Thanksgiving 2018 (Canada)

Every year on the second Monday in October, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving with fall feasts—surrounded by loved ones. The holiday originally derived from European harvest festivals (much like it’s American counterpart), is now a day for giving thanks for the many blessings in one’s life.

Thanksgiving  wasn’t always observed as consistently as it is today. It wasn’t until 1957, that Vincent Massey, Governor General of Canada, solidified the date in the calendar. Since then, Canadians get together over this long weekend, every year, to share a meal with their family and friends. Traditional autumn vegetables are on the menu most Thanksgivings, along with classics like turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes.

Today’s Doodle was created using construction paper cutouts and features squash, pumpkins, and other harvest bounty—like the ones that decorated early harvest festivals.

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada!

A message from the creator of today’s Doodle, Randeep Katari:

“As a Canadian living in NYC for the last 7 years, I really miss Thanksgiving back home in Canada. So I was super excited to be asked to do this doodle to celebrate Thanksgiving!

I started with a couple of concept sketches for the pitch and once a direction was chosen, began working on a final draft of a drawing. After a few iterations, I realized that it made sense to create the Doodle using real materials instead of simply mimicking them.

Initial Concept for the Doodle created by Randeep Katari

I then proceeded to design, draw, create, cut and assemble the individual pieces using construction paper and glue, and once assembled, photographed it on a desk. Once the photography was done, I edited the image to replace the desk with a white background, and add the final details.”

Cut outs and staging are nearly complete

Once staging was complete, Randeep took a picture of the Doodle (and his sneakers)!