Thanksgiving Day, a traditional Western holiday, is a holiday created by the American people and a holiday for American families to gather together. Initially, Thanksgiving Day had no fixed date and was decided temporarily by the states of the United States. It was not until 1863, after the independence of the United States, that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. In 1941, the U.S. Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November each year as “Thanksgiving Day”. The Thanksgiving holiday generally lasts from Thursday to Sunday.
In 1879, the Canadian Parliament declared November 6th as Thanksgiving Day and a national holiday. In the following years, the date of Thanksgiving Day changed many times until January 31, 1957, when the Canadian Parliament declared the second Monday of October each year as Thanksgiving Day.
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In addition to the United States and Canada, there are also countries such as Egypt and Greece in the world that have their own unique Thanksgiving Day, but European countries such as Britain and France are isolated from Thanksgiving Day. Some scholars have also proposed the establishment of a “Chinese Thanksgiving Day” to promote traditional culture.
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