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US thanksgiving day
An instance of USThanksgivingDay is a USHoliday celebrated yearly on the fourth Thursday of November. The holiday commemorates the feasts of Thanksgiving instituted by early English settlers in the New World, most notably the 1621 Thanksgiving at Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts. In the UniteStates, USThanksgivingDay traditionally is the one national holiday for which entire families strive to come together, with members often traveling great distances. Note that Canada celebrates its own Thanksgiving, on the second Monday of October, with tradition, significance, and foods that parallel the UnitedStates version.
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Parents moveable holiday MoveableHoliday is the class of Holidays whose observance is not fixed to recurrences of any particular calendar day. For example, UnitedStatesMemorialDay is observed on the last Monday of May.
  Thursday The Class of all calendar Thursdays.
  US holiday An instance of USHoliday is a Holiday instituted and observed by citizens or inhabitants of the UnitedStates. Instances of USHoliday commemorate or celebrate key figures or events in the history of the nation, or focus attention on key national values or ideals.


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