When is Christian Thanksgiving in 2023: Thursday, November 26, the twelfth day of the tenth lunar month

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday shared by the United States and Canada. Its original intention is to thank God for the good harvest. In the United States, since 1941, Thanksgiving Day has been on the fourth Thursday of November every year, and there will be two days off from this day. Like the Chinese Spring Festival, on this day, thousands of people want to reunite with their families no matter how busy they are. Canada's Thanksgiving Day began in 1879 and is celebrated on the second Monday of October each year, the same as Columbus Day in the United States.

The Christian way of celebrating Thanksgiving

We need to remind each other that the most important thing about our Thanksgiving is to thank God. Because our God is always showing favor to us, both in the dark and in the light. It is God's grace that we are still alive today. So we should give thanks to God during the holidays.

Third, we must give thanks to God because we have been favored. Therefore, during Thanksgiving, we must remind ourselves that we are favored people, so we should be grateful. Thanksgiving in the United States commemorates the material harvest that immigrants have received, so they give thanks. Just think about yourself, if you are rich in material things, you should really be grateful. Canada’s Thanksgiving Day is to commemorate the explorers’ lives and thank God for their safety. Therefore, people should be grateful to God for their safety. Because peace is not in vain. So during Thanksgiving, we need to think about what grace God has given us.

The psalmist said: "How can I repay the Lord for all his kindness to me?" (Psalm 116:12) He mentioned that this favor is a kindness, indicating that God's grace is very many and very rich. Psalm 103 discusses in detail that all mankind has received much grace from God, and what we receive from God is great favor.