2006-11-21 07:05:12 · 10 answers · asked by I am Sunshine 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a day that we set aside here in America to give thanks to God for the bountiful blessings that He has bestowed upon us. It is the Harvest season and we also give thanks for a abundant harvest that we have. We give thanks for family, friends and this wonderful country that we live in.
The first Thanksgiving was when the Native Americans(Indians) and Pilgrims had a feast to celebrate the wonderful harvest that they had.
2006-11-21 07:22:10 · answer #1 · answered by nevada nomad 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would tell them that it commerates the Pilgrims survival of their first year in the New World when they came together with friendly native Americans to share from what was available in their larders and how years after we had either killed those same native Americans or had moved them to remote reservations, it became a nationally recognized holiday by some president or other (probably in an election year) and we have celebrated it annually ever since.
2006-11-21 15:25:21 · answer #2 · answered by stevijan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an American Holiday to celebrate the harvest that the pilgrims had when they arrived in America due to the fact that the Native americans took pity on them since they had no idea what they were doing and showed them how to hunt and plant the biggest staple (corn). Boy, I bet if those Natives knew then what they knew now, things would be different!
2006-11-21 15:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by SGT. D 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving is a day that is spent with loved ones, telling stories and playing games and remembering those no longer with us thru stories and memories
2006-11-21 15:32:45 · answer #4 · answered by tweety 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is was declared a National Holiday by Abraham Lincon. It is a day when we give thanks for many things. It is a time of family and friends and another reason to remember the loved ones that are no longer with us. It is a day to celebrate live love and happiness.
2006-11-21 15:21:29 · answer #5 · answered by sdarp1322 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season.
2006-11-21 15:09:30 · answer #6 · answered by Questions242 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
2006-11-21 15:12:21 · answer #7 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's the holiday where you slaughter millions of turkeys...so that all the other animals are given a temporary break and are thankful for that.
2006-11-21 15:13:41 · answer #8 · answered by pickles 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a day of thanks where we get together with those we love and eat until we drop.
2006-11-21 15:18:20 · answer #9 · answered by Kabu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a way of celebrating thanks to a special person.
2006-11-21 15:08:17 · answer #10 · answered by kurt P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋