thanksgiving Day

The Day of Thanksgiving (in 1945: Thanksgiving Day), known in English as Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada, observed as a day of gratitude, usually to God, the good events during the year. On this day, people give thanks with feasting and prayer. The first Thanksgiving Day in New England were festivals of thanksgiving to God in thanks to good harvests per year. For this reason, the Day of Thanksgiving is celebrated in the autumn after the harvest has been collected and is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In the United States and in Canada, the Day of Thanksgiving is usually a day when people use their free time to spend with the family, making family dinners and large meetings. It is also a day when many people dedicate their time to religious thoughts, prayers and church services. For many years, the day of Thanksgiving was not established as a national holiday and is observed as such only in certain states, like New York, Massachusetts and Virginia.