Do the British celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

I've just read a website that says: * Origin and History of Thanksgiving Day in United Kingdom * Harvest festival is the most popular and oldest festivals celebrated in United Kingdom However, i had not heard of this in the UK at all. read more

Other countries that celebrate Thanksgiving include the Philippines (a former American colony), Grenada. Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and Norfolk Island (Australia). That feast had far-reaching impact, evidently. The British don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so far as I know. read more

The British do not have a one day holiday. They have a Church Festival where people bring food to celebrate and thank God for the harvest. In Canada, we still do the same thing - used to be that you had to wrap the food in white tissue paper, but now you can bring it unwrapped. read more

Every November, the same question. No, the people of the UK do not celebrate Thanksgiving as they do in the USA. Nor do the people of the UK celebrate the Anniversary Of Lenin’s Death, or the Storming of the Bastille, or the Foundation of the Icelandic Republic. read more