ny people also
prepare a special meal to eat at some point during the long weekend. Traditionally,
this included roast turkey and seasonal produce, such as pumpkin, corn ears and
pecan nuts.
Now, the meal may consist of other foods, particularly if the
family is of non-European descent.
The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a short autumn vacation. This may be the last chance in a while for some people to use cottages or holiday homes before winter sets in.
The native peoples of the Americas held ceremonies and festivals to celebrate the completion and bounty of the harvest long before European explorers and settlers arrived in what is now Canada. Early European thanksgivings were held to give thanks for some special fortune. An early example is the ceremony the explorer Martin Frobisher held in 1578 after he had survived the long journey in his quest to find a northern passage from Europe to Asia.
The Thanksgiving weekend is also a popular time to take a short autumn vacation. This may be the last chance in a while for some people to use cottages or holiday homes before winter sets in.
The native peoples of the Americas held ceremonies and festivals to celebrate the completion and bounty of the harvest long before European explorers and settlers arrived in what is now Canada. Early European thanksgivings were held to give thanks for some special fortune. An early example is the ceremony the explorer Martin Frobisher held in 1578 after he had survived the long journey in his quest to find a northern passage from Europe to Asia.
Many thanksgivings were held following noteworthy
events during the 18th century. Refugees fleeing the civil war in the United
States brought the custom of an annual thanksgiving festival to Canada.
From
1879, Thanksgiving Day was held every year but the date varied and there was a
special theme each year. The theme was the "Blessings of an abundant
harvest" for many years. However, Queen Victoria's golden and diamond
jubilees and King Edward VII's coronation formed the theme in later years.
From the end of the First World War until 1930,
both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were celebrated on the Monday closest
to November 11, the anniversary of the official end of hostilities in World War
I. In 1931, Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day and Thanksgiving Day was
moved to a Monday in October. Since 1957, Thanksgiving Day has always been held
on the second Monday in October.
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