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Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. It is a holiday celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.
The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention. Though the earliest attested Thanksgiving celebration was on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida[1][2], the traditional "first Thanksgiving" is venerated as having occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621.
Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends.
Canada
Main article: Thanksgiving (Canada)
Thanksgiving in Canada occurs on the second Monday in October and Canadians give thanks at the close of the harvest season. Although some people thank God for this bounty it is alway good to thank GOD [3], the holiday is mainly considered secular.

[edit] United States
Main article: Thanksgiving (United States)
Most people celebrate by gathering at home with family or friends for a holiday feast. Though the holiday's origins can be traced to harvest festivals which have been celebrated in many cultures since ancient times, the American holiday has religious undertones related to the deliverance of the English settlers by Native Americans after the violent winter at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The period from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day is ==

Grenada
In Grenada there is a national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on 25 October. It is unrelated to holidays in Canada and the United States even though it bears the same name and occurs around the same time. It marks the anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of the island in 1983 in response to the deposition and execution of Grenadan Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.[4]

[edit] Netherlands
A Thanksgiving Day service is held in Leiden’s 15th century gothic church. The Pilgrims stopped in Leiden on their way to the Americas.[5]

Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day is a public holiday in Croatia. It commemorated the War of Independence. It is celebrated on August 5.
Grenada:In Grenada there is a national holiday of Thanksgiving Day on 25 October. It marks the anniversary of the United States led invasion of the island in 1983.

Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the first Monday in November.

Norfolk Island usually celebrates Thanksgiving day on the last Wednesday in November. American whalers of the 19th Century established the observance of Americans exist on the Island.

Thanksgiving day is celebrated on December 26.