Thanksgiving Around the World: How Different Countries Celebrate Gratitude
America celebrates the blessings of the past year every November with Thanksgiving. Other countries also show gratitude in various ways.
Canada has Thanksgiving in October with similar traditions. Germany’s Erntedankfest features church services and harvest parades. Japan honors workers on Labor Thanksgiving Day in November. Ghana’s Homowo festival celebrates the yam harvest with feasting and dancing, and South Korea’s Chuseok includes visiting ancestors’ graves and sharing songpyeon. Brazil’s harvest festival mixes Indigenous and Portuguese traditions. Different as they are, all these celebrations give people a chance to pause, reflect, and say thanks together.
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1. When is Canada's thanksgiving?
2. What do families do on Chuseok?
3. How is Canada’s Thanksgiving like America’s?
1. How does your family say thanks?
2. Which country’s celebration do you like?
3. What food would you share?
America celebrates the blessings of the past year every November with Thanksgiving. Other countries also show gratitude in various ways.
