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Thanksgiving Day (AO 1945: Thanksgiving Day), known in English as Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated mainly in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean islands, observed as a day of gratitude to God, with prayers and parties, for the good events that occurred during the year.
Story
Firstly, Thanksgiving Day was celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, in the New England region, in the form of Christian festivals in thanks for the good harvests that took place during the year. For this reason, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in autumn (in the northern hemisphere) after the harvest has been harvested and is currently celebrated on the last Thursday of November.
The first was celebrated in Plymouth, Massachusetts, by the settlers who founded the village in 1620. The following year, after poor harvests and a harsh winter, the settlers had a good harvest of corn in the summer of 1621. In order from the governor of the village, in honor of the progress of this harvest in previous years, the party was scheduled in the early autumn of 1621. Men in Plymouth killed ducks and turkeys. Other foods that were on the menu were fish and corn. About ninety Indians were said to have participated in the festival. Everyone ate outdoors at large tables.
The holiday in the United States
For many years, Thanksgiving Day was not instituted as a national holiday, being observed as such in only certain states, such as New York, Massachusetts and Virginia. In 1863, the then President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, declared that the fourth Thursday in November would be National Thanksgiving Day.
But in 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted that this day would be celebrated in the third week of November in order to help commerce, increasing the time available for advertisements and purchases before Christmas (at the time, it was considered inappropriate for advertising products to before Thanksgiving). As Roosevelt’s statement was not mandatory, 23 states adopted the measure introduced by Roosevelt and 22 did not, with the rest taking both Thursdays (the third and fourth week of November) as Thanksgiving. The United States Congress, to resolve this impasse, then instituted that Thanksgiving Day would be celebrated definitively on the Thursday of the fourth week of November and that it would be a national holiday.
In both the United States and Canada, Thanksgiving Day is usually a day when people use their free time to be with the family, having large family gatherings and dinners. It is also a day when many people dedicate their time to religious thoughts, prayers and masses.
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated with great parades and also in the United States, with the holding of football games. The main course of Thanksgiving is usually turkey, which gives Thanksgiving Day the nickname “Turkey Day”. In addition, cookies are also very traditional on that date. In 1967 there was a Thanksgiving massacre during a demonstration, and in 1969, indigenous peoples occupied Alcatraz prison on that date.
The holiday in Canada
While some researchers claim that “there is no convincing narrative about the origins of Canadian Thanksgiving,” Canadian first Thanksgiving is often remembered in 1578 by explorer Martin Frobisher. Frobisher, who was trying to find the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean, held his Thanksgiving party not for the harvest, but in thanks for surviving England’s long journey through the dangers of storms and icebergs. On his third and final trip to the far north, Frobisher held a formal ceremony at Frobisher Bay on the island of Baffin (now Nunavut) to give thanks to God in a service given by preacher Robert Wolfall they celebrated the Communion.
The origins of Canadian Thanksgiving Day are also sometimes remembered by French settlers who came to New France with explorer Samuel de Champlain in the early 17th century, who celebrated their successful harvests. French settlers in the area typically had parties at the end of the harvest season and continued throughout the winter season, even sharing food with the indigenous peoples of the region.
As settlers arrived in Canada from New England in late fall, Thanksgiving celebrations became commonplace. New immigrants to the country, such as the Irish, Scots and Germans, have also added their own traditions to the harvest celebrations. Most of the characteristics of the celebration of the Thanksgiving of the USA (like the turkey), were incorporated when there was the United Legalist Empire, a time when Americans started to flee from the USA during the American Revolution and settled in Canada.
Thanksgiving is now a statutory holiday in most Canadian jurisdictions, with the exception of Canada’s Atlantic Provinces: Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Thanksgiving Day in other countries
Brazil
In Brazil, then President Gaspar Dutra instituted the National Thanksgiving Day, through Law 781, of August 17, 1949, at the suggestion of Ambassador Joaquim Nabuco, enthusiastic about the celebrations he had seen in 1909, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral , when ambassador to Washington. In 1966, Law 5110 established that the Thanksgiving celebration would take place on the fourth Thursday of November.
This date is remembered by many families of American origin, by some Protestant denominations, such as the Lutheran Church IELB (of American origin), the Presbyterian Church, the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, the Foursquare Gospel Church, the Church of the Nazarene, Methodist confessional universities and English courses.
Portugal
In Portugal, the Thanksgiving Day takes place on the 4th Thursday of November. It gets to be remembered by some Portuguese, but unlike Christmas and New Year it is not celebrated. However, American and Canadian emigrants living in the country celebrate it, or else travel to their homeland to celebrate it with the rest of the family.
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