Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving is an annual celebration that Canadians are observed on the second Monday of October. This year it was celebrated on October 13, remarkably almost six weeks before the date when the United States celebrates the day.
The US celebrates Thanksgiving every Thursday in November, followed by Black Friday the following day. This year, American Thanksgiving decreases 27 November.
In addition to the difference in data for thanksgiving in two North American nations, the offer of thanksgiving dinner also talks about different cultures. While roast turkey usually gets attention in both nations, attachments accompany different stories about tradition, history and national taste.
In Canada, thanksgiving is celebrated in the autumn harvest season, when pumpkins and gourd are abundant and form an essential part of the main course. With its roots at European Harvest festivals, thanksgiving is observed as a public holiday in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Yukon. It is an ordinary local holiday in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Scotland and the island of Prince Edward.
Due to the colder climate of the country will arrive earlier, and therefore the Canadian Parliament set a holiday on the second Monday of October in 1957.
“The Canadians very much appropriated a traditional Thanksgiving dinner from America,” Yahoo.com quoted the Canadian Encyclopedia, Andrew McIntosh.
He said that the prototypical feast of Thanksgiving with Turkey, Squash and Pumpkin was introduced to New Scotland in the 1950s. The Canadian Thanksgiving menu is therefore influenced by immigrant and the first nations.
It is important to realize that there is a gentle difference in the dishes. Canadians often cook a simple stuffing for bread or herbal dressing, while Americans decide to stuff corn bread that can include sausage, nuts or fruit.
History of Thanksgiving
In particular, the Canadian encyclopedia states that the first thanksgiving in the country took place in 1578, 43 years before the beginning of the American Thanksgiving.
After a safe arrival to the Nunavut region, English explorer Martin Frobisher thanked and the day was celebrated as a Thanksgiving day in Canada.
In the US, thanksgiving has become a formal annual holiday in November 1879. The day is the beginning of the festive season, when traveling is often the busiest year.
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