Question about thanksgiving

**The_678** · 05-27-2006, 16:07

I was reading abook the other day and it was thanksgiving in the book. Then they said it was November and I rememebered they were in America. Here in Canada its in October.

I was wondering does anybody know why they are different in our countries?

**Alexanderofmacedon** · 05-27-2006, 17:40

I really couldn't tell you why, but Thanksgiving is the Thursday of the third week of November.

**GoreBag** · 05-27-2006, 19:55

There's a longer growing season in the USA. Eventually, the differences settled in as Thanksgiving became set on the calendar, as I understand it.

**yesdachi** · 05-27-2006, 23:21

I think FDR changed the date in the US for commercial reasons

. Here is an interesting link for those interested in the Canadian version.

**_Martyr_** · 05-27-2006, 23:38

Strange, its not something we really have over here. Harvest is hardly such a big deal...

**Louis VI the Fat** · 05-28-2006, 02:01

Originally Posted by _Martyr_

Strange, its not something we really have over here. Harvest is hardly such a big deal...

It is a colonial thing, different from the European harvest feasts. It celebrates not only the harvest, but also the survival in a new and often hostile environment.

Next to the English, the French and Spanish settlers also held similar celebrations.