Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. While it may have been religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.

In the US, Thanksgiving falls on the 4th Thursday of November. In Canada it is celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October. The precise historical origin of the holiday is disputed. Although Americans commonly believe that the first Thanksgiving happened in 1621, at Plimouth Plantation, in Massachusetts, there is strong evidence for earlier celebrations by Spanish explorers in Florida (1565).

Thanksgiving Day is also celebrated in the Netherlands. A different holiday which uses the same name is celebrated at a similar time of year in the island of Grenada.

Some personal memories of Thanksgiving are...

Dad whipping out the mashed potatoes at the table
Stuffed celery, and all we ate was the "stuff"
Trying to get the Lions on the blackout
The big guys getting to go bowling with Uncle Jack while I had to stay home and stuff celery with Cream Cheese with Pimento's in it.