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    Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines.

  2. Nov 23, 2017 · Learn about the first encounter between the Pilgrims and Native Americans in 1621, their surprising relationship, and the reason a United States president created a holiday in honor of it ...

  3. Oct 27, 2009 · Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States, and Thanksgiving 2024 occurs on Thursday, November 28.

  4. May 27, 2024 · 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 European colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people.

  5. Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States) to distinguish it from the Canadian holiday of the same name and related celebrations in other regions.

  6. Jan 10, 2021 · Learn about the history of Thanksgiving, from the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth to the establishment of a national holiday thanks to Sarah Josepha Hale. ...more.

  7. Nov 22, 2021 · The history of Thanksgiving has been muddled, debunked, and rewritten throughout history, but here’s why we carve a turkey and mash some potatoes each year. Skip to content Newsletters

  8. Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday celebrated each year at the end of November. Learn about the history of Thanksgiving, facts about the Mayflower and the Pilgrims, and more.

  9. Nov 25, 2020 · It was set for Thursday, the 18th of December 1777 and followed the model of the Puritan Day of Humiliation in which people would fast, pray for forgiveness of sins, and abstain from labor and recreation. This Thanksgiving observance would be unrecognizable to most Americans celebrating the holiday in the present era.

  10. Nov 20, 2023 · Even if you can't spend the Thanksgiving holiday with all of your friends and family, you can send them one of these special Thanksgiving wishes and greetings and to let them know how thankful...

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