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Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving holiday or celebration is in fact celebrated in many countries. Thanksgiving is essentially a harvest related festival and celebrates the harvest when it is completed and the work is done. Worldwide, harvest celebrations are observed with different names and at different times depending on the harvest season of the country. Ask questions here about the origin and traditions surrounding Thanksgiving such as foods served, giving thanks, and parades.
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When and how is Thanksgiving celebrated in the US?
Thanksgiving is usually celebrate in a house. The reason is because most of the harvest crops tastes good when around a table in a warm house. Some people celebrate Thanksgiving at Ford Field of Coyboys Stadium with their tailgate.
Answer: It's celebrated in the United States to commemorate a celebratory dinner attended by Pilgrims and Indians. It's celebrated in Canada, too, but I don't know why. (And it's not the same date.)
What sport do many people watch after Thanksgiving?
wich game is often wached after thanksgiving dinner
Why do people get together with their familys on Thanksgiving?
On the "First Thanksgiving" everyone got together with each other and the Indians too. But getting together with your family is not a have to, people just like to.
What store presents the thanksgiving day parade?
Macy's Department Store has sponsored New York City's famous Thanksgiving day parade since 1924. See the related link for more information.
Why did the pilgrims invent Thanksgiving dinner?
The first nations celebrated Thanksgiving first to give thanks for the good harvest. When the pilgrims came, they took up the tradition of thanksgiving for the good harvest they are getting and also because of giving thanks for everything the have.
What did the first Thanksgiving meal consist of?
NOT Turkey!! and I'm not joking!! Other foods probably included corn, deer, eggs, squash, spices, tomatoes, and seafood.
Here is more:
While it could be true that turkey was not served at the first Thanksgiving, it may have been. What is known is the pilgrims went on fowl hunt and brought back some type of fowl and the Indians brought deer. They would have served different types of vegetables, but they would not have had pumpkin pie and other desserts. Pumpkin at that time, would have been served as a vegetable.
For more information about what foods were served at the first Thanksgiving, see the Related Question.
Why does the US celebrate the holiday of thanks giving?
It is a way to be thankful that we are here at all, and to give thanks to the Lord for putting a roof over our head and putting food on our plate.
It started in the 1620's, when the pilgrims first came to Plymouth, they were having a terrible time, when the Indians began to help them, they did better, and they all lived in harmony. After a bountiful harvest, the Indians and the pilgrims came together and had a huge feast and thanked God that they were doing well and prospering.
How Thanksgiving got its name?
Because Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what you have. It originated with the pilgrims and Indians getting together to "give thanks" (thanksgiving) to God.
One of the very first Thanksgiving days actually occurred before the arrival of the Pilgrims. This festival was completely religious in nature, and did not involve any feasting. On 4 December 1619, a group of settlers from England arrived at Berkeley Plantation on the James River, now known as Charles City, Virginia. This group dedicated this day of their arrival as a Day of Thanksgiving to God.
What are good dessert recipe ideas for Thanksgiving?
- Maybe a fast thinking dessert is apple pie not from scratch. Or if you want a big dessert, make apple pie, ice-cream, pecan pie, and much more.
- Take a big marshmallow, dip it in melted chocolate. Buy those striped cookies with a circle in the middle, stick chocolate covered marshmallow on top so chocolate is showing on cookie. It should look like a pilgrim hat.
- Maybe the best dessert for Thanksgiving is probably pumpkin pie with whipped cream on top and a vanilla ice cream on the side.
- If you're going for a classic, try pumpkin pie. But if you wanted to try something more interesting, you could make sweet potato pie or pumpkin souffle. Both recipes are easy and can be found on the internet.
What holiday ranks third in most food consumption in the US after Thanksgiving and Christmas?
Superbowl Sunday, but that's not really a holiday. I heard it is actually ahead of Christmas.
When was the very firs Thanksgiving day?
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
What Indian group celebrated the first Thanksgiving?
The Pilgrims, who celebrated the first thanksgiving in America, were fleeing religious persecution in their native England. In 1609 a group of Pilgrims left England for the religious freedom in Holand where they lived and prospered.
What businesses give employees of for thanksgiving?
Though it seems like more and more businesses are open on Thanksgiving, most businesses are still closed for Thanksgiving, so their employees get the day off. Whether the day is a paid day off depends on the business.
Businesses that are not likely to give their employees Thanksgiving day off are convenience stores, some stores and some restaurants.
Did the Pilgrims invite the Indians to the first Thanksgiving?
No, the Pilgrims did not have a harvest feast the following year (1622), because the harvest was so poor. In fact, they did not begin to prosper until around 1625. The harvest feast was not considered a "day of thanksgiving" by the English--to them, a day of thanksgiving was a religious observance. The Pilgrims did have a day of thanksgiving in 1623, not for the harvest, but for rain, which ended a long drought.
Over the next 150 years, harvest feasts were held sporadically throughout the American colonies, in good years. It was not until 1789 that George Washington declared "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer", to give thanks to God for the establishment of a self-governing nation of people. Even then, Thanksgiving was not an annual holiday. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation setting the date of the Thanksgiving holiday that we now observe.
What US President set the date for Thanksgiving?
Two Presidents actually: Lincoln in 1865 and later Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 through 1941, when it became set by law.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as the final Thursday in November. This was followed by annual proclamations by other Presidents until 1939, when November had five Thursdays. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in specifying "the second to last Thursday" adopted a precedent that he tried to carry over to 1940. This was opposed by many, and Congress passed two resolutions, the final one signed by FDR on December 26, 1941, firmly establishing the 4th Thursday date.
What is typical for a Turkey dinner?
Many people serve turkey dinner for special occasions such as Christmas and Thanksgiving. A typical turkey dinner normally consists of a roasted turkey served with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, and vegetables. Cranberry sauce is served to top off the turkey.
How did turkey become the main course for Thanksgiving?
The historic descriptions of the pilgrims first celebration mentioned only fowl. While there may have been wild turkey, it was much more likely that the fowl mentioned was duck, grouse, goose and swan which were much more available and in quantity at the time.
Turkey became popular as the Thanksgiving celebrations became more and more of a gathering of family and friends. It was much easier to cook one large bird for the meal than several small chickens or ducks.
Meat eaten at first Thanksgiving?
There are many different types of meat comsumed on Thanksgiving. The main type is turkey, which is eaten because of tradition. Another is ham with honey because it is sweet so people like sweet foods.
Who were the first people to celebrate Thanksgiving and when?
The event that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October 1621. This feast lasted three days, and as accounted by attendee Edward Winslow it was attended by 90 Native Americans (who provided most of the meat: five freshly killed deer) and 53 Pilgrims. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings", days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought (not feasts).
In later years problems arose between the Pilgrims and Native Americans.
What did the Pilgrims eat for dessert at the first Thanksgiving?
They didn't have an oven back then so they couldn't have pie or bread and pastrys or sweet not even pumkin pie i know that would suck to bee back in time without pumkin pie
