I know what the word means ,but what is it about .?
Is it like in the past when we used to have celebrations for harvest festival.
Do you give cards and gifts ?
2006-11-19 01:55:32 · 11 answers · asked by keny 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
I agree with the earlier answers. However, if you wish to know more then click on the link below. I actually live in Plymouth, Devon, which is where the Pilgrim Fathers left the UK for America. Interesting stuff but very commercialised these days (as are most American celebrations).
2006-11-19 02:07:18 · answer #1 · answered by Saudi Geoff 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The story of Thanksgiving is basically the story of the Pilgrims and their thankful community feast at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
The Pilgrims, who set sail from Plymouth, England on a ship called the Mayflower on September 6, 1620, were fortune hunters, bound for the resourceful 'New World'. The Mayflower was a small ship crowded with men, women and children, besides the sailors on board. Aboard were passengers comprising the 'separatists', who called themselves the "Saints", and others, whom the separatists called the "Strangers".
After land was sighted in November following 66 days of a lethal voyage, a meeting was held and an agreement of truce was worked out. It was called the Mayflower Compact. The agreement guaranteed equality among the members of the two groups. They merged together to be recognized as the "Pilgrims." They elected John Carver as their first governor. Though the Thanksgiving Day is presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday of every November. This date was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.They celebrated it with a grand community feast wherein the friendly native Americans were also invited. It was kind of a harvest feast, the Pilgrims used to have in England. The recipes entail "corn" (wheat, by the Pilgrims usage of the word), Indian corn, barley, pumpkins and peas, "fowl" (specially "waterfowl"), deer, fish. And yes, of course the yummy wild turkey.
2006-11-19 03:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Generally cards and gifts aren't given, everyone just has their family over, or goes to their family's house and eats turkey, pumpkin pie, other traditional foods. The only way I know to "celebrate" Thanksgiving is to pig out on all the food...then take a nap or watch football afterwards. It's wierd.
It's sort of a harvest celebration....
2006-11-19 01:59:05 · answer #3 · answered by Jordan D 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in other parts of the world. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers, where it became much more important.
2006-11-19 02:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by Mark W 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
It is an American holiday where the family gets together and gives thanks for what we have (my family is going through a tough week so we might skip that part). We then eat turkey and other stuff, it depends on the family, and have pies for dessert. There is a lot of food involved. There is also a parade on TV that is in NYC and a lot of people like to watch (american) football before the meal. That is how Thanksgiving is celebrated in modern america.
2006-11-19 05:41:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is the day people celebrate stealing the land from the Native Americans. I'm not sure how the turkey got involved.
2006-11-19 01:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by dhalia_1977 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
It is like harvest festival....No gifts or cards..
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2016-11-25 19:32:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone just has their family over, or goes to their family's house and eats turkey, pumpkin pie, other foods.
2006-11-19 02:21:42 · answer #9 · answered by AFI Obsessed Girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-19 02:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by jeff g 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋