I live in Asia, I don't know what it is exactly. What is the purpose of such a day and the history?
2006-11-25 20:58:50 · 7 answers · asked by Zabanya 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, and in Canada it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in North America, where this tradition taken by early settlers became much more important. Other European countries, such as Germany, also have harvest-thanks (Erntedank) celebrations which are perceived to be rather minor and mostly rural holidays.
2006-11-25 21:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by gracious_78 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
for each man or woman here who seems to purely verify out the destructive area of Thanksgiving, merely bear in mind that it exchange into the ENGLISH settlers that are to blame for the dying of a extensive ingredient of the community inhabitants. The U.S. exchange into nonetheless 156 years faraway from getting into existence throughout the time of the 1st thanksgiving in 1620. on the time, the settlers have been getting alongside alright with the Indians. initially, it exchange into meant to furnish as for this reason the Indians for helping the settlers survive, besides as their new freedoms in the recent worldwide. So usually we take issues with no attention. it particularly is a sturdy concept to set a while aside and understand how grateful we actually could be for each and all the commodities in our twenty first century lives.
2016-10-04 09:19:24 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a day aimed at wiping out turkeys! Na, just kidding.
It is a day for thanking 'GOD' for the good harvest, traditionally of course.
In modern days it is a day for festivities and remembering good times and good deeds, I would say.
2006-11-25 21:12:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a remembrance of the feast that occurred, as a result of the Indians and Pilgrims choosing to live WITH each other...as opposed to fighting. We should apply that lesson right now... Don't you think??
2006-11-25 21:04:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a day to give thanks for a good harvest, it has to do with the pilgrims and indians in the US do a search on google.com for it.
2006-11-25 21:00:45 · answer #5 · answered by anonymous 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a day to spend time with your family and thanks god and everyone for everything u have!! And u get to eat! Its a great time!
2006-11-26 17:08:22 · answer #6 · answered by FP 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
first thanksgiving was 1620 with the Pilgrims..
2006-11-25 22:14:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a day to give thanks for a good "heart"
2006-11-25 23:47:37 · answer #8 · answered by reenu m 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋