Canadian Thanksgiving Day 2018: All you need to know about Jour de l’活動／戦闘 de gr?ce

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Thanksgiving is a time for friends and families to get together, eat plenty of food and gather 一連の会議、交渉／完成する the TV to watch the football.

But by the time Americans do just that on the fourth Thursday of November, Canadians will have already spent seven weeks 回復するing from their own Thanksgiving, which happens on the second Monday of October.

Here is all you need to know 含むing what and when Canadian Thanksgiving is, how it is celebrated and how different it is from?American Thanksgiving.

Canadian Thanksgiving is a holiday that's always celebrated on the second Monday of October

When is Canadian Thanksgiving?

Canadian Thanksgiving Day 落ちるs on the second Monday of October. Canadian Thanksgiving 2018 will be on Monday, October 8.

Canadian Thanksgiving history

Canadian Thanksgiving is an 年次の Canadian holiday that 落ちるs on the second Monday in October and is a 祝賀 of the good 収穫s of the past year.

The very first Canadian Thanksgiving is thought to have happened in 1578 after the explorer ツバメ Frobisher’s third 探検隊／遠征隊 to Canada.?

After a 特に 背信の 旅行 that saw Frobisher lose one of his ships, the sailor decided to have a feast to celebrate his 安全な passage after 上陸 in Nunavut.

The holiday became codified in the Canadian calendar in the 19th century, when Canadian Protestants 嘆願（書）d for an 公式の／役人 Thanksgiving day in 1859 to thank God for the good 収穫s.?

It became a 国家の holiday that year but only became Thanksgiving 公式に on the second Monday of October in 1957.

Another suggestion has been that Canadian Thanksgiving （機の）カム about because the country was thankful, as historian Peter A. Stevens says, because they ‘spared the 流血／虐殺’ of the US Civil War.

In some parts of Canada, like Quebec for example, the holiday is not as big a 取引，協定. There, it is called 活動／戦闘 de Grace, and the 祝賀s are 扱う／治療するd with much いっそう少なく ファンファーレ／誇示 than in other parts of Canada or the US.

In Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia celebrating Thanksgiving is optional.

Thanksgiving in Canada 伝統的に does not bring with it the shopping craze that the US 見解／翻訳／版 奮起させるs in the form of 黒人／ボイコット Friday, and more recently Cyber Monday. However, over time 黒人／ボイコット Friday has 選ぶd up across the 国境.

However, there are also many similarities between the two countries’ 祝賀s. Both feast on turkey, potatoes and stuffing, and watch their 各々の 見解／翻訳／版s of football on Thanksgiving.