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{{Infobox Holiday |
|holiday_name=Thanksgiving Day
|image=The First Thanksgiving Jean Louis Gerome Ferris.png
|observedby=], ]
|date=2nd Monday in October (Canada)<br/>4th Thursday in November (U.S.)
|type=]
|date{{CURRENTYEAR}}=October {{weekday in month|second|monday|october|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} (Canada);<br />
November <!--NOTE: This date has been VERIFIED. Thanksgiving is on the FOURTH Thursday in November, NOT the third Thursday. DO NOT CHANGE THIS DATE! -->{{weekday in month|fourth|thursday|november|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}} (U.S.)
|date{{next year}}=October {{Weekday in month|second|monday|october|{{next year}}}}, {{next year}} (Canada);<br />
November <!--NOTE: This date has been VERIFIED. Thanksgiving is on the FOURTH Thursday in November, NOT the third Thursday. DO NOT CHANGE THIS DATE! -->{{weekday in month|fourth|thursday|november|{{next year}}}}, {{next year}} (U.S.)
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'''Thanksgiving Day''' is a ]. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express ] in general. It is primarily a ]n ] which has generally become a national secular holiday with religious origins.

The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on ], 1565 in what is now ]<ref></ref><ref> </ref>, the traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of ], in 1621.

Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in ] and <!--NOTE: This date has been VERIFIED. Thanksgiving is on the FOURTH Thursday in November, NOT the third Thursday. DO NOT CHANGE THIS DATE! -->on the fourth Thursday of November in the ].
] is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends.

==Canada==
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Thanksgiving in Canada, occurs on the second Monday in October and ] give ] at the close of the harvest season. Although some people thank ] for this bounty<ref name="GlobeMail"></ref>, the holiday is mainly considered secular.

==United States==
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Most people celebrate by gathering at home with family or friends for a holiday feast. Though the holiday's origins can be traced to ]s which have been celebrated in many cultures since ancient times, the American holiday has religious undertones related to the deliverance of the English settlers by ] after the brutal winter at ], ].

The period from Thanksgiving Day to ] often is called the '']''.

==Grenada==
In ] there is a national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on ]. It is unrelated to holidays in Canada and the United States even though it bears the same name and occurs around the same time. It marks the anniversary of the U.S.-led ] in 1983 in response to the deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister ].<ref></ref>

==Netherlands==
A Thanksgiving Day service is held in ]’s 15th century gothic church. The Pilgrims stopped in Leiden on their way to the Americas.<ref>{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Dutch town |url=http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/22856&answer=true |quote=The Pilgrims arrived in Leiden in 1609, after fleeing religious persecution in England. Leiden welcomed them because it needed immigrants to help rebuild its textile industry, which had been devastated by a long revolt against Spain. Here, the Pilgrims were allowed to worship as they wanted, and they even published their arguments calling for the separation of church and state. Jeremy Bangs directs the Leiden American Pilgrim Museum. He says the Pilgrims quickly adopted several Dutch customs, like civil marriage and Thanksgiving. |work=] |date= |accessdate=2008-11-28 }}</ref>

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