Answer: What and why are Thanksgiving traditions?
Ooops. I wrote the Thanksgiving SRS Challenge before answering the previous one ( about California fire data ). I'll answer that one later this week to catch up. But today, let's talk about Thanksgiving. A painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris titled 'The First Thanksgiving' shows pilgrims and Native Americans gathering to share a meal. Copyright Library of Congress (CC by Attribution) As we learned in an earlier SRS post , the first Thanksgiving probably wasn't really like this. As you recall, the Challenges this week were apparently fairly simple. Here are the questions and what I did to find answer to each... 1. I know Canada and the US celebrate Thanksgiving each fall. But do any other countries celebrate Thanksgiving (or equivalent holidays) as well? If so, what are they called, and when are they celebrated? 2. What Thanksgiving (and equivalent) traditions do different countri...