Thanksgiving's dubious origins

[cos]

Yesterday, my housemate asked if Thanksgiving is a holiday all over the world, or mainly just here? We all knew that Canada has a Thanksgiving in October, but she had no idea if it's widespread in the rest of the world. I thought it was probably just here, and couldn't think of any other country that has it, but didn't know whether maybe a few others might... so I went searching the net.

Apparently, one other country in the world has a national Thanksgiving holiday. It's on October 25th, in between the Canadian (2nd Monday of October) and American (4th Thursday of November). Do you know which country, and what the holiday is commemorating?

Think of your answer. Then click here to check. Then come back and vote in my poll, and also leave a comment with your initial reaction once you found out (preferably before reading anyone else's comments).

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[seventorches.livejournal.com]

I had an asshole BF once who asked me how Bolivia celebrates Thanksgiving. I said they don't, it's a USanian holiday. He insisted that "They must do SOMETHING, because Thanksgiving is really just the Indian's original harvest festival, and every culture has harvest festivals!" And I could not convince him that no, in fact, "the harvest" is not in November in all parts of the globe; and that in fact, the Andes contains a lot of climates and several cultures; and no, they don't have anything in November that I've ever heard of; and that in fact, I'm sick of talking about it and don't give a rat's ass what they do in Bolivia in November or any other time of year; and that if he really wanted to know he could go look it up and quit bugging me. If I'd told him this thing about Granada he'd never have believed me. :)