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Thanksgiving

What is Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving Day is a holiday

celebrated primarily in the United states and Canada .

Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the

fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving in Canada falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the United

States. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is

celebrated.

History

Thanksgiving in North America had originated from a mix of European and Native traditions. Typically in Europe, festivals were held before and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest, and to

rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community. At the time, Native Americans had also celebrated the end of a harvest

season. When Europeans first arrived to the Americas, they brought with them their own harvest festival traditions from Europe,

celebrating their safe voyage, peace and good harvest.

What foods are traditional eaten on Thanksgiving?

Turkey Potatoes Cranberry Pumpkin Pie Corn Vegetables

Symbols

Cornucopia

• Cornucopia is one of the important symbols of Thanksgiving day. It is a representative symbol of fertility, wealth and abundance. It was represented by a horn-shaped vessel, with an abundance of fruits, flowers, nuts ...

Corn

• Corn is one of the popular symbols of thanksgiving. It came in many varieties and colours-red and yellow. It is certain that corn were a part of the first thanksgiving dinner.

Turkey

• The greatest symbol of Thanksgiving Day is the Peru Day of Thanksgiving for many is called the Day of Peru.

Pumpkin pie

• Pumpkin pie is a traditional sweet dessert, eaten during the fall and early winter, especially for Thanksgiving in the United States. The pumpkin is a symbol of harvest time.

Thanksgiving day songs

• The Turkey SongI'm a little turkeyShort and FatThanksgiving Day is comingNow what do you think of that ?I had better run as fast as I canOr your mommy will roast me in a pan!

• The First ThanksgivingPick the corn and pick the beans,Pick the squash and other greensIt is harvest time you seeCome and share a feast with me.Bring your family out to play,We'll call this Thanksgiving Day

• Hello, Mr. TurkeyHello, Mr. Turkey how are you?Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?With a gobble, gobble, gobble,And a wobble, wobble, wobble.Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?

Thanksgiving poems• The Little Pilgrim

Cranberries dripping down my chinHave stained my pilgrim suit.I ate too much Thanksgiving dayBut I don't give a hoot.

I slurped a pile of dressing,Gobbled down a turkey thigh,Dribbled messy cranberriesDevoured some pumpkin pie.

Within me on this special dayIt's a thankful heart that beats.For all the things that I enjoyBut mainly for the eats

• Thanksgiving TimeWhen all the leaves are off the boughs,And nuts and apples gathered in,And cornstalks waiting for the cows,And pumpkins safe in barn and bin,Then Mother says, "My children dear,The fields are brown, and autumn flies;Thanksgiving Day is very near,And we must make thanksgiving pies!"

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