We dont have a Thanksgiving here, what is it for and how do people celebrate it?
2007-11-13 01:40:05 · 6 answers · asked by missy me 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
thanksgiving is a tradition that started when the new pilgrims came to america and met the native americans, they taught each other how to survive off the land, native americans teaching them to hunt and pilgrims teaching them to farm, and when the first big harvest came, they had a big feast together, and they were thankful for each other. and we still celebrate it today, when your whole family gets together and prepares a huge feast and sit down and eat together, and we are thankful for each other and we have been blesed with. happy thanksgiving to all.
2007-11-13 01:47:35 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When most people imagine "the first Thanksgiving," they think of the Pilgrims sharing a hearty banquet with local Native Americans. While it is true that the American colonists invited the Native Americans to celebrate their first harvest in the New World, the event did not spark the Thanksgiving tradition that we know today. In fact, the occasion was not called "Thanksgiving" and the Pilgrims did not even celebrate it the following year. What we think of as "the first Thanksgiving" was actually quite different from our modern celebration
Even though we think of the harvest festival as "the first Thanksgiving," the colonists did not use a name for their autumn celebration. The occasion was not called "Thanksgiving" because the word had a completely different meaning to the Pilgrims. To them, a day of "thanksgiving" was actually a religious holiday set aside for giving thanks to God. As a result, the Pilgrims would never have given such a religious name to a secular day marked by feasting, dancing, singing, and playing games. Instead their harvest celebration was simply identified by the season and the activities involved. It wasn't until the nineteenth century that the feast we know today acquired the name "Thanksgiving
Today Thanksgiving is a day in which all may celebrate, but the true Thanksgiving is celebrated by those who love the Lord and are Thankful for whatever their lot is.
2007-11-13 01:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American holiday to give thanks at the conclusion of the harvest season. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada.
In the United States, Thanksgiving is a four day weekend which usually marks a pause in school and college calendars. Families and friends gather for a reunion, a day of thanks, and a festive meal.
2007-11-13 01:46:50 · answer #3 · answered by Nyxy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For my family it is a time to get together and be thankful for what we have. To eat a big dinner and then sit around the rest of the day talking, playing games, basically just being together.
2007-11-13 01:44:18 · answer #4 · answered by Lurinda 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is to commemorate the coming together of the native americans and the pilgrim settlers in early america.
2007-11-13 01:44:24 · answer #5 · answered by racer 51 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing but an excuse to eat up alot of food that bad for your health... And we give Thanks for stealing from the Indians.
2007-11-13 02:47:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋