Be grateful.

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Happy Thanksgiving to ALL on CC.

This holiday is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November in the USA; I think it is earlier in Canada.

In 1789, per a request by Congressional resolution, President George Washington proclaimed “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.” In 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation making Thanksgiving an official annual holiday to be commemorated each year on the last Thursday of November. Happy Thanksgiving bannerTo stimulate economic recovery following the Great Depression, in 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt moved the holiday to the second to the last Thursday of the month to extend the holiday shopping season. (Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) )

To alleviate confusion, Congress passed H.J. Res. 41 (77th Congress) on October 6, 1941, to establish Thanksgiving Day as a legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. President Roosevelt signed the joint resolution into law in December of 1941, to take effect the following year (Source: House Historical Highlights ).

https://www.govinfo.gov/features/thanksgiving-2025

and for Canada:

Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October. Gift giving is part of the Thanksgiving tradition and for that reason it is an important shopping day for Canadians. The weeks before belong to the busiest shopping days of the year so make sure your Thanksgiving shopping list is done on time.

https://www.calendar-canada.ca/holiday/ ... e_vignette

I did not know shopping and gift-giving are part of the Canadian tradition, until now.

I was going to start a NEW Thread, but I did not want to deny ConfedSS that privilege.

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I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

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