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The first Thanksgiving was a three-day long celebration.
The exact days of the first Thanksgiving are not known. It is believed this celebration extended for several days and it is known that it occurred during the Fall of 1621.
The first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days.
The first Thanksgiving lasted 3 days.
Thanksgiving Unwrapped showed that the first Thanksgivings were celebrated for 3 days.
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Thanksgiving is only one day, the first Thursday every November.
After a long hard year when, were it not for their native friends, the pilgrims would surely have perished, they were ready for a celebration. Their first harvest was bountiful and they wanted to glorify God's providence and show their gratitude for those who had helped them. The first Thanksgiving feast lasted for three days in December, 1621.
Thanksgiving lasted 3 days because in 1961 when it first come in to place that's how many days it took to marinate the turkey.
It all depends on the year. For example if its 2011 the first thanksgiving was 392 years ago.
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was not called that by the Pilgrims. They did not feel it was an event to be thankful for and called it a "Harvest Festival" in celebration of the colony's first successful harvest. For them it was strictly religious giving thanks to the Lord.