This article is about the holiday in general. For the specific national holidays, see Thanksgiving (Canada) and Thanksgiving (United States). For other uses, see Thanksgiving (disambiguation).
"Turkey Day" redirects here. For the Turkish Republic Day, see Republic Day (Turkey).
Thanksgiving Day
A typical Thanksgiving dinner in the United States
Observed by
Countries
Canada
Germany
Liberia
Saint Lucia
United States
Sub-national entities
Leiden (Netherlands)
Norfolk Island (Australia)
Territories of the United States
Territories of Canada
Type
National, cultural
Date
1st Sunday in October (Germany)
2nd Monday in October (Canada)
1st Thursday in November (Liberia)
Last Wednesday in November (Norfolk Island)
4th Thursday in November (United States and Brazil)
2024 date
October 6, 2024 (Germany);
October 14, 2024 (Canada);
November 7, 2024 (Liberia);
November 27, 2024 (Norfolk Island);
November 28, 2024 (U.S. and Brazil)
2025 date
October 5, 2025 (Germany);
October 13, 2025 (Canada);
November 6, 2025 (Liberia);
November 26, 2025 (Norfolk Island);
November 27, 2025 (U.S. and Brazil)
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. Various similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well.
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially...
Thanksgiving Parade may refer to the following annual parades that take place on Thanksgiving Day currently, previously, or originally presented by department...
The centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States is Thanksgiving dinner (informally called turkey dinner), a large meal generally centered...
Thanksgiving prayer or prayer of Thanksgiving may refer to: any prayer of thankfulness a prayer offered at ThanksgivingThanksgiving after Communion, a...
games on Thanksgiving Day, patterned upon the historic playing of college football games on and around the holiday. The NFL's Thanksgiving Day games...
The Thanksgiving Play is a satirical comedy written by Larissa FastHorse in 2015. The play follows a linear structure and incorporates informative moments...
Thanksgiving Square may refer to: Thanksgiving Square (Belfast) a public space in Belfast in Northern Ireland Thanks-Giving Square a public space in Dallas...
Thanksgiving Point is a 501(c)(3) non-profit indoor and outdoor farm, garden, and museum complex in Lehi, Utah, United States. Its five main attractions...
"The Thanksgiving Song" (also known as "Happy Thanksgiving") is a song performed by Adam Sandler discussing Thanksgiving. The song was written by Sandler...
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The expansion of the holiday season in the U.S. to encompass Thanksgiving is believed to have...
all produced in 1982, are set in 1947. Of the later reunions, A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, filmed in 1993, is set in 1963, and revolves around President...
Michael Merhige waited three hours before opening fire at his family's Thanksgiving Day dinner, shooting multiple family members. His aunt, Raymonde Joseph...
Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日, Kinrō Kansha no Hi) is an annual public holiday in Japan celebrated on November 23 of each year, unless that day falls...
The furcula (Latin for "little fork"; pl.: furculae) or wishbone is a forked bone found in most birds and some species of non-avian dinosaurs, and is formed...
Freedom from Want, also known as The Thanksgiving Picture or I'll Be Home for Christmas, is the third of the Four Freedoms series of four oil paintings...
appointed as keepers of the faith by tribe elders. The Haudenosaunee thanksgiving address is a central prayer in Haudenosaunee tradition recited daily...
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving is the tenth prime-time animated television special based upon the comic strip Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz. It originally...
The Prostration of thanksgiving (Arabic: سجود الشكر, sujud shukr) is a prostration (sujud) which is made to thank God. The madhhab school of Islamic jurisprudence...
Global Information