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Hey, it's Thanksgiving today in the USA and Brazil, and also kind of in Japan, so maybe it's a good day for me to ask, WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR? (a-z-animals.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is a wishful-thinking style article on the web where some yank once met some yank who lived in Brazil and thus decided from this that every person in Brazil celebrated the USian holiday. Same in Japan, who definitely do not celebrate thanksgiving any more than Brazil does. But the yanks all think the world revolves around them.

[+] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is not, however, the holiday that Americans call Thanksgiving.

[+] Stovetop@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[–] Thisfox@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If other countries had a public holiday on January First, would that mean they celebrate Federation Day? If they had a public holiday later on in January, then are they celebrating my countries Invasion Day?

Yes, it is the same day as one in America. No, that doesn't mean the Japanese are all celebrating a US thanksgiving.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's not always the same day, this year is just coincidental.

Being a holiday established during the post-war US occupation of Japan, though, I wouldn't say it is entirely disconnected from the US holiday. It was willed into existence by Americans based on the fact that the US also celebrates a holiday around that time of year, and so the name is not coincidental.

I'd consider them as related as Christmas and Yule, at least.