What is Thanksgiving?           

Thanksgiving Day is a day set aside each year for giving thanks to God for blessings received during the year. On this day, people give thanks with feasting and prayer. The holiday is celebrated in the United States and Canada. 

The first Thanksgiving in New England was celebrated in Plymouth less than a year
after the Plymouth colonists had settled in America. The first dreadful winter in Massachusetts had killed about half the members of the colony.

Somehow they were saved by a group of local Native Americans who befriended them and helped them with food. Soon the natives taught the settlers the technique to cultivate corns and grow native vegetables, and store them for hard days. By the next winter they had raised enough crops to keep them alive. The winter came and passed by without much harm. The settlers knew they had beaten the odds and it was time to celebrate.

In the United States, Thanksgiving is usually a family day, celebrated with big dinners and joyous reunions.

What is a Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner?

A traditional Thanksgiving dinner includes corn bread stuffing, mashed potatoes,turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, and a variety of other dishes. Favorite desserts include pumpkin pie. 

 

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