I am in uk but i am AMERICAN i have forgotten what day thanksgiving is help............?

Question

hello not only have i forgotten the date of thanksgiving i am 23 bare in mind been here since 13....

please can someone tell me the date?
what we normally eat tradditionally not just what you like?
i remember pumpkin pie love it....
also what the history briefly of why we celebrate it so i can teach my children are history

Answer 1

Put that turkey back in the freezer, it's not until the fourth Thursday in November! Think of sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn; and invitations to friends, family, colleagues & those alone or hungry at that cold time.

As far I remember, Congress asked Washington to proclaim it as an official holiday, back in the early days of the States?

It's pretty much like saying grace - the basic human need to honour the providers of badly-needed food and it expresses gratitude for present company who prepare & share it together.
Your children might see a parallel with the Harvest festivals over there?

In the USA, it is celebrated in honour of the native Americans who shared their food with the Pilgrims, who saw fit to import incredibly impractical items like a guide to Turkey, one hundred pairs of boots, etc, and were in danger of starving in their New World. Bill Bryson spoke recently on this topic on Irish radio (Lyric FM).

In Canada, the second Monday in October is a similar date for similar reasons.

If you like pumpkin pie, bear in mind that the large ones sold at Hallowe'en (Guy Fawkes night) are not suitable pie pumpkins, and buttersquash is a locally imported alternative. My sister's friend, a chef, reckons they taste better in pies.

Answer 2

I'm an American and without looking anything up here's what I think:

Thanksgiving is on the 3rd or 4th Thursday of November. The following day is Black Friday, when stores have really great sales and everyone goes out shopping.

The number one food for Thanksgiving is TURKEY.

I think a traditional meal must include turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. Often there are mashed potatoes and gravy. Yams are traditional, though my family doesn't often eat them. I think corn is a traditional vegetable, especially since it's an American plant that the Indians showed to the Pilgrims. There is also pie- pumpkin and mincemeat are traditional, but maybe mincemeat is more of a Christmas pie, I'm not sure. My family often has apple pie. We also have pickles, olives, etc. but I don't know how traditional that is.

Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for things, especially your family. It is also about the Pilgrims and Indians-- the positive view of the Pilgrims and Indians getting along and sharing a feast, not the cynical view of the colonists killing off all the Indians and taking their land.

The traditional modern feast is different from the actual feast that the Pilgrims and Indians had. For example, they had a lot of fish.

Answer 3

Thanksgiving is usually celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. Lat year, it was on November 23; this year it will be on November 22.

Most people will have the usual roast turkey, gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie.

The Pilgrims were particularly thankful to Squanto, the Native American who taught them how to catch eel, grow corn and who served as an interpreter for them (Squanto had learned English as a slave in Europe). Without Squanto's help the Pilgrims might not have survived in the new world. The explorers who later came to be called the "Pilgrims" set apart a day to celebrate at Plymouth immediately after their first harvest, in 1621. At the time, this was not regarded as a Thanksgiving observance; harvest festivals were existing parts of English and Wampanoag tradition alike. Several American colonists have personal accounts of the 1621 feast in Massachusetts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29#Pilgrims

Answer 4

This changes each year but always on a Thurs late in the month (maybe the 3rd Thur?). Look it up on line.

Meal is turkey, stuffing, rolls, cranberry sauce, potatoes, yams, pumpkin pie, green bean caserole, salad, etc, etc.

It is the celebration of the harvest and the new friendship with the Indians (insert pc term of choice here). The pilgrims had a rough winter and the Indians showed them how to survive.

Answer 5

In addition to the American thanksgiving, historically there was and to a point is, a similar feast held in UK round harvest time, and is simply called "Harvest Festival." Thanksgiving as you are describing is pretty much Considered a North American (USA-Canada) celebration, as you prolly know.
Others have offered great ideas regarding the Canadian-American Thanksgiving, but I thought you might be interested in knowing something about the UK part as well. Something more to share with your children.
In addition, it will help them stay appreciative of UK customs while learning of the USA. Both countries are great in my opinion.
Regards,
--That Cheeky Lad

Answer 6

The fourth thursday in every november!!!

I am also an american who left home at 13!!!! I live in Ireland though and I am 27.

It is a celebration of when the pilgrims landed at plymouth rock.
It is a time to give thanks forall our blessings

Traditionally most people have turkey and cranberry sauce. Yams are very popular but i dont like them!

Answer 7

Turkey honey, we eat turkey :S how can someone who's really American forget about turkey and the turkey races?
The date's the 4th Thursday in November, go figure.

Edit: I forgot the history of it
There were the British, they came to America and in the 1st year the Natives taught them how and what to plant in the soil and all that stuff, so the British had supper together with the Natives in order to thank them for teaching them how to survive. What we celebrate is how the stupid Natives taught us to survive so then we could kill them and get their lands... But you better skip that part when you're telling it to your children.

Answer 8

Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November. This is a different date every year.

Answer 9

You're kidding, right?

There's no exact date for Thanksgiving, like November 23rd or something. The date is different every year. Even a 13 year old would know that.

Turkey is served because the Indians taught the Pilgrims to hunt it, and it was the late harvest that the Pilgrims could prepare for, and so the Indians shared their supplies with them.

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