Many foreign festivals have obvious Chinese characteristics when they come to China. For example, on Thanksgiving Day, everyone is expressing gratitude to their parents, elders, relatives and friends. What's the date of Thanksgiving? How do Chinese people celebrate Thanksgiving?
What day is Thanksgiving in 2018
The Thanksgiving Day in 2018 is on November 22nd, 2018 in the Gregorian calendar, on October 15th, Thursday in the lunar calendar.
About Thanksgiving
The origin of Thanksgiving has always been controversial. Here is a generally accepted statement.
Thanksgiving Day (English Name: Thanksgiving Day) is a special and grand festival in the United States and Canada. Time: the United States is on the fourth Thursday in November every year; Canada is on the second Monday in October every year. Originally founded in the United States, it was held to thank God for the good harvest and invited the local Indians who had helped them when they immigrated to the American continent to participate in the celebration. The United States and Canada have gone through several periods of development on this section, and the time has changed many times. Finally, the fourth Thursday in November was unanimously determined. In terms of customs, the two countries are basically the same. Food customs include: roast turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry, moss jam, sweet potato and corn; activities include: playing Cranberry competition, corn game and pumpkin race; holding group activities such as costume parade, drama performance or sports competition... And having corresponding holidays for two days. People in the distance will go home to be reunited with their relatives. Now there are also habits such as exempting Turkey and shopping on Black Friday. It is suggested that China also establish a Thanksgiving Day.
How do Chinese celebrate Thanksgiving
Send flowers
According to the Chinese implicit emotional expression tradition, Thanksgiving is the best choice to send flowers. According to the flower sales of love flower house in recent years, sending flowers on Thanksgiving Day is the most popular way. Because the expression of flowers is implicit and direct. On Thanksgiving Day, we usually send carnations, because the flower words of carnations represent gratitude, but we must choose carnations with pure colors. The words of carnations with mixed patterns refuse your love and cannot be used as Thanksgiving gifts. On this day, you can send roses to lovers to express your love, carnations and white lilies to parents to express gratitude, lilies to teachers to express respect, etc. It's better not to send too expensive gifts, gratitude is the most important thing is a heart and a simple way of emotional expression. On Thanksgiving Day, you can choose to order flowers on the online flower website, or you can choose to send flowers to your home like local flower shop aihuaju. I believe that it must be an extraordinary and unforgettable thanksgiving day to receive a bunch of flowers unexpectedly on Thanksgiving Day.
Notes, news
A note of thanks. When you express your thanks, you don't need a formal thank-you letter (although that's better). A small card or a sincere e-mail can show your heart. In the same way, it's good to send a thank-you message.
embrace
A hug for someone you love, a friend or colleague who has been with you for a long time, at the right time, is a good gift for you to express your gratitude.
A small gift
As the saying goes, gift is less important than affection. As long as you have heart, a small gift is enough to express your gratitude.
Thank others openly
Express your gratitude to someone who has helped you in an open place, in the office, when he is talking to relatives and friends, on a blog, or even in a local news newspaper.
Surprise them
When your wife comes home, you have prepared a delicious dinner; when your mother finishes her work, she finds that you have cleaned the house, and the little surprise can make your gratitude more vivid.
Be grateful for every day
Maybe you don't need to thank someone, because you can thank life! Thank you today is another day.
Make a list of your reasons for thanking others
Make a list of where someone has helped you, and you'll be grateful for that, and hand it to him in person.
A little kindness for nothing
Don't do good for your own benefit, and don't let it go because it's small. Action is better than words, saying 'thank you' is better than doing a little good deed in return.
Be grateful for the misfortune
Even if life misunderstands you and makes you suffer setbacks and blows, you should be grateful. You are grateful for these sad experiences that make you grow up. You should also be grateful for those who have been there all the time. Thank you for everything you still have.