Please tell me, if yes tell me why and if no please tell me why! Thanks!
2006-11-21 14:38:42 · 19 answers · asked by gerard_butler_lover_06 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
According to wikipedia it is from Europe originally and was practiced to celebrate "fall harvest." While not widely celebrated there...this is where it came from- the following is from the article.
The first official Thanksgiving was held in the Virginia Colony on December 4, 1619 near the current site of Berkeley Plantation, where celebrations are still held each year in November.[1]
Pilgrims
The Pilgrims set apart a day to celebrate at Plymouth immediately after their first harvest, in 1621. At the time, this was not regarded as a Thanksgiving observance; harvest festivals were existing parts of English and Wampanoag tradition alike. Several American colonists have personal accounts of the 1621 feast in Massachusetts:
The rest of the article talks of the first Thanksgiving. I still remember living in Hungary though, and they really thought it was a weird holiday. They really couldn't believe how obsessed we got over making the "perfect" turkey. LOL
2006-11-21 14:49:09 · answer #1 · answered by ÐIESEŁ ÐUB 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"Thanksgiving, also known as Thanksgiving Day, is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is primarily a North American holiday which has generally become a national secular holiday with religious origins. The dates and whereabouts of the first Thanksgiving celebration are a topic of modest contention. Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida[1][2], the traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621" It's just an American tradition.
2016-05-22 11:44:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Irish Thanksgiving
2016-11-11 04:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by cely 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im sorry but I really had to laugh at this question. I dated a guy from London, England for 3 years, and until he met me he never even HEARD of Thanksgiving. No nobody from the UK (unless they are origionally from America) celebrate Thanksgiving. Its strictly a US Holiday...It was the pilgrams and indians first dinner together in the 1600s, after the New World was discovered. So no, they dont celebrate it, only the United States does...Hope that helps...
2006-11-21 14:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by nyokosorano18 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It is only celebrated here in America. We are celebrating the fact that the Pilgrims came here from England to live a free life and that is what started the great United States of America.
2006-11-21 14:53:01 · answer #5 · answered by doris_38133 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They might have their own holiday with similar meanings, but as far as I know, no. Canada has a thanksgiving holiday, but it takes place months before ours in the US. We celebrate it because of the Pilgrims arriving here and settling the land and whatnot. Those countries may have similar events in their history, and celebrate it like Independence Day. For us it's July 4th, for other countries it's other dates. Hope this helps.
2006-11-21 14:43:17 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Why would they? It is only an American holiday because of the pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock and starting a new life free from the tyranny and oppression of England. (before They started their own with their Puritan ideas and witch hunts..slavery etc.)
Scotland, Ireland and England also have a 4th of July. They just don't celebrate it because it's our independence day not theirs. :)
2006-11-21 14:46:48 · answer #7 · answered by Sancal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it is an American holiday because it is celebrating when the Native Americans helped the Pilgrims grow a plentiful harvest and then they shared there surplus with the Native Americans, the first feast, so we are celebrating that, it happened in the USA, not there
2006-11-21 15:10:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No we dont celebrate Thanksgiving. It's an American holiday but happy Thanksgiving to you for Thursday.
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2006-11-21 14:53:15 · answer #9 · answered by angelkarmachic 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lol of course not.
Thanksgiving celebrates when the pilgrims and Indians had a feast to say that they would get along... until they screwed em over and took their land.
Many other culutres don't even know what thanksgiving is
2006-11-21 14:48:18 · answer #10 · answered by New Jersey Steve 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋