text: when is thanksgivings day? whats the meaning of it?im spanish just curious nov. 23  thanksgiving day is when we give thanks for all we have. the us associates it with pilgrims who settled in plymouth, massachusets. the wampanog tribe helped them survive there. after the harvest, they had a feast. during that time it was not regarded as thanksgiving yet. harvest feasts were common in england and for the native american tribes. the pilgrims didn't hold a true thanksgiving until 1623 after a drought. thanksgiving started to become and annual celebration in 1630 for the massachusets bay colony. it started to spread after that.