It's Thanksgiving! What does Thanksgiving mean to us? A long weekend... A time to get together with friends and family...A time to eat turkey...A time to stop and give thanks for all the good things we have...
Thanksgiving probably means a little of all of these.
What do you know about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada? How did Thanksgiving start in Canada? Why do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in October while Americans celebrate it in November?
I would like you to take some time to learn about the history of Canadian Thanksgiving. You can go to the website http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/thanksgiving/canada/
for information. Then I would like you to post one new fact that you learned that you found most interesting about the history of Thanksgiving in Canada.
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
3 comments:
Canadian Thanksgiving is in October rather than November because we are further north.
Matthew
Both English and French had Thanksgiving early on. Joshua
Canadian Thanksgiving.
By: Allemande
Canadians were glad that there harvest went well. The Americans remember the Pilgrims and the New World instead. American’s bring in there crops later than Canadians.’ Martin Frobisher was the beginning of thanksgiving in Canada; he was looking for the North West passage. It didn’t work, but he built a fort in North America. Americans who were loyal to England in the Revolution moved to Canada and brought their customs. There are things the same in the two Thanksgivings, like the pumpkin pie. Parliament decided in 1879 that November 6th would be thanksgiving but the people decided that thanksgiving should be on the 3rd Monday in October instead.
-Allemande
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