{"id":3502,"date":"2010-11-25T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=3502"},"modified":"2010-11-25T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T06:01:00","slug":"happy-thanksgiving-to-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2010\/11\/25\/happy-thanksgiving-to-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Thanksgiving to all!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"siteSub\" style=\"display: inline; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Happy-Thanksgiving1.jpg?resize=450%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: inline; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;\">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/div>\n<div class=\"dablink\" style=\"font-style: italic; padding-left: 2em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;\">For other uses, see&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Thanksgiving (disambiguation)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving_(disambiguation)\">Thanksgiving (disambiguation)<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div id=\"protected-icon\" class=\"metadata topicon\" style=\"position: absolute; top: -2em; margin-right: -10px; display: none; right: 55px;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"This article is semi-protected.\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wikipedia:Protection_policy#semi\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: initial none initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/fa\/Padlock-silver-medium.svg\/20px-Padlock-silver-medium.svg.png\" alt=\"Page semi-protected\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"infobox\" style=\"font-size: 11px; color: black; background-color: #f9f9f9; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 1em; float: right; clear: right; width: 22em; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em; padding: 0.2em; border: 1px solid #aaaaaa;\" cellspacing=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent;\" colspan=\"2\"><strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Thanksgiving<\/strong> Day<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\"><a class=\"image\" style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Thanksgiving Day\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:The_First_Thanksgiving_cph.3g04961.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle; border: initial none initial;\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/6e\/The_First_Thanksgiving_cph.3g04961.jpg\/225px-The_First_Thanksgiving_cph.3g04961.jpg\" alt=\"Thanksgiving Day\" width=\"225\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" scope=\"row\">Observed by<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\">Canada<\/a>,&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" scope=\"row\">Type<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Public holiday\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Public_holiday\">National<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" scope=\"row\">Date<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">2nd Monday in <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>October<\/strong> (Canada)<br \/>\n4th <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Thursday<\/strong> in November (U.S.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" scope=\"row\">2010 date<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>October<\/strong> 11, 2010 (Canada);<\/p>\n<p>November 25, 2010 (U.S.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"vertical-align: top; text-align: left;\" scope=\"row\">2011 date<\/th>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: top;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>October<\/strong> 10, 2011 (Canada);<\/p>\n<p>November 24, 2011 (U.S.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong>Thanksgiving Day<\/strong>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"List of harvest festivals\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_harvest_festivals\">harvest festival<\/a>&nbsp;celebrated primarily in the&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\">Canada<\/a>. <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Thanksgiving<\/strong> was a holiday to express thankfulness, gratitude, and appreciation to God, <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>family<\/strong> and friends for which all have been blessed of material possessions and relationships. Traditionally, it has been a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>time<\/strong> to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. This holiday has since moved away from its religious roots.<sup id=\"cite_ref-Encyclop.C3.A6dia_Britannica_0-0\" class=\"reference\" style=\"line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\"><a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thanksgiving#cite_note-Encyclop.C3.A6dia_Britannica-0\"><span>[<\/span>1<span>]<\/span><\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">In the United States, <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Thanksgiving<\/strong> Day falls on the fourth <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Thursday<\/strong> of&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"November\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/November\">November<\/a>. In <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Canada<\/strong> it is celebrated on the second Monday in&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"October\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/October\">October<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">The precise historical origin of the holiday is disputed. <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Although Americans<\/strong> commonly believe that the first <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Thanksgiving<\/strong> happened in 1621, at&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Plymouth Colony\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plymouth_Colony\">Plymouth Plantation<\/a>, in&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Massachusetts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Massachusetts\">Massachusetts<\/a>, there is strong evidence for earlier celebrations in&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Canada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canada\">Canada<\/a>&nbsp;(1578) and by Spanish explorers in&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Florida\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Florida\">Florida<\/a>(1565).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>Thanksgiving<\/strong> Day is also celebrated in Leiden, in the&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Netherlands\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Netherlands\">Netherlands<\/a>. A different holiday which uses the same name is celebrated at a similar <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>time<\/strong> of <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>year<\/strong> in the island of&nbsp;<a style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #0645ad; background-image: none; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;\" title=\"Grenada\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grenada\">Grenada<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/happy-thanksgiving-1.jpg?resize=320%2C319\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"319\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p> From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see&nbsp;Thanksgiving (disambiguation). <\/p>\n<p> Thanksgiving Day Observed by Canada,&nbsp;United States Type National Date 2nd Monday in October (Canada) 4th Thursday in November (U.S.) 2010 date <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">October 11, 2010 (Canada);<\/p>\n<p>November 25, 2010 (U.S.) 2011 date <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">October 10, 2011 (Canada);<\/p>\n<p>November 24, 2011 (U.S.) <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;\">Thanksgiving Day&nbsp;is a&nbsp;harvest festival&nbsp;celebrated primarily in the&nbsp;United States&nbsp;and&nbsp;Canada. Thanksgiving was a holiday to express thankfulness, gratitude, and appreciation to God, family and friends for which all have been blessed of material possessions and relationships. 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