These Protestants wanted to practice a purer Christianity. History tells us that English settlers, better known as Pilgrim Fathers, fled England where they were victims of religious persecution and emigrated to America in order to find freedom of worship. First celebrated in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts, New England, it was not until 1863 that the festival was proclaimed a national holiday. Thanksgiving Day, the Feast of the Union, underscores the gratitude of the American people to God for all the benefits the nation has enjoyed. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday and this holiday comes on the last Thursday in November. The two festivals are similar and their ultimate goal is the same, although their origins are based on different historical facts. It was not until the 17th century that other rites of gratitude to God appeared on a fixed date in the calendar.Īmerican Thanksgiving Day is different from Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
Martin's Day that was used as a day of thanksgiving.
This moment was determined in many places at the same time by the harvest period.įor the Celts and Slavs, custom was linked to a mother's belief in seeds, while in France and other European countries, the most famous harvest celebration was on November 11, the feast of Saint Martin.
Various initiatives were launched here and there, but from the Middle Ages onwards, demonstrations began to appear to celebrate a Thanksgiving Day at a specific time of the year. Since ancient times, there have been several rituals of acts of thanksgiving, but none of them have given rise, even in the Christian era, to a formal ceremony fixed in the calendar.
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