Meaning of Thanksgiving Day | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.
   Canada
2. Alternative letter-case form of Thanksgiving Day.
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3. A holiday, originally to give thanks to God and to commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November.
   US
4. A holiday to commemorate the invasion of Grenada by the United States and the overthrowing of the communist People's Revolutionary Government in 1983, celebrated annually on the 25th of October.

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Examples

“The breakdown of our holidays into days of mere worldly diversion is pathetic—e. g.: Fourth of July without patriotism, Thanksgiving day without thanks and Christmas day without Christ. What insults to the Almighty! Let us make it not alone a Santa-mas, but a Christ-mas.”

“As a Thanksgiving day gift to inmates of the Texas penitentiary, Mrs. Ferguson—the governor, or “governor-ess,” assuming that her husband is the real executive—issued 105 clemency proclamations.”

“We all are up to our beds for a few minutes after church, and most of the fellows were quiet—thinking of other Thanksgiving days. For many it was the first time away and it was a bit strange.”

“On bright, clear Thanksgiving days, more than a million people have lined the parade route, but yesterday probably fewer than half that many were in attendance.”

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