Thanksgiving (Thanksgiving Day) is the American people original an ancient festival, is America's national holiday for family reunion. The early Thanksgiving has no fixed date, decided by the states temporarily. Until the United States after independence in 1863, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day a national holiday. In 1941, congress formally proclaimed the fourth Thursday in November as "Thanksgiving". Thanksgiving holiday usually lasts from Thursday to Sunday.
The Canadian parliament declared November 6, 1879 is the Thanksgiving Day and national holiday. In the following s, Thanksgiving dates changed many times, until January 31, 1957, the Canadian parliament announced the second Monday of October each year for Thanksgiving.
In addition to the United States, Canada, and Egypt, Greece, and other countries in the world have their own unique Thanksgiving, but Britain, France and other European countries with Thanksgiving insulation [3], there are also scholars initiative to set up the "China Thanksgiving", to carry forward the traditional culture.
感恩節(Thanksgiving Day)是美國人民獨創的一個古老節日，也是美國人合家歡聚的節日。 初時感恩節沒有固定日期，由美國各州臨時決定。直到美國獨立後的1863年，林肯總統宣布感恩節為全國性節日 。1941年，美國國會正式將每年11月第四個星期四定為“感恩節”。感恩節假期一般會從星期四持續到星期天。
1879 年加拿大議會宣稱11月6日是感恩節和全國性的假日。在隨後的年代，感恩節的日期改變了多次，直到在1957 年1月31日，加拿大議會宣布每年十月的第二個星期一為感恩節。
除了美國、加拿大，世界上還有埃及、希臘等國家有自己獨特的感恩節，但英國、法國等歐洲國家卻與感恩節絕緣[3] ，也有學者倡議設立“中華感恩節”，以弘揚傳統文化。