Thanksgiving Day
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]Thanksgiving Day (plural Thanksgiving Days)
- (Canada) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.
- Synonym: Thanksgiving
- (US) A holiday, originally to give thanks to God and to commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November.
- Synonyms: Thanksgiving, Turkey Day, T-Day
- (Grenada) A holiday to commemorate the invasion of Grenada by the United States and the overthrowing of the communist People's Revolutionary Government in 1983, celebrated annually on the 25th of October.
Translations
[edit]Thanksgiving — see Thanksgiving
See also
[edit]- Harvest Festival
- Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles
- Black Friday
- Advent Sunday (Christian religious day at the end of November)
Further reading
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Thanksgiving on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
