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Why do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving?

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Canada also celebrates Thanksgiving once a year, however there are some differences between their celebration and that of their US neighbours'. In Canada, Thanksgiving is still a time of year where Canadians visit their families and say what they are thankful for, as well as eating lots of delicious food. read more

Thanksgiving is a harvest festival, common to many such festivals throughout the world and predates the American celebrations of the Plymouth colony. read more

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Norm Soley, Canadian Curmudgeon. It's a harvest celebration derived from religious harvest festivals from pre-Columbian Europe with a side trip through the US Thanksgiving tradition. read more

Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in most of Canada, with the exceptions being the Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, where it is an optional holiday. read more

Regardless, Canadian Thanksgiving is largely celebrated the same way as American Thanksgiving (turkey, stuffing/dressing, cranberries, winter vegetables, pumpkin pie, beer, wine, etc.), just minus the re-enactments of Pilgrims and Natives, oh and we celebrate ours in October rather than November. read more

In the territories that now make up Canada and the US, the idea of Thanksgiving Feasts as religious festivals to celebrate successful harvests or other momentous events was inherited from the old world. read more

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