Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated mostly in Canada and in the United States. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.

In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October as an annual holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season, whereas in the United States, it has been an annual tradition by presidential proclamation since 1863. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November.

According to some historians, the first celebration of Thanksgiving in North America occurred in 1578 during the voyage of Martin Frobisher from England, who was looking for the Northwest Passage. Although the origin of Thanksgiving is still disputed, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday.

This year, in Canada the holiday fell on the 9th of October, while in the United States it was on the 23rd of November.

Many digital agencies gave thanks and took some free time to celebrate. Take a look at what they did!

Canada started first!

https://twitter.com/drive_digital/status/917433259612606466

And some agencies were so excited that couldn’t wait until the 23rd!
Like for example..

1. Situation celebrating from New York

Situation gives thanks! Today, the entire team came together for our annual #Thanksgiving potluck. pic.twitter.com/jJIoCZao44

— Situation (@Situation) November 17, 2017

2. Wunderman LA couldn’t wait for the other country offices!

https://twitter.com/WundermanLA/status/931704339411894272

3. O3, were they prepared?

https://twitter.com/o3world/status/933382819987980288

4. NMPi even took advantadge and celebrated x2. Congratulations!

Celebrating the launch of our US offices in style with a Thanksgiving lunch. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone. #WeAreThankful pic.twitter.com/tjFtcda8Zu

— Incubeta NMPi (@nmpi_digital) November 23, 2017

5. Hey Siegel+Gale, those missing slices are for us, right?

Good family + good friends + good food = good times.
Happy #Thanksgiving. pic.twitter.com/IlbM5I7T4v

— Siegel+Gale (@SiegelGale) November 23, 2017

6. Thanks but I’m getting off at e3 station!

https://twitter.com/e3_media/status/933696531693293568

7. Happy Thanksgiving for you as well Squeaky!

We are thankful for all of our clients, friends and families, and thankful for each other. #HappyThanksgiving from our team to yours! pic.twitter.com/UvV8MsDATE

— Squeaky Wheel Media (@SqueakyNYC) November 23, 2017

8. I’d feel sad to eat these cute pancakes!

In the spirit of family, food, and traditions, we'd like to wish you a happy Thanksgiving with turkey-day themed pancake art by Chuck Yust, a principal design technologist at frog, and his two kids. Every Saturday for the past four years, Chuck and his son (6) and daughter (3) come together to make art out of pancake mix, and it's pretty freaking adorable. His kids come with the requests, help mix, and make; so, as Chuck says: "We have a lot of Disney princesses, Star Wars characters, and dinosaurs for breakfast…" Follow along their pancake-making adventures at @prandomcakes, and feel free to put in a request for their next art piece in the comments below! Happy Thanksgiving.🦃

Una publicación compartida de frog (@frog_design) el 23 de Nov de 2017 a la(s) 4:34 PST

9. Just by chance, are there any leftovers?

It’s all fun and games until your jeans don’t fit…#DoGoodBeGood

Una publicación compartida de Dom & Tom (@dom_and_tom) el 22 de Nov de 2017 a la(s) 9:29 PST

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