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4)Egyptians The ancient Egyptians celebrated their harvest festival in honor of Min, their god of vegetation and fertility. The festival was held in the springtime, the Egyptians harvest season. The festival of Min featured a parade in which the Pharaoh（法老） took part. After the parade a great feast was held. Music, dancing, and sports were also part of the celebration. When the Egyptian farmers harvested their corn, they wept and pretended to be grief-stricken. This was to deceive the spirit which they believed lived in the corn. They feared the spirit would become angry when the farmers cut down the corn where it lived. 5)Canada Thanksgiving in Canada is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Observance of the day began in 1879. While Americans begin gearing up for Thanksgiving in the days following Halloween, Thanksgiving celebrations in Canada are long since over by October 31st. Thats because in Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike Americans, whose holiday recalls the Pilgrims landing in America, Canadians spend their Thanksgiving giving thanks for a successful harvest, which typically culminates by early October in the northern country of Canada Canadian Thanksgiving traces its roots to an old European farming custom of banding together to toast a plentiful harvest. After hundreds of years of unofficial celebration, the Canadian Parliament officially recognized the folk practice in 1957. The traditional Canadian Thanksgiving meal is similar to the feast served at the American counterpart: turkey (although ham or other roasts may be substituted), gravy, stuffing, autumn vegetables and fruit desserts. Canadians also place a cornucopia at the center of the table; the cornucopia is a curved rams horn filled with fruits and grains. Pictures Time 吃火鸡比赛 Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade梅西感恩節大遊行!! Parades are also a part of Thanksgiving holiday.Each year,Macy`s,the largest store in the world organizes the Thanksgiving Day P