Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and United States. Its celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November. Thanksgiving has been an annual tradition since 1863.  Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among almost all religions. In the United States the modern day Thanksgiving is traced to a sparsely documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in present-day Massachusetts. The first Thanksgiving is still being debated as to where it began. In modern day Thanksgiving it is common to eat turkey, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and ham.