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Le jour de l'action de grâce

clair = light foncé = dark

gris clair = 1 brun foncé = 5 noir et gris = 9 gris foncé = 2 bleu = 6 bleu clair = 10 noir = 3 rouge = 7 rose = 11 brun clair = 4 vert = 8 jaune = 12

Le jour de l'action de grâce – in Canada

Like the United States, Canada gives thanks for its good fortune once a year and eats itself silly with and mashed potatoes.

Whereas American Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of , in Canada the second Monday of is a statutory, or public, . This year, Canadian Thanksgiving was on Monday, Oct 14, 2013.

The Canadian Thanksgiving holiday is officially observed on the second Monday of October, however people generally get together for their Thanksgiving meal on any one of the three days of this three- day holiday weekend.

Although Canadians do tend to get together on Thanksgiving weekend, the holiday is not as big a celebration in Canada as it is in the U.S., where Thanksgiving is the year's biggest holiday occasion. Nevertheless, Thanksgiving weekend is a popular time for Canadians to gather with family, so more people than usual are traveling on that weekend.

In , Thanksgiving, or, action de grâce, is a bit different. Though celebrated by the English- speaking population in Quebec, French Canadians generally do not carry on with turkey and family get-togethers.

Canada does not have a big shopping day after Thanksgiving the way the United States does. - December 26th - is the equivalent in terms of sales and shopping extravaganzas in Canada.

The origins of Canadian Thanksgiving are more closely connected to the traditions of Europe than of the United States. Long before Europeans settled in , of thanks and celebrations of harvest took place in Europe in the month of October. The very first Thanksgiving celebration in North America took place in Canada when , an explorer from England, arrived in Newfoundland in 1578. He wanted to give thanks for his safe arrival to the New World. That means the first Thanksgiving in Canada was celebrated 43 years before the pilgrims landed in Plymouth, !

For a few hundred years, Thanksgiving was celebrated in either late October or early November, before it was declared a national holiday in 1879. It was then, that November 6th was set aside as the official Thanksgiving holiday. But then on January 31, 1957, Canadian Parliament announced that on the second Monday in October, Thanksgiving would be "a day of general thanksgiving to almighty for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed." Thanksgiving was moved to the second Monday in October because after the World Wars, (November 11th) and Thanksgiving kept falling in the same week.

Another reason for Canadian Thanksgiving arriving earlier than its American counterpart is that Canada is geographically further north than the United States, causing the Canadian harvest to arrive earlier than the American harvest season. And since Thanksgiving for Canadians is more about giving thanks for the harvest season than the arrival of pilgrims, it makes sense to celebrate the holiday in October. Both Canadians and Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with parades, family gatherings, pie and a whole lot of turkey!

Use the article “Thanksgiving in Canada” to answer the questions below.

1. On what date did Canada celebrate Thanksgiving this year? ______

2. How do you write that date in French? ______

3. On what day of the week does Canada celebrate Thanksgiving? ______

4. Choose one: In Canada students get a a) week holiday b) month holiday c) three-day weekend holiday for Thanksgiving.

5. How do you say “Thanksgiving” in French? ______

6. What is the big shopping day in Canada called? ______

7. Fill in the blanks: The first Thanksgiving in Canada arrived when ______arrived in ______in the year ______.

8. What year was Thanksgiving declared a national holiday in Canada?

______

9. Why did Canada decide to celebrate Thanksgiving in October? ______

10. Thanksgiving in Canada is more about ______than ______.

Here is some French vocabulary related to Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving le jour de l'action de grâce to share partager thanks les remerciements / la grâce le Mayflower Thursday jeudi Plymouth Plymouth tradition une tradition , fall l'automne traditional (adj) traditionnel colony une colonie parade un défilé family la famille treaty un pacte grandma la grand-mère tribe une tribu grandpa le grand-père thank you merci uncle l’oncle eat manger aunt la tante mother la mère food la nourriture father le père sister la sœur bread le pain brother le frère corn le maïs feast un festin, un la canneberge football le football américain la sauce au jus de viande soccer le football mashed potatoes la purée grateful (adj) reconnaissant pie la tarte harvest la récolte cakes les gâteaux leaves les feuilles la tarte à la citrouille horn of plenty la corne d'abondance pumpkin la citrouille America l’Amérique sauce la sauce native (adj) indigène desserts les desserts (Native American) whipped cream la chantilly Indians les Indiens (d'Amérique) la farce November novembre sweet potatoes les patates douces parade une parade turkey la dinde Pilgrims les pèlerins yam un igname settler un colonisateur

Thanksgiving in Canada

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America leaves thank you autumn soccer mother cranberry brother uncle whipped cream cakes sweet potatoes pumpkin thanks Pilgrims colony grandma father parade grandpa Plymouth desserts indians sauce turkey corn sister family eat aunt stuffing Mayflower pie

Thanksgiving in Canada

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