by Rosalie Thérien and Héloïse L'Homme
In both countries thanksgiving is a moment that we use to share and be thankful for all we have.
In both countries thanksgiving is a moment that we use to share and be thankful for all we have.
In the United states of America, thanksgiving is celebrated in the 50 states and people will travel the country to celebrate with their family. It’s a four-day weekend where you share meals with people you love and tell them what you're grateful for. The USA thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November, it’s usually inside since it’s a month and a half later than the Canadian thanksgiving and it’s too cold to do outside activities. It is an holiday that the Americans have been celebrating since 1789 and started celebrating as an annual holiday since 1864. On thanksgiving in the United states, the poor are provided food. The American thanksgiving meal is usually turkey and pumpkin pie. It’s a tradition to eat this meal held in 1621 by the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims. After the holiday there’s the black Friday where we can find enormous discounts on products, There’s even Canadians living near the states that are crossing the border to have access to the discounts.
In Canada, thanksgiving isn’t a thing a lot of people celebrate. Every year we have a 3-day weekend on the second Monday of October but it’s not an important holiday. People prefer to relax and wait for Christmas instead of having two holidays that are really close. In Quebec, it’s really rare that you see families who celebrate thanksgiving but in other provinces some people do. Canadians who celebrate it are doing it the same way as the Americans such as in the food (turkey and everything else) and they also watch football just like in the United states. In the United states of America, black Friday is a huge thing and everybody goes to the mall to get discounts on products. In Canada, there is a lot of discounts but people are more tempted to go to boxing day after Christmas than black Friday.
In general, thanksgiving in the United States is way more important and celebrated than here in Canada.
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