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From Cousine Renee
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From: Renee Cummings
History and Origin of Canadian Thanksgiving/Action de grâce
In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike
the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New
World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season
falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact
that Canada is further north.
The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer,
Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the
Orient. He did not succeed but he did establish a settlement in Northern
America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now called
Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is
considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Other settlers arrived and
continued these ceremonies. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the
Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him - Frobisher Bay.
At the same time, French settlers, having crossed the ocean and arrived in
Canada with explorer Samuel de Champlain, also held huge feasts of thanks.
They even formed 'The Order of Good Cheer' and gladly shared their food with
their Indian neighbours.
After the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a
special day of Thanksgiving.
During the American Revolution, Americans who remained loyal to England
moved to Canada where they brought the customs and practices of the American
Thanksgiving to Canada. There are many similarities between the two
Thanksgivings such as the cornucopia and the pumpkin pie.
Eventually in 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving
and a national holiday. Over the years many dates were used for
Thanksgiving, the most popular was the 3rd Monday in October. After World
War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving were celebrated on the Monday of
the week in which November 11th occurred. Ten years later, in 1931, the two
days became separate holidays and Armistice Day was renamed Remembrance Day.
Finally, on January 31st, 1957, Parliament proclaimed...
"A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest
with which Canada has been blessed ... to be observed on the 2nd Monday in
October.
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