Thanksgiving in Canada: Jour de l'Action de Grâce 🦃🏈
Hello Mito Amity students and family! (✧ω✧)
Happy Thanksgiving part two! I hope everyone enjoyed learning about American Thanksgiving last week. This week, we will learn about Thanksgiving in Canada: Jour de l'Action de Grâce. This is French for `Thanksgiving Day`! Since France colonized Canada from 1534-1763, French is considered an official language of Canada along with English.
The Indigenous people of Canada have long had their own celebrations to celebrate the fall harvest even before the European colonizers came with the holiday of Thanksgiving. When the Europeans came, they combined their Thanksgiving traditions with the customs of the Indigenous people`s fall harvest celebrations. Modern Thanksgiving traditions in Canada are very similar to America`s, including eating turkey and watching football with family. Although it used to be at the beginning of November, Canada’s Thanksgiving Day was changed to be the second Monday in October. It is an official statutory holiday in all provinces and territories except Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
I hope everyone enjoyed learning about Canadian Thanksgiving! Please look forward to another Thanksgiving post next Friday. Can you guess what country is next? Until then!
Sincerely,
Your English Teachers at Mito Amity ♡〜٩( ˃́▿˂̀ )۶〜♡
Happy Thanksgiving part two! I hope everyone enjoyed learning about American Thanksgiving last week. This week, we will learn about Thanksgiving in Canada: Jour de l'Action de Grâce. This is French for `Thanksgiving Day`! Since France colonized Canada from 1534-1763, French is considered an official language of Canada along with English.
The Indigenous people of Canada have long had their own celebrations to celebrate the fall harvest even before the European colonizers came with the holiday of Thanksgiving. When the Europeans came, they combined their Thanksgiving traditions with the customs of the Indigenous people`s fall harvest celebrations. Modern Thanksgiving traditions in Canada are very similar to America`s, including eating turkey and watching football with family. Although it used to be at the beginning of November, Canada’s Thanksgiving Day was changed to be the second Monday in October. It is an official statutory holiday in all provinces and territories except Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
I hope everyone enjoyed learning about Canadian Thanksgiving! Please look forward to another Thanksgiving post next Friday. Can you guess what country is next? Until then!
Sincerely,
Your English Teachers at Mito Amity ♡〜٩( ˃́▿˂̀ )۶〜♡