Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada
celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. In the US
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November while in Canada
nearly one month and a half earlier (second Monday of October). Thanksgiving has
deep roots in religious tradition, but nowadays it is primarily celebrated as a
secular holiday.
Thanksgiving tradition began in early XVII century, but date and popularity
varied between states. First nation-wide Thanksgiving was proclaimed on November
26, 1789 by George Washington. The contemporary date of fourth Thursday of
November was set in 1941 by federal legislation.
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