http://www.purpletrail.com/partytrail/holiday_parties/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-history-and-facts Lets Get Together... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.purpletrail.com/partytrail/holiday_parties/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-history-and-facts/comment-page-1#comment-22557 JohnDaniel Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:36:06 +0000 http://purpletrail.com/partytrail/?p=326#comment-22557 The reason why the Canadian Thanksgiving is not on the same day as the American one is because this is a non-religious holiday declared by parliament, and of course, the two countries do not share the same parliament. The first North American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578 when the English Navigator, Martin Frobisher, held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland, Canada. He did this to give thanks for surviving the long sea journey, and other settlers arrived in Newfoundland, and the tradition was continued by them. The Pilgrim Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth occured in 1621, half a century later. Contrary to the American first, the Canadian one involved no massacre of first nations peoples. The reason why the Canadian Thanksgiving is not on the same day as the American one is because this is a non-religious holiday declared by parliament, and of course, the two countries do not share the same parliament.
The first North American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578 when the English Navigator, Martin Frobisher, held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland, Canada. He did this to give thanks for surviving the long sea journey, and other settlers arrived in Newfoundland, and the tradition was continued by them. The Pilgrim Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth occured in 1621, half a century later. Contrary to the American first, the Canadian one involved no massacre of first nations peoples.

]]> http://www.purpletrail.com/partytrail/holiday_parties/thanksgiving/thanksgiving-history-and-facts/comment-page-1#comment-19353 donnamoore Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:08:48 +0000 http://purpletrail.com/partytrail/?p=326#comment-19353 why do the canadians and americans celebrate thanksgiving on different dates? why do the canadians and americans celebrate thanksgiving on different dates?

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