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[[File:Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.PNG|400px|thumb|left|The First Thanksgiving. Not pictured: on-call physicians, nurses, and other medical staff.]] '''Thanksgiving''' is an annual holiday in the United States typically held on the fourth Thursday in November, and it is marked by the presence of turkey and the absence of medical providers since stuck working in the hospital.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2013/11/thanksgiving/ Hospital Workers Can’t Think of Any Other Place They’d Rather Be on Thanksgiving Day]</ref> An exception to this rule are students, who are specifically sent home in order to diagnose family members, and hospital administrators, who deserve a break from all that administrating.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/11/medical-students/ Medical and Nursing Students Return Home This Thanksgiving Ready to Diagnose Their Families]</ref><ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2014/11/hospital-administrators/ Bold Hospital Planning on Operating Over Thanksgiving Weekend Without Hospital Administrators]</ref> The holiday celebrates when the Pilgrims came to North American in 1621, were scheduled for overnight call, and completely missed dinner with the Native Americans. A similar holiday is held on the second Monday of October in Canada.