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People gather around a table with family and friends to share a holiday feast. They give thanks for the blessings of the past year. For Americans and Canadians alike, these activities are an important part of Thanksgiving Day celebrations.

As we celebrate Thanksgiving, we also pay tribute to the Pilgrims and Native Americans who shared the first Thanksgiving feast nearly 400 years ago.

WHEN IS THANKSGIVING?

People in the United States celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October.

WHERE DOES THANKSGIVING COME FROM?

Since ancient times, people have celebrated the autumn harvest. They marked the plentiful harvest with feasts, dances, and prayers of thanks. If the harvest was disappointing, the celebrations might be cancelled.

The English Puritans, who settled in America in the early 1600s, also shaped Thanksgiving celebrations. Purit