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>>Some might be interested to know that the first Thanksgiving
>>in North America was performed not by the pilgrims in 1622 but
>>rather by Martin Frobisher in 1578, fourty-four years earlier
>>while anchored in what became known as Frobisher Bay (now
>>Nunavut).
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksg...ada%29#History
>>
>>The US-style Thanksgiving was imported to what became Canada
>>by Loyalists escaping the iniquities of brutal rebellion
>>against the legitimate monarch.
>
> I always assumed the Canadian Thanksgiving is the church
> festival, harvest home etc. That's the first weekend in
> October too.

It's the 2nd weekend in October but only since Parliament fixed
the date in 1957: "The date of celebration changed several times
until, in 1957, it was officially declared to be the second
Monday in October."

Many holidays in Canada were promulgated piecemeal, such as
Victoria Day and Empire Days. You would have them some years and
not other years. Québec, which ran manythings on the liturgical
calendar, tended to have fixed and recurring dates for provincial
holidays such as la Saint-Jean Baptiste (traditionally the day of
contracts). It has other traditions elsewhe

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativit...e_Baptist#Cust
oms

http://tinyurl.com/potun8f

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