Happy Thanksgiving Day to our Canadian friends who celebrate Thanksgiving on Monday October 13 this year.

Here is some history about the Canadian Thanksgiving Day for you:

The first North American Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1578 when the English Navigator, Martin Frobisher, held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland. He did this to give thanks for surviving the long sea journey, and other settlers arrived in Newfoundland, and the tradition was continued by them.

In 1879, Parliament declared November 6th a national holiday of Thanksgiving. Over the years this date changed, and on January 31, 1957, Parliament declared the second Monday in October of each year to be "A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed".

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Do you typically have turkey at a Canadian Thanksgiving dinner? How about football?