Thanksgiving Day is the only holiday in the United States and Canada. Its original intention was to thank God for the good harvest. Later, people often used this day to thank others.

In the United States, since 1941, Thanksgiving Day has been on the fourth Thursday of November every year, and there will be two days off from this day.

On this day, thousands of people, no matter how busy they are, want to reunite with their families.

Thanksgiving is an ancient holiday for the American people, and it is also a holiday for American families to get together. Therefore, when Americans mention Thanksgiving, they always feel more affectionate.

Thanksgiving is the most authentic and American holiday among the national holidays in the United States. It is most closely related to early American history.

Canada's Thanksgiving Day began in 1879 and is celebrated on the second Monday of October each year, the same as Columbus Day in the United States.

Generally speaking, Thanksgiving is from November 23rd to November 28th every year.

The origin of Thanksgiving Day can be traced back to the beginning of American history.

In 1620, the famous "Mayflower" ship arrived in America, carrying 102 Puritans who could not endure the religious persecution in Britain.

In the winter between 1620 and 1621, they encountered unimaginable difficulties and were suffering from hunger and cold. When the winter passed, there were only about 50 immigrants who survived.

At this time, the kind-hearted Indians brought daily necessities to the immigrants, and specially sent people to teach them how to hunt, fish, and grow corn and pumpkins.

With the help of the Indians, the immigrants finally got a good harvest. On the day of celebrating the harvest, according to religious traditions and customs, the immigrants set a day to thank God and decided to invite the Indians to celebrate the festival together to thank them for their sincere help.

On the day of the first Thanksgiving, Indians and immigrants gathered together. They fired a salute at dawn, lined up into a house used as a church, expressed their thanks to God devoutly, and then lit a bonfire and held a grand banquet.

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On the second and third days, wrestling, racing, singing, dancing and other activities were held.

The first Thanksgiving was a huge success.

Many of these celebration methods have been passed down for more than 300 years and have been preserved to this day.

Initially, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving, which was decided temporarily by each state. It was not until the independence of the United States that Thanksgiving became a national holiday.

In 1863, President Lincoln designated Thanksgiving as a legal holiday.

By 1941, the U.S. Congress passed a law setting Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday of November each year.

Every Thanksgiving Day, the whole country in the United States is bustling with excitement. People follow the custom of going to churches to say thanksgiving prayers. There are costume parades, theatrical performances or sports competitions everywhere in cities and towns.

Relatives who have been separated for a year will also return from all over the world, and the family will reunite and taste the delicious Thanksgiving turkey.

The origin of Canadian Thanksgiving: Thanksgiving in Canada and the United States is not on the same day. The Canadian Parliament listed Thanksgiving as a statutory holiday later than the United States.

But the first Thanksgiving in Canada was 40 years earlier than in the United States. Canadian Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October.

Unlike the American tradition of remembering the Puritan ancestors who settled in the New World, Canadians mainly thank God for their successful harvest.

Thanksgiving in Canada is earlier than Thanksgiving in the United States. The simple fact is that Canada's harvest season is earlier than that in the United States because Canada is closer to the north.

Canadian Thanksgiving is generally considered to be influenced by three traditional customs.

One is the influence from European tradition.

Since the earliest harvest about 2,000 years ago, people have celebrated the harvest and thanked the rich nature for its kindness and good luck.

When Europeans came to Canada, they also brought this tradition to Canada and had an impact on the later Canadian Thanksgiving tradition.

The second is the impact of British explorers celebrating their survival.

Canada held its first official Thanksgiving 40 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts.

In 1578, an English explorer named Martin Frobisher tried to discover a passage to the east, but he failed.

But he established a settlement in what is now the Canadian province of Newfoundland and held a feast to celebrate survival and harvest.

Other later settlers continued these "thank you" rituals.

This time is considered Canada's first Thanksgiving.

The third influence came from the later United States.

In the autumn of 1621, the British immigrants who traveled across the ocean to the New World of America held a three-day carnival to thank God for the harvest.

From then on, this custom continued and gradually became popular all over the world.

During the American Revolution, a group of loyalists from the United States who were loyal to the British royal family migrated to Canada and brought American Thanksgiving customs and methods to Canada.

In 1750, the harvest celebration was brought to Nova Scotia by immigrants from the southern United States. At the same time, French immigrants arrived and held a "Thanksgiving" feast.

These have had a profound impact on Canadian Thanksgiving.

In 1879, the Canadian Parliament declared November 6 to be Thanksgiving Day and a national holiday.

In subsequent years, the date of Thanksgiving changed many times until January 31, 1957, when the Canadian Parliament declared the second Monday in October each year as Thanksgiving Day, a day to thank Almighty God for blessing Canada and giving

Rich harvest.