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Article: Thanksgiving around the world.
- Article from:
- Children's Digest
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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Many countries have holidays similar to our American Thanksgiving. In Canada, it is also called Thanksgiving, but it is on a different date, the second Monday in October. The Japanese have two: the Harvest Festival in October, which honors the new grain; and the Festival of NunameSai in November, when the emperor offers grain to the sun goddess, and everyone gives thanks for a bountiful harvest. Poland and Albania have festivals in August or September, when they dance and feast. Austria's harvest festival is on St. Leopold's Day in November and is called Gaense Tag, or Goose Day, because of the traditional dinner of roast goose. On St. Martin's Day, the eleventh of ...