Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving englanniksi
thanksgiving
Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
1788, (w) to his wife, 9 November, in ''The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections 1788–1790'', vol. 1, ed. Merrill Jensen and Robert A. Becker, University of Wisconsin Press, 1976, pages 513–514
- It is at present impossible to determine when the General Court will adjourn, none of the great business having as yet been attended to, so as to be completed, but there seems to be a general determination to be at home at Thanksgiving. I hope it will be possible.
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An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.
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