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Thanksgiving, (hence the name "giving" "thanks"- "Thanksgiving") is a day giving thanks for all the blessings of the year. Originally celebrated by pilgrims and Indians, the day was celebrated with a large harvest feast. They would sing and dance in celebration of all they had recieved.
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∙ 14y agoIt is observed as a legal holiday in the United States to commemorate the feast held at Plymouth in 1621 by the Pilgrim colonists and members of the Wampanoag people and marked by the giving of thanks to God for harvest and health and it is celebrated in Canada by the giving of thanks to God for harvest and health.
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