2006-11-21 09:13:43 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
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2006-11-21 09:15:42 · answer #1 · answered by starme 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. It's the celebration of the first harvest where you give thanks for the food that you receive, usually to god but not necessarily so, and is an important holiday in the USA. Thanksgiving, however, did not originate in the USA and many countries celebrate the harvest on different days and have their own version of "thanksgiving".
2006-11-21 09:24:20 · answer #2 · answered by londonhawk 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Excuse me?? Did you actually ask that question?? Thanksgiving has NOTHING to do with religion. If you do not know that then you REALLY need to go back to school and this time pay attention. I cannot believe that any American does not know that there is no aspect of religion in Thanksgiving.
2006-11-21 09:26:24 · answer #3 · answered by Pete S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Technically, Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday. Abraham Lincoln established the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving day. Prior to that, George Washington declared a National Day of Thanksgiving to celebrate our independence. Prior to that, a town in Massachusets proclaimed a day of Thanks for the good fortune it had experienced. Prior to that, the Pilgrims joined the Native Americans to celebrate a year of bounty. For Christians, we thank God for the blessings he gives. But anyone can celebrate and be thankful for friends, food, shelter, health, etc, etc.
2006-11-21 09:25:21 · answer #4 · answered by larry r 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't think that thanksgiving is actually a religious holiday.
better to ask if all countries celebrate it.
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canada celebrates thanksgiving too, but not on the same day as america.
2006-11-21 09:18:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
"Thanksgiving" was originally an AMERICAN-designed day to do just that; Give thanks.
%The FIRST "Thanksgiving" day was celebrated between the native Indian tribes in the land where the Pilgrim settlers from Europe "claimed" the land.
"THANKSGIVING" itself is an annual American tradition to recognise this celebration.
2006-11-21 09:31:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tinker - No religion actually celebrates Thanksgiving - it is a time for all of us to be thankful for all that we have - not what we want but what we have - It of course goes back to the Pilgrims who gave thanks for the landing in the new world.
Since the Pilgrims were christian it seems like a christian holiday but actually it is just for families to get together and give thanks for surviving another year - and staying afloat.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
2006-11-21 09:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it depends. Thanksgiving isn't a religious holiday. It's an american holiday. Many families don't celebrate it, like johavas witnesess, who don't believe in celebrating most holidays, and other familys just don't celebrate it. It's not a relgious thing, it's a cultural thing. They don't celebrate it anywhere else in the world either, if you were wondering
2006-11-21 09:18:32 · answer #8 · answered by Grant 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We all have a form of thanksgiving celebration, but not the day itself. That is more of a national holiday, not spiritual. I celebrate Thanksgiving, for example, but my religious celebration of thanks comes with the rise of the Nile each year.
2006-11-21 09:17:51 · answer #9 · answered by Isis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is typical american. It is also celebrated in Canada but a differente date. No other country does it and furthermore it has nothing to do with religion.
2006-11-21 09:19:09 · answer #10 · answered by Martha P 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Furthermore, it's not a religious holiday, but a national one. It celebrates the pilgrims' survival during early colonization through, ironically, peaceful and supportive coexistence with the Native Americans at the time.
2006-11-21 09:36:17 · answer #11 · answered by Todd D 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋