potato, and corn; activities include: playing cranberry competition, corn games, pumpkin races; holding makeup Group activities such as parades, theater performances or sports competitions.