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THANKSGIVING DAY

THANKSGIVING DAY. It is one of the most favourite and widely celebrated American and Canadian holidays . . Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the last Thursday of November.

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THANKSGIVING DAY

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  1. THANKSGIVING DAY It is one of the most favourite and widely celebrated American and Canadian holidays. Thanksgiving is always celebrated on the last Thursday of November

  2. This day people give thanks to God for all the blessings they’ve got the year by feasting and prayer. It is a historical and religious holiday that began with the Pilgrims.

  3. A pilgrim is a traveller to a holy place. In July 1620 British pilgrims departed for America on board the Mayflower.

  4. Wampanoag Tribe and Squanto, the Indians, taught the pilgrims how to plant corn or maize, to catch fish, to grow pumpkins, beans, peas and other crops, the art of hunting and angling.

  5. The First Thanksgiving - 1621

  6. Traditional thanksgiving food roast turkey stuffing cranberry sauce

  7. Barbecued deer ribs mashed potatoes green French bean

  8. corn Brussels sprout

  9. pumpkin pie corn bread corn cakes

  10. Thanksgiving today Gather as a family Give thanks / pray Eat lots of food Watch American football

  11. handicrafts

  12. Rose Garden turkey ceremony Every year, before Thanksgiving, one or two turkeys are given to the White House. At a ceremony in the Rose Garden, the President announces that these turkeys will never be killed and eaten. Then they're sent to a farm.

  13. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

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