Our Northern cousins in Canada just finished celebrating their Thanksgiving. French Canadians are celebrating Action de Grace, or action of grace. The Canadian Thansgiving was yesterday. Canada’s southern cousins, the North Americans, celebrate Thanksgiving in November. In both countries, Thanksgiving is celebrated as a way of giving thanks for the harvests and the blessings of the past year. The Canadians have been celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday since 1538, but it became an official Canadian holiday in 1879. The date and time of year it is celebrated, the 2nd Monday of October, was officially set by Governor General of Canada, Vincent Massey, on 1/31/1957, when he declared it to be a “day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed”. It is believed that the Canadians celebrate the day earlier than the Americans because Canada is further north, and the harvest season is earlier in Canada than it is in its Southern counterpart. For most of Canada, this day is a statutory holiday, although The Atlantic provinces of Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia have it as an optional holiday. The traditional foods of the Canadian Thanksgiving are very similar to those served at and American celebration, along with various regional dishes and desserts.
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So to all my Canadian friends, Happy Thanksgiving, Eh!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving 🍁
What a wonderful post, this was insightful. God Bless you for sharing history. 😊🙏💜
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Thank you. My pleasure. I learn from my posts too. 🙂
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😊🌸
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You are welcome, 😊🌸
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My my my, this spread look scrumptious!!
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I wish I could take credit for it, but this time, the food is not mine. They are just stock photos. 🙂
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wow, looks amazing!
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I wish I could take credit for the pictures of the food, but this time around, I did not do the cooking. Those were just stock photos . 🙂
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I was just showing my mother your thanksgiving table. She thought it beautiful.
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Tell her thank you, but sadly, it is not mine. I wish it was though. 🙂
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lol
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Happy Thanksgiving! The feast looks fabulous! 🍁🍂🌾
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I wish I could say I made the feast, but I did not. it is only a stock photo. 🙂
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Ooh, Jeanne. You said that out loud. lol 😜
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I know, I did, didn’t I?! 🙂 🙂 🙂
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😁
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Wonderful! But I expect that the dogs don’t really count the tastes before the meal as sufficient not to hve some of the finished product.
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🙂 🙂 🙂 Oh, believe me, they help all throughout the meal too.
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I think they say Take off eh?! Good post!
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Thank you. I hadn’t heard that phrase before. 🙂
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nice share
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Thank you.
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I’d be interested to hear about a Canada-specific Thanksgiving dessert.
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I’ll have to look into that. 🙂
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