Category: Language and Culture
Hi.
Can somebody explain to me what exactly thanks giving day is? What do people celebrade? Is it every year at the same date or is it in different dates like easter?
Sorry it might sound a stubit question but because because i am not from the USA i don't know. I don't know if they celebrade that in the UK as well. I never heard anyone speaking about it.
Thanks
Nikos
Thanksgiving Day is when people get together and give thanks for what they have. I can't say whether it is celebrated by people of all beliefs/religions, but in my family, we usually have a big get-together with other relatives and friends, and we pray before the meal to thank God for everything He's given us and done for us throughout the year. That's just with my family though, but it may or may not be the same for everyone else, I don't know. And also, Thanksgiving is celebrated every last Thursday of November in the U.S. But In Canada, it is celebrated in November I think
Thanks very much for the information.
You're welcome. Oh *laughs*, I just caught a mistake in my last post. About Canada? I meant that they have thanksgiving in October!. *smiles*
So do people celebrade thanks giving day only in the USA? What about in the UK? I don't think they do because nobody said anything about it but i am not shoure.
I don't believe so Nikos. It's a North American holiday, and yes, Canadians celibrate it in October. As for when it is celibrated, it is always the last Thursday in the US, and on, I believe, the last Monday in October in Canada.
Very interesting. Thanks.
Thanksgiving was originally an English harvest celebration that the colonists brought over to north America.
I found a site with a good article about this. Here is the link.
http://www.twilightbridge.com/festivals/thanksgiving/history.htm