Holoidays

Thanksgiving

• Traditional North American Holiday which is in a form of a harvest festival

• It was celebrated almost in every part of the world such as the US, Canada, Grenada, and the Amerindians

The United States

• An annual one-day legal holiday to express gratitude for the things one has at the end of the harvest season, usually directed to God

Canada

• An annual day one-day legal holiday to give thanks to things once has at the close of the harvest season. The holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October.

Grenada

• A national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on October 25. It is unrelated to holidays in the United States and Canada even though it bears the same name. It marks the anniversary of the US led invasion of the island in 1983 in response to the illegal deposition and execution of Grenadian Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.

Amerindians

• The Thanksgiving Address is a process which has gone on for thousands of years. It is an oral tradition that gets passed down from generation to generation which still goes on to this day. The Thanksgiving Address is called the (Ohenton Kariwatekhwen) O-Honn-Doo Ga-Re-Wa-Deh-Gwonh. In the (Kanien'Keha:ka) Ga-Kneeu'-Gay-Haa] language this means the words that come before all else.

What Thanksgiving Means To Me?

• To me thanksgiving means to give thanks to what has gone on in your life. To give thanks to your family and friends. Or even the gathering of your family and friends to celebrate and acknowledge your thanks to everything you have or had.