The most important thank you note you write is the one you are writing right now.
Annual "Thank You" Holidays
More information about the "Thank you" Holidays.
September 21st is World Gratitude Day
What is World Gratitude Day?
It's a day where everyone can celebrate globally. We all know Thanksgiving is celebrated in both the United States and Canada and maybe a handful of other countries. World Gratitude Day can be celebrated by all countries rather than it being specific to any particular country or holiday. It gives us all a reminder to take a pause and think about the people who make a difference in our lives.
How did World Gratitude Day become a National Day? A spiritual leader and meditation teacher, Sri Chinmoy suggested a Global holiday of gratitude. The idea was conceived at a Thanksgiving dinner in the United Nations Meditation Room. Sri Chinmoy and several others pledged to hold it in their home country every year on September 21st.The first annual World Gratitude Day began in 1966.
November: National Gratitude Month
In August of 2015 Stacey Grewal submitted to the registrar at the National Day Calendar proclaiming November National Gratitude Month. Stacey Grewal is the author of “Gratitude & Goals” .She is a spiritual mentor and coach and is all things gratitude.
Thanksgiving: Fourth Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Day, is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people. The American holiday is particularly rich in legend and symbolism, and the traditional fare of the Thanksgiving meal typically includes turkey, bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. With respect to vehicular travel, the holiday is often the busiest of the year, as family members gather with one another.
Thanksgiving Day did not become an official holiday until Northerners dominated the federal government. While sectional tensions prevailed in the mid-19th century, the editor of the popular magazine Godey’s Lady’s Book, Sarah Josepha Hale, campaigned for a national Thanksgiving Day to promote unity. She finally won the support of President Abraham Lincoln. On October 3, 1863, during the Civil War, Lincoln proclaimed a national day of thanksgiving to be celebrated on Thursday, November 26.
The holiday was annually proclaimed by every president thereafter, and the date chosen, with few exceptions, was the last Thursday in November. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, however, attempted to extend the Christmas shopping season, which generally begins with the Thanksgiving holiday, and to boost the economy by moving the date back a week, to the third week in November. But not all states complied, and, after a joint resolution of Congress in 1941, Roosevelt issued a proclamation in 1942 designating the fourth Thursday in November (which is not always the last Thursday) as Thanksgiving Day.
December 26th is National Thank You Note Day
National Thank-You Note Day on December 26th, is recognized as the time-honored tradition of thanking people for their gifts, hospitality, and generosity. It is a day to gather some note cards, paper, pens, envelopes, and stamps to write those special thank-yous.
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-thank-you-note-day-december-26
The earliest thank you notes can be traced back to Chinese and Egyptian cultures. People would often write and exchange notes of friendship, good luck and thanks with one another, as well as social notes in the later 1400s. Thank you notes of today have since come a long way from their original form.
Today, just as in the past, thank you notes are often sent out of gratitude or recognition. They are sent to be meaningful and sincere in a way that has helped them stand the test of time. Whether it’s for wedding gifts, a birthday party or just because, a thank you note is a heartfelt way to express gratitude to another person.
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January 11th is International Thank You Day
International Thank-You Day is celebrated yearly on January 11. It is a day that serves as a reminder that we ought to express our gratitude to those who have made our lives better in some way. What better month to reflect on this than the beginning of the year? We often forget to say, “Thank you,” because we take it for granted or we assume that others know how we feel. This day was founded to recognize the importance of always saying thank you.
During ancient times, societies were already busy communicating with each other. Egyptians would write on papyrus sheets and the Chinese would write on paper. They would send messages to friends such as greetings or wishing them luck for the new year. There must have been some thank you scrolls thrown in there as well. The word ‘thank’ is believed to have originated between c.450 and c.1100. The Old English noun meant “thought.” Its meaning progression was documented by the “Oxford English Dictionary,” and it became a “favorable "thought, feeling, or goodwill.” It evolved further into “kindly thought or feeling entertained towards anyone for favor or services” by the Middle Ages.
The practice of sending messages to friends started to become popular in the 1400s when Europeans exchanged greeting cards with family members and friends. They embraced this new form of social expression which included delivering notes by hand. There were probably some hand-written thank you notes delivered here and there as well. Long after the Europeans began using greeting cards, German immigrant, Louis Prang migrated to the U.S. around Christmas of 1873, where he produced and sold greeting cards to the European market from his base in Boston, Massachusetts. By 1874, he was making and selling Christmas cards in the U.S. as well. Since then, both the Christmas and thank you cards have been in demand as years went by.
Expressions of gratitude not only come from the written word. The habit of always saying “thank you” started during the commercial revolution of the 16th and 17th Centuries. It was popular among the middle classes who used it often as it was the type of language heard and was used in offices and shops as well. For the last 500 years, its usage has spread across the world.