The only difference between Canadian Thanksgiving and American Thanksgiving is that Canadians celebrate on the second Monday of October, while the Americans celebrate it on the fourth Thursday of November. This is because the Americans have a tradition of remembering the Pilgrims (A person who travels to a sacred place for religious reasons or someone who travels on long journeys) and settling in the New World. However, the Canadians give thanks for successful harvest season, which falls earlier than US for Canada is located further north.
The origin of Canadian Thanksgiving is linked more to the tradition of Europe, rather than American traditions. When Martin Frobisher, an English explorer, arrived in Newfoundland in 1578, he held a formal ceremony in thanks for his safe arrival in North America. He followed the tradition of Europe, where the festival of thanks and celebrations of harvest took place in October. This is considered the very first Canadian Thanksgiving.
For hundred years, Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated on either late October of early November. In 1879, the Parliament declared that Thanksgiving Day should be celebrated on November 6th. However, after the World War I, the official date for Thanksgiving was moved to the 2nd week of October because of Remembrance Day, which was on November 11 and kept on falling in the same week.
My family and I, we celebrate Thanksgiving Day because we're Christian. Most of my friends have a grand dinner or fly across the country to visit their family and relatives. However, we don't have magnificent supper or a family gathering because Thanksgiving Day isn't commonly celebrated in Korea and all the relatives live in Korea. We tried turkeys 2 years earlier for Thanksgiving dinner, but we decided to replace it with chicken for all my family members agreed that chickens taste better. We pray out of gratitude at the table before supper and watch some movies after. Though it's very simple, I like the way we celebrate it because we don't get as much time to spend as a family.
Recipe- http://allrecipes.com/recipe/maple-walnut-pumpkin-pie/ MAPLE WALNUT PUMPKIN PIE.
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/thanksgiving-day Dates for Canadian Thanksgiving!
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