Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the U.S. on the
fourth Thursday of November and on the second Monday of October in Canada.
First, a group of European immigrants were heading to North-Virginia (of that
time), but they ended up in Cape Cod due to a sea storm. This happened in the late
fall of 1620. This company grounded a town called Plymouth. They weren’t able
to start farming or raising their own food because of the cold weather so they
starved of a huge famine. Many people died. In the spring time, a local Indian
chief named Massasoit helped the newcomers by giving them food and teaching
them to raise their own food correctly. Next autumn the new Americans and local
Indians joined to celebrate and eat together on a traditional Indian party of giving
thanks for the blessing of the harvest of the previous year. This common supper is
considered to be the origin of the Thanksgiving Day we know today.
Nowadays families get together on a
thanksgiving day to eat for example turkey, corn and pumpkin pies. Thanksgiving
is a national holiday (in fact even for a couple of days). It is the most
important family-holiday in U.S.A, even more important than Christmas.