
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
ThanksgivingĀ is a nationalĀ holidayĀ celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of theĀ harvestĀ and of the preceding year. Similarly named festival holidays to occur in Germany and Japan. Thanksgiving is celebrated on theĀ second Monday of OctoberĀ in Canada and on theĀ fourth Thursday of NovemberĀ in the United States and Brazil, and around the same part of the year in other places. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as aĀ secularĀ holiday as well.