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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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Do Jehovah's Witnesses celebrate Thanksgiving?
No, Jehovah's witnesses do not because of the celebrations religious roots.
No, because is not a religious date, nor is celebrated in the Bible. Another notation is that we should give God thanks for every day, every meal and every occasion that we have to be together with family and friends and not just one day out of the 365 days.
When is Christmas celebrated in Italy?
It actually started in Rome (part of Italy, of course). The Romans had a festival called the Saturnalia, celebrating the Winter Solstice on December 21 as the rebirth of Sol Invictus (the invincible sun). Additionally, the pagan god, Mithras, had a birthday on December 25. Part of the festival involved merry-making and the exchange of gifts. An early pope declared that December 25 was the birthday of Jesus, intending to graft a Christian holiday onto one that was already being celebrated anyway. (This was a common practice in the early Church, "usurping" pagan holidays and giving them a Christian spin.) Jesus, by the way, was probably born in spring (March or April). The Bible tells us that shepherds were out in the fields watching their flocks by night, which they wouldn't have done in December because it was too cold. The Winter Solstice has been celebrated by many cultures and in northern Europe, especially, it was marked by bonfires and the display of lights, which is the origin of our modern Christmas light displays. They would also decorate their homes with evergreens, thought to have magical properties because they stayed green throughout the winter. In northern Europe the festival was called Yule. So what we celebrate at this time of year is not the birth of Jesus but the rebirth of the sun (days grow longer after the Winter Solstice). Aware of its pagan origins, the Puritans prohibited the celebration of Christmas. And some modern denominations do, as well. Mainstream denominations follow the example of that ancient pope.
What are the foods most commonly associated with summer?
Fresh fruits and veggies in season, not canned or frozen. Tomatoes, okra, squash, snap beans, carrots, peaches, pears, melons and berries.
Wild turkeys can live up to 10 years of age.
Wild turkeys can live up to 10 years of age.
Wild turkeys can live up to 10 years of age.
Wild turkeys can live up to 10 years of age.
Wild turkeys can live up to 10 years of age.
Wild turkeys can live up to 10 years of age.
What did pigrims eat on the first Thanksgiving?
I'm assuming your referring to Thanksgiving of 1621 at Plymouth Colony, MA, rather Thanksgiving of 1619 at Berkley Hundreds, VA since the Virginia colonists fasted that day.
The hit of the party at Plymouth were the seven deer the Wampanoag Indians brought. The menu was rounded out by; geese, turkeys, ducks and assorted game birds, eels, lobsters, clams and assorted fish, berries, squash, pumpkins and assorted fruit.
