2006-11-21 09:02:16 · 12 answers · asked by yvonda411 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
Thanks Dancinghawk_wolf. Let me rephrase . . . Does New Zealand have a Harvest celebration or another kind of holiday where thanks is given, like Thanksgiving Day in the US?
2006-11-23 15:44:18 · update #1
No - there is no universal celebration of Thanksgiving in New Zealand; though, of course, some NZ residents/citizens who are originally from America do celebrate this uniquely American holiday. Equally, Harvest Festival, which is the rest of the world's equivalent of Thanksgiving, is not universally celebrated here, although, again, there are, from time to time, celebrations in various towns or localities.
Remember that New Zealand is in the Southern Hemisphere and so our seasons are reversed. Consequently, any Harvest Festival would take place sometime in April or May; these months being the equivalent to the Northern Hemisphere's October and November.
2006-11-21 20:17:28 · answer #1 · answered by johno 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Holidays Celebrated In New Zealand
2016-12-16 13:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by paschal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay, let's go for a rephrasing.
Thanksgiving is based, on the surface, around the Pilgram's celebration but it's really a celebration of the final harvest before the winter comes; a tradition that predates America by quite a bit.
Does New Zealand have a harvest holiday?
2006-11-21 09:14:24 · answer #3 · answered by dancinghawk_wolf 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Jeez People...way to be hateful! Personally, when I think of Thanksgiving, I think of a time for showing appreciation for all we have received in the past year and for family & friends, NOT Plymouth Rock. So, even though I have lived all over the world, I would not have immediately thought of Thanksgiving as a US holiday. Perhaps it needs to be a universally observed day...certainly appears we all need a day to stand back and be more appreciative and understanding.
To the asker, as an American who lived in NZ for years, there is no harvest festival and most Kiwis have no clue how Thanksgiving is actually celebrated, only the straight history of its origination. No Halloween festivities and very little for Easter either. The whole country takes holidays very literally and so miss out on all the fun Americans get to have viewing these holidays as social events and not purely religious times.
2006-11-24 10:57:53 · answer #4 · answered by nativeAZ 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. The pilgrims didn't land in New Zealand!!!!
2006-11-21 09:05:14 · answer #5 · answered by nottashygirl 6 · 0⤊ 5⤋
No, but it's celebrated in Canada on a different weekend, with no reference to pilgrims, Plymouth Rock, or the U.S.,
2015-09-14 13:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. The pilgrims landed here . . . in AMERICA!!!!
2006-11-21 09:41:52 · answer #7 · answered by izzy988 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
If you took the time to understand your history you would see that Thanksgiving is an American Holiday to celebrate the founding of your Country.
It is of absolutely no significance or interest for that matter to anyone outside America, its yours, you can keep it.
You question is really like" would they celebrate Australia Day in Azerbijan?" really pointless and stupid !!!!!
2 points!
2006-11-21 09:17:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 10⤋
No. It's an American national holiday. Why would New Zealanders care?
I'm truly ashamed of the increasing stupidity of my country.
2006-11-21 09:40:33 · answer #9 · answered by Todd D 3 · 0⤊ 9⤋
I think they can ceebrate it.. it is not being forced on them,, to me it's an honorable gesture on NZ's part
2014-10-13 04:14:20 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋