Celebrate The Thanksgiving Day in Canada
Thanksgiving Day in Canada was written by Krys Val Lewicki and illustrated by Ana Auml. It tells the story of a family that travels to their Grandparents home for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner in Canada. While there, they learn the story of why we call it Thanksgiving Day and why the Canadians and the Americans celebrate it on separate days.
Do you know why we celebrate Thanksgiving Day?
How about the children in your life? Can they answer this question?
"We're going to Grandma's and Grampa's for Thanksgiving!"
Thanksgiving Day in Canada, The History...
The first formal Thanksgiving ceremony was held in Newfoundland in 1578 by a British navigator named Martin Frobisher. He was celebrating a safe homecoming rather than a harvest. He was giving thanks for having returned safely from his search for the Northwest Passage.
In 1621 the Pilgrims, English settlers at Plymouth, Massachusetts, celebrated their first harvest in the New World in what eventually became the United States. In the 1600s, the French settlers in Canada celebrated with 'The Order of Good Cheer.' and in the 1750's settlers from The United States brought their celebrations to Canada.
In 1879 the Canadian Parliament decided that November 6th would be a celebration of Thanksgiving called Thanksgiving day and a national holiday. The date was changed over the years though until Parliament finally determined in 1957 that Thanksgiving would be observed on the second Monday each October. A great portion of the United States stays warmer longer than Canada and they therefore celebrate their harvest later than Canadians.
Thanksgiving Day in Canada, The Story Continues...
With family traditions!
The book Thanksgiving Day in Canada
shares in story form the history and tradition of Thanksgiving Day and would be a great choice to share with your children whether you live in Canada or in the United States although it certainly does a nice job of explaining why Canada celebrates Thanksgiving Day and how the two countries settled on different days for this important holiday.This book, by the way, is recommended for children aged 9 to 12. It is hard to find a good children's book with this Canadian perspective in it and I highly recommend this one.
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Thanksgiving Day in Canada
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$10.95
Who is Krys Val Lewicki?
Krys Val Lewicki is the author of Thanksgiving Day in Canada.
Born in 1948 in England, Krys is a Canadian performer, a musician and a songwriter. He has toured far and wide across Canada sharing his show, has done session work and created jingles for commercials and has worked for the Tommy Hunter Show in differing capacitites. He has been a ghost writer and written Verdigris, a book of poems. This book, Thanksgiving Day in Canada, is his first book for children. More Great Children's Book Reviews and Recommendations
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"I originally looked to this book to help me find ways to make the holidays more meaningful and memorable for my children. We live across the country from our extended family, so there really are NO big family get-togethers. I did find ideas for creating holiday traditions for our little family, and so much more.
Each chapter of this book is full of ideas for creating special moments with the special people in your life. There are ideas for bedtime, mealtime, birthdays, seasons, holidays and more. It is really a compilation of ideas from dozens of women who share their personal stories and customs. There are lots of resources suggested if you want to learn more about a specific tradition. The final section of the book is a workbook area for recording your own family traditons.
If you are looking for ideas about how to make every day extraordinary, this book will not disappoint. Buy it, share it, you will love it!" ~~ C. Foley
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Fetching RSS feed... please stand byBefore you came to this page, were you aware that Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving?
"The celebration was always
a time of family...
a time of sharing
and giving thanks."
This Page Was Created For The Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff Charity Contest
It celebrates the importance of Thanksgiving Day in Canada and in the United States.
Thanksgiving, the Canadian one anyway, had already passed when I read of this contest and to me, Thanksgiving was over. Done. Complete. However, once I thought about it I decided to write this page. It was one I had been intending to write for some time and here was the perfect prod to get me going.I am sure glad that I did write it and not only because it really was unbelievably thrilling when this lens won the Lens of the Day award on November 5th, 2009 but also because I have had occasion to connect with many wonderful Americans who are preparing for their Thanksgiving celebrations.
And by the way, in case you were wondering what the prize is (or was), Squidoo is generously donating $1,000 to the charity of my choice, the Diabetes Research Institute so Diabetes is the real winner here. Way to go Squidoo!
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The Official Squidoo Thanksgiving Cookoff (for Charity)
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What traditions do you share with the children in your life?
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Nov 9, 2009 @ 4:11 pm | in reply to marcerickson
- Thanks so much for pointing out my error, Marc. I have corrected the text to show that Martin Frobisher was celebrating a safe homecoming from his search for the Northwest Passage on the Atlantic Ocean, not across it.
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- marcerickson marcerickson Nov 8, 2009 @ 10:56 pm
- The history I've read says that Frobisher was celebrating his safe return from a search for the Northwest Passage. He was travelling on the Atlantic - but across to me implies to or from Europe, which he was not doing.
Otherwise very nice.
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- eccles1 eccles1 Nov 8, 2009 @ 2:07 am
- Congratulations on lens of the day! beautiful lens
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- jerry-allen jerry-allen Nov 6, 2009 @ 6:48 am
- I thought thanksgiving day is celebrates on same day in whole world.Now its clear. Nice review on thanks giving story. Sometimes we really don't know why we celebrate some days. If we know why we celebrate i think that twice up our enjoyment.
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- MAZEN MAZEN Nov 6, 2009 @ 1:31 am
- With family traditions! make me remember my family, i live very far, thanks for your nice lens
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- charlino charlino Nov 5, 2009 @ 10:21 pm
- Excellent source of information about Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing.
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- momto4 momto4 Nov 5, 2009 @ 10:16 pm
- Wonderful lens! Congratulations on LOTD!
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- SoyCandleLover-Maker SoyCandleLover-Maker Nov 5, 2009 @ 9:35 pm
- Congrats on the LotD! Great book review, not to mention the clarification on the differences between the Canada and U.S. Thanksgiving. I knew that Canada celebrates the holiday. Also new about the date difference, but not why. 5 star material, and a lensroll to my Thanksgiving recipe lens. I wish I could bless you, after you helped me with one of my lens. :D
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- lakeerieartists lakeerieartists Nov 5, 2009 @ 6:33 pm
- The cover of the book is really lovely. This is a great take on the Thanksgiving subject, as I think most Americans think Thanksgiving is only an American holiday. Congrats on Lotd. And blessed by me. :)
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- shajo shajo Nov 5, 2009 @ 5:30 pm
- Beautiful Brenda! Congratulations on LOTD!! :)
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- KarateKatGraphics KarateKatGraphics Nov 5, 2009 @ 4:52 pm
- Lovely lens, Brenda. Thrilled you snagged LotD--well-deserved!
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- Molly Piper Molly Piper Nov 5, 2009 @ 4:27 pm
- I've started doing puppet shows - especially personalized ones - to celebrate a child's birthday. Completely delightful and memorable!
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- kiwisoutback kiwisoutback Nov 5, 2009 @ 3:57 pm
- Congratulations on LOTD Brenda!
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- Treasures-By-Brenda Treasures-By-Brenda Nov 5, 2009 @ 3:20 pm
- Dom, I don't think anyone has ever apologized for not being an Angel before! Thanks for making me smile (again) in a day that has been packed with smiles! [in reply to prosperity66]
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- rms rms Nov 5, 2009 @ 3:01 pm
- Congrats on LotD!
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- aj2008 aj2008 Nov 5, 2009 @ 2:38 pm
- So thrilled to see you get LOTD Brenda. And of course this is also a Bless worthy lens!
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- greenstarbuilders greenstarbuilders Nov 5, 2009 @ 2:29 pm
- Congratulations on lens of the day!
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- BusyQueen BusyQueen Nov 5, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
- Happy Thanksgiving and a great lens! 5 stars!
Family gatherings are a tradition.
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- prosperity66 prosperity66 Nov 5, 2009 @ 1:44 pm
- You built a fantastic lens, Brenda! It's full of interesting historical information (I'm fond of history) and I love Canada!
I'm so sorry for not being an angel :)
Dom.
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- Spook Spook Nov 5, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
- I think I forgot to add, congratulations on LOTD?
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