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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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Why do Jehovah's Witnesses not celebrate Thanksgiving?
Jehovah's Witnesses object to the religious origins of the celebration.
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival traditionally associated with giving thanks to God for the harvest. According to Wikipedia the celebration is "historically religious in origin"
It is a pagan celebration and that is why they don't do Christmas, Easter birthdays Halloween etc. Well if you ask me (I'm a Witness) you should be thankful everyday not just one day or the year.
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Google the origin of Thanksgiving Day. It was said to be a celebration of the harvest . Jehovah's Witnesses would not participate in such a celebration. Many criticize the celebration accusing the United States and European settlers of whitewashing a genocide and injustice against Native Americans.
What NFL team has played the most Thanksgiving Day games?
The Detriot Lions have played every Thanksgiving since 1934. They always played at home. In 1960, The Dallas Coyboys joined hte Tradition and played evey Thanksgiving since then.
Thanksgiving words that begin with g?
· garland
· gift giving
· greeting cards
· goodwill
· gold (a gift to Jesus from the 3 wise men)
· Grinch
· Go Tell It On The Mountain (Christmas Song)
Thanksgiving day hours are the hours a store is open on Thanksgiving. They vary from store to store. Some stores may be open their regular hours, some may have shorter hours, and some may not be open at all on Thanksgiving.
What are three things different about he Pilgrim's thanksgiving than ours?
We have more variety of foods to choose from, thay huntedfor turky, and they harvested their food and it would be prepared.
Did the First Official Thanksgiving take place near Plymouth Rock in 1621?
There were many official days of thanksgiving in colonial America. The feast that occurred near Plymouth Rock in 1621 was not considered by the Puritans as a "thanksgiving" but rather as a prayer.
What Indian chief was at the First Thanksgiving?
Chief Massasoit, the leader of the Wamponoag village, attended the first Thanksgiving.
That Thanksgiving was also attended by Samoset, who was the sagamore (secondary chief) of the Abenaki tribe, and Squanto. Squanto, also known as Tisquantum, was a Patuxet Indian who had been adopted into Massasoit's tribe after his own had been wiped out. Squanto was not a chief. However, he did assist the Pilgrims even though at one point he had been captured by the British and held as a slave.
What character had the longest float in the macy's parade?
The biggest balloon was Superman(3rd version) in 1980.
Is thanksgiving alway the 4th Thursday of November?
Yes, it is if you look at your past and previous calendars!
What does the president do every year on thanksgiving?
The President makes a Thanksgiving Proclamation every year. ( http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/11/26/presidential-proclamation-thanksgiving-day-2014 is a site for the 2014 proclamation.)
In recent years, it has become customary for the National Turkey Federation to give the President a large turkey which he pardons and sends to a farm to live out its natural life.
Why isn't Thanksgiving celebrated on a Friday instead of Thursday?
President George Washington proclaimed the first national day of thanksgiving in 1789, but it was president Abraham Lincoln who officially declared the last Thursday in November Thanksgiving, beginning in 1863. It was during the Civil War, and Lincoln's proclamation advised people to make this holiday a special time for family, religion, and community. Much later, President Franklin Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November to create a longer Christmas shopping season. But in 1941, Congress made Thanksgiving fall on the fourth Thursday in November, and it's been that way ever since!
Why do you eat cranberries at Thanksgiving?
People eat cranberries at Thanksgiving because they are a food that would have been served at the first Thanksgiving, which is commemorated on Thanksgiving Day each November. The early settlers would have used cranberries to preserve their meat.
What 3 foods were probably eaten at the first Thanksgiving?
tug the bar, jackies " Special sauce " and mikey sharpes Big Sausage
in November how may days are business's closed on thanksgiving?
What is the largest parade held in mass?
The Tournament of Roses Parade held every New Year's in Pasadena is the number one parade in television viewership around the world, in live attendance, in prestige, uniqueness and economic windfall for the presenters, city and surrounding area. It also has the longest "waiting list" for entries and the list list of Grand Marshalls outranks any other parade. The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (not Christmas) is a regional parade to promote the Christmas sales season, way too commercial a venture.
Every year tens of thousands of persons from around the globe travel to Pasadena to view the parade and its pre-parade activities in Pasadena as well as the post parade up close viewing in Victory Park.
The West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, held annually on Labor Day, is the largest parade in the US. Estimated public attendance is between 1-4 million people each year!
The St. Patrick's Day parade in NYC with 150,000 marchers and over 2 million viewers in attendance is the largest parade in the United States.
The annual BUD BILLIKEN DAY PARADE held the second Saturday of August in Chicago, IL with well over 150,000 marching units, bands, majorettes and floats in the parade is probable the largest Parade in the USA. Although not as prestigious as the "Rose Bowl Parade" it is certainly one of the oldest dating back to 1929.
If you want to get technical, the Tacoma/Puyallup/Sumner/Orting Daffodil Parade goes on all day and is 26.5 miles long. Those other parades have more people but the daffodil parade goes for a longer distance. If you want to REALLY get technical, the Daffodil parade is 4 parades. There are 4 different start times which in itself proves that it is not a single parade. Currently, the longest parade route of a single parade is the Anna Maria Island 4th of July Parade which runs the entire 7.5 mile length of Anna Maria Island in Florida.
When was the last time the Detroit Lions won on Thanksgiving?
November 23, 2003. they beat the packers 22-14
What did the pilgrims eat and drink?
The Pilgrims often stood around the cooking pot and ate directly out of it. They didn't use forks, but had spoons and a knife. They could use their hands, if they had been washed. They thought if you had your own plate you were a show-off. If only had one chair, the father used it. Children often stood or sat at a smaller table, and only came to large table to get their trenchers(bowls) filled. Salt was sat in the middle of the table. The important people sat near the father(above the salt). Unimportant sat below the salt.
Do people in Bermuda celebrate Thanksgiving?
yes we do celebrate thanksgiving we celebrate it by roasting pig and eating with our family.
