THANKSGIVING Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America‚ generally observed as an expression of gratitude‚ usually to God. The most common view of its origin is that it was to give thanks to God for the bounty of the autumn harvest. In the United States‚ the holiday is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. In Canada‚ where the harvest generally ends earlier in the year‚ the holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October‚ which is observed as Columbus Day or protested
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Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well
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creating our lovely day of Thanksgiving. When Thanksgiving is thought of‚ the first thing that comes to mind is turkey and a plentiful amount of food. Thanksgiving to me‚ is the time to be together with the ones you care about. Coming together for a day to just be with each other and to catch up is what Thanksgiving means to me. Family should be with each other to share memories and to realize the plentiful amount of blessings they have been given. Thanksgiving is not only a day for gorging
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WHAT THANKSGIVING MEANS TO ME In the United States‚ Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday‚ of November. However‚ seven nations also observe Thanksgiving as an official holiday. Those nations are Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Canada‚ Japan‚ Korea‚ Liberia‚ and Switzerland. The first Thanksgiving is on record as being celebrated in the year 1621 near Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ with a feast following the Pilgrims first harvest. However‚ the feast was never repeated. In fact‚ the devoutly religious
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For most people‚ enjoying turkey‚ mashed potatoes‚ cranberry sauce‚ and pumpkin for Thanksgiving are as traditional and American as‚ well‚ apple pie. But how did the Pilgrims really celebrate on what we now regard as the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1621? Is our celebration and traditional menu truly akin to that enjoyed by the Pilgrims and their Wampanoag Indian guests? The only written record of the famous meal tells us that the harvest celebration lasted three days and included
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What I’m Thankful for Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks. It is also the time to sit down and enjoy a meal with your family. Even though enjoying a meal with your family is very important‚ Thanksgiving is also important to ask you and your family what are you thankful for. Being thankful can be a long or short accomplishment; a goal that can be achieved. This year‚ I’m thankful that I’m currently enrolled at Thomas Nelson Community College‚ graduated from high school‚ and my family
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MICHAEL ARLEN: ODE TO THANKSGIVING It is time‚ at last‚ to speak the truth about Thanksgiving‚ and the truth is this. Thanksgiving is really not such a terrific holiday. Consider the traditional symbols of the event: Dried corn husks hanging on the door! Terrible wine! Cranberry jelly in little bowls of extremely doubtful provenance which everyone is required to handle with the greatest of care! Consider the participants‚ the merrymakers: men and women (also children) who have survived
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essay you are going to hear about how we celebrate Thanksgiving compared to how the first Americans celebrated. Our Thanksgivings are very different first off we use forks and spoons‚ the pilgrims mainly used their hands to eat their food. A thing the pilgrims did was the they ate the food closet to if it was across from them they wouldn’t eat it. We go around the table to get what we want to eat instead the pilgrim way of doing things. Thanksgiving became a holiday in the eighteen hundreds so it wasn’t
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“First Thanksgiving”‚ pilgrims and nativeamericans discuss today’s new Thanksgiving traditions in a 1621 setting. The topics these people are talking about around the table show that not everybody today focuses on the true meaning of Thanksgiving‚ based on the activities the holiday involves today compared to four hundred years ago. First off in Granlund’s comic‚ one of the pilgrims is shown saying “Although we do not yet have HD plasma TV”. The next pilgrim goes on to say “to watch Thanksgiving football”
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I didn’t experience my first Thanksgiving until I was 10 years old. For millions of Americans‚ Thanksgiving is a day for feasting on immense portions of food‚ watching football‚ and napping on the couch. However‚ for most of my life‚ it was just an ordinary day like any other‚ in which I was allowed to miss school‚ play games‚ and even watch some TV. It wasn’t because I didn’t know about Thanksgiving. I knew it was the reason why my teacher spent the days leading up to it having us make
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