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Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and count your blessings. For
all of us here in the US, it commemorates the pilgrims who first gave thanks
for the gift of land. This is usually celebrated every 4th Thursday of
November. Did you know that our neighbors to the north also celebrate
Thanksgiving? On the 31st of January in the year 1957, the Canadian Parliament
proclaimed Thanksgiving as “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.”
This 2012, Canadian Thanksgiving will be held on the 8th of October.
During the weekend of October 8, Canada
will celebrate a long weekend. Thanksgiving dinner is celebrated on a Sunday evening
where the whole family sits down and enjoys a wonderful feast together. Thanksgiving in Canada is also often a time for weekend getaways.
Similar
to the United States, traditions
such as parades and football can be a part of Canadian
Thanksgiving. The Kitchener-Waterloo
Oktoberfest parade is the most
widely known Canadian Thanksgiving Day parade. The Canadian Football League holds a nationally televised doubleheader known as the "Thanksgiving Day
Classic". It is one of two weeks in which the league plays on Monday
afternoons, the other being the Labor
Day Classic. Unlike the Labor Day games, the teams that play on the
Thanksgiving Day Classic vary each year.
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