Rome on Thanksgiving Day

[A Knitter]

The Marina will be sailing next year on Thanksgiving Day Rome to Miami. Although most of us will be in Rome days before, exactly what will be open on the Holiday for anyone arriving the day of hoping to catch a glimpse of the Vatican/shopping before embarkation late evening.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to All.:)

[Marebear]

As far as I know, Italy does not celebrate our Thanksgiving Day so it should be "business as usual".

[A Knitter]

I didn't think so either but I do believe the Pope says Mass which brings a huge crowd that might close down stores. Always wanted to be at the Vatican during Thanksgiving and/or Xmas. Thanks Marebear

[StanandJim]

Yes, our Thanksgiving holiday is just another day in Italy.

 

Be careful of scheduling too much on that day, however tempting it might sound now.

 

Although you may make it in less time, you'll need to allow three hours for the trip to Civitavecchia, and Oceania will want you on the ship by 8pm at the very latest.

 

And we haven't even discussed jet lag or baggage delays yet....

Couldn't we talk you into flying into Rome a little earlier? :confused:

[A Knitter]

Yes, our Thanksgiving holiday is just another day in Italy.

 

Be careful of scheduling too much on that day, however tempting it might sound now.

 

Although you may make it in less time, you'll need to allow three hours for the trip to Civitavecchia, and Oceania will want you on the ship by 8pm at the very latest.

 

And we haven't even discussed jet lag or baggage delays yet....

Couldn't we talk you into flying into Rome a little earlier? :confused:

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving, Stanand Jim. I plan on being in Rome 3 days before sailing. This will be my 4th trip there, but just wasn't sure about the crowds at St. Peters Square on Thanksgiving since Marina sails that day. I believe I confused the two Holidays as the Pope does Mass at Xmas which brings a huge following and not at Thanksgiving.:D

[digby]

Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Traditionally, it has been a time to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. While it may have been religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular holiday.[1] It is sometimes casually referred to as Turkey Day.

In Canada, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October, which is Columbus Day in the United States. In the United States, it falls on the fourth Thursday of November.

The precise historical origin of the holiday is disputed. Although Americans commonly believe that the first Thanksgiving happened in 1621 at Plymouth, Massachusetts, there is some evidence for an earlier harvest celebration by Spanish explorers in Florida during 1565. There was also a celebration two years before Plymouth (in 1619) in Virginia. There was a Thanksgiving of sorts in Newfoundland, modern-day Canada in 1578 but it was to celebrate a homecoming instead of the harvest.

Thanksgiving Day is also celebrated in Leiden, in the Netherlands. A different holiday which uses the same name is celebrated at a similar time of year in the island of Grenada.