The Thanksgiving Day Classic is an annual doubleheader held on Thanksgiving in the Canadian Football League. It is one of two days in which the league plays on a Monday afternoon; the other is the Labour Day Classic. Unlike the Labour Day Classic, the teams in the Thanksgiving Day Classic rotate each year; however, the Montreal Alouettes have typically hosted the early game in years there is no team in Ottawa (1997-2001 and 2007-2012), much in the same way the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys host the NFL's Thanksgiving games. Ottawa (in its various forms, the Rough Riders, Renegades, and a third team yet to be named) is Montreal's traditional Labour Day rival. The games also lack a presenting sponsor as the Labour Day Classic games have. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats hosted CFL games annually f