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Thanksgiving Day Classic
Canadian Football League games held on the second Monday in October
Thanksgiving Day Classic
The Thanksgiving Day Classic (French: Classique du jour de l'Action de grâce) is an annual doubleheader held on Thanksgiving in the Canadian Football League (CFL). It is typically one of two days in which the league plays on a Monday afternoon; the other is the Labour Day Classic. Purolator is the presenting sponsor of the event as of 2022. The Montreal Alouettes have hosted the Thanksgiving Day Classic most years since 1997 and every year since 2006. This was originally started to compensate for not being part of the Labour Day Classic festivities; Montreal and the various Ottawa franchises normally play on Labour Day when both franchises are active. The Alouettes' permanent hosting of Thanksgiving remained in place after Ottawa returned to the league in 2014, with the Ottawa Redblacks serving as the permanent away team since 2021. Through the 2013 season, there were two Thanksgiving Day Classics each year, with the second being hosted by a rotating team; Montreal has been the lone host...
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