thanks giving

FCH

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada,

Monamis, would you please share with us what Canadian usually do on this special day?

Thx!

the following is copied from aother site ( http://www.crewsnest.vispa.com/thanksgivingcanada.htm) introducing the history of this holiday.

Thanksgiving Canada

The Canadian Thanksgiving Day came about because of a combination of traditions. Before the first Europeans arrived in North America, the farmers in Europe held celebrations at harvest time. The farm workers filled a curved goat's horn with fruit and grain to give thanks for their harvest having been a good one. This horn was called a Horn of Plenty.....or a Cornucopia, and the farm workers who started a new life in Canada took this tradition with them.

In Newfoundland in 1578, the English navigator Martin Frobisher held a ceremony to give thanks for surviving the long journey. He was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in Northern Canada named after him.....Frobisher Bay. As other settlers arrived they continued these ceremonies.

In 1621, in what is now the United States of America, the Pilgrims celebrated their harvest in the New World. By the 1750's settlers moving to Canada from America had taken this celebration to Nova Scotia. At the same time, French settlers arriving in Canada with the explorer Samuel de Champlain held thanksgiving feasts and shared their food with their Indian neighbours. After the seven years war ended in 1763 the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving.

At the time of the American Revolution, the people who remained loyal to the Government in England moved to Canada and spread the Thanksgiving celebration to other parts of the country. Other English settlers were also used to having a harvest celebration in their churches every Autumn.

In 1879 the Canadian Parliament declared the 6th November as a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years the date has changed with the third Monday in October being the most popular time. Finally on the 31st January 1957 the Canadian Parliament proclaimed that....

'A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God
for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has
been blessed.....to be observed on the second Monday in October.'

Monamis

FCH
I believe  it is a time for which familie s get together and bond.
Where they can share a day togetherr as a family,
showing their gratitude, for the life that they have, the richness of life,  thankful for being able to raise and support a family. and thankful that your bring up your family properly and having respect for one another.

Time to be thankful of all you have, what you have  earned monetarily, and for your health and for the goodness of life in general,

It is a time to share with your children ,parents, relatives and friends,

hope that helps

Monamis

FCH

Monamis，thanks for your time and sharing on Thanksgiving Day!!! Really appreciate it!!!