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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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How did the Pilgrims celebrate Thanksgiving?
they ate goose deer cranberry sauce they had duck milk pig wild turkey
Massasoit was the chief of what Indians?
Massasoit was chief of the Wampanog Indians. He had two sons Metacom and Squanto.
How big is a usual turkey for Thanksgiving and how big should the oven be?
A standard oven would work. Turkeys range from 3-35 pounds, you should estimate about one and a half to two pounds per person. My family has a 18-22 pound turkey for about 12-14 people with some leftovers.
Is the Bronx Zoo open Thanksgiving weekend?
no the animals will be too cold in th cold air the people who work in the bronx zoo would take all the animals to a warmer climate for the winter
Why did Lincoln choose a Thursday for Thanksgiving?
Likely, he was just following George Washington's earlier decision to have it on a Thursday, implicitly for the same reason underlying Washington's decision. What then was behind Washington's decision?
Probably to keep it from the Sabbath, which is Saturday or Sunday in Judeo-Christian tradition. Well then, why not Friday, or even Wednesday?
Probably because Wednesday and Friday were days of fasting in Christian tradition. While you can eat fish on those days, Christians traditionally could not eat meat, or feast. That would only leave Monday, Tuesday or Thursday.
Of note, Canadian Thanksgiving always falls on a Monday.
What day will Thanksgiving land up on in 2009?
Thanksgiving for 2009 fell on Thursday, November 26. By law, Thanksgiving is a federal holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday of each November.
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Name or names that Indians celebrate: Geronimo, Crazy Horse, Leonard Peletier, Sequoya, Tecumseh, Wilma Mankiller...
How does the club penguin Thanksgiving party look like?
there is no thanksgiving party on club penguin everyone knows that
Where do most of the imports from turkey come from?
Imports from Turkey will come from Turkey.
In much the same way as imports from France will come from France, and imports from Spain will come from Spain.
Who is the founder of Macy's department store?
Rowland Hussey Macy, Sr. (August 30, 1822 - March 29, 1877) was an American businessman who founded the department store chain R.H. Macy and Company.
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What is 'Thanksgiving' in French?
Le Jour de l'Action de Grace is a French equivalent of 'Thanksgiving'. In the word by word translation, the masculine definite article 'le' and the feminine definite article 'la'* mean 'the'. The masculine gender noun 'jour'means 'day'. The preposition 'de' means 'of'. The feminine gender noun 'action' means 'act'. The feminine gender noun 'grace' means 'thanks'. The phrase is pronounced 'luh zhoor duh lah-ksee-oh duh grahss'.
The day first was celebrated by French Canadians in 1604. The event was organized under the direction of Francois Grave Du Pont [November 1560-1629] and the assistance of Samuel de Champlain [c. 1567-1580 - December 25, 1635]. This first Thanksgiving by the all male settlement was held on Ile Sainte Croix. The following year, in 1605, the settlement moved to Port-Royal. Nowadays, Saint Croix Island, as it's known in the United States of America, is an uninhabited island of the Saint Croix River. The river marks the boundary between the state of Maine and the province of New Brunswick.
*The vowel is dropped before an ensuing word that begins with a vowel. The temporary dropping of the vowel is indicated by the apostrophe.
How long until thanksgiving day arrives?
From 18 November, the day this question was asked, there are six days until Thanksgiving Day in the US.
When was the last time the Dallas Cowboys lost on Thanksgiving Day?
On November 25, 2010, Dallas was defeated by the New Orleans Saints, 30-27, at Cowboys Stadium.
Who is a famous Thanksgiving Indian?
Squanto was the famous the first Thanksgiving Indian that assisted the Pilgrims the first few years. He was a member of the Patuxent tribe.
How do Romans celebrate Thanksgiving?
If you are talking about Ancient Romans, obviously they didn't celebrate Thanksgiving, because it wasn't invented until about 1200 years after the Roman period. In modern Rome very few people, if any, would celebrate Thanksgiving, because Thanksgiving is a purely USA celebration which Europeans don't think about. I was born in the UK, I had not heard of Thanksgiving until I was 12 years old.
What Spike Lee movie finds a woman asking three boyfriends over for Thanksgiving dinner?
What Spike Lee movie finds a woman asking three boyfriends over for Thanksgiving dinner?
