Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, in the United States, in some of the Caribbean Islands and in Liberia. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany and Japan. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of october in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. At thanksgiving, families reunite for dinner where they say what they are thankful about then start their dinner.
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