Today is
Thanksgiving in the USA and our friend Kimberly has told us about the
celebration.
It consists of a day
of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding
year. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the
United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada.
The event that
Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was
celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World
in 1621. This feast lasted three days, and it was attended by 90
Native Americans and 53 Pilgrims.
In the United
States, certain kinds of food are traditionally served at
Thanksgiving meals. Firstly, baked or roasted turkey is usually the
featured item on any Thanksgiving feast table (so much so that
Thanksgiving is sometimes referred to as "Turkey Day").
Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry
sauce, sweet corn, various fall vegetables (mainly various kinds of
squashes), and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving
dinner.
In order to
celebrate Thanksgiving at school, our small children have dranw a
turkey using his hand and we gave thanks for all the things we are
gratefull for in our lifes such as family, friends, love...
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