Thanksgiving

Americans of all religions celebrate Thanksgiving on the 4th Thursday of November They give thanks for the food and blessings

The Origins In 1620 a group of men, women and children left England on the Mayflower They were pilgrims and wanted to start a new life in the New World

The journey was very hard The journey was very hard. They were cold and hungry and many of them died. The journey took 65 days. They landed on the north-east coast of North America. (Massachusetts) It was almost winter, so they had no time to grow crops. The winter was long. Very few survived.

In spring native Americans (wampanoag Indians) helped them They taught the pilgrims how to grow corn, how to hunt and how to fish. The summer harvest was very good and by November, a year after their arrival, there was food for everybody.

The First Thanksgiving The pilgrims wanted to celebrate it and invited the native Americans to a great dinner where they gave thanks to God for the food.

Thanksgiving in the U.S.A Today thanksgiving meal is similar to the first. We eat roast turkey with cranberry sauce/gravy, turkey,stuffing,potatoes (sweet/mashed), corn, pumpking pie,apple pie

Parades and Football The Macy´s New York Thanksgiving parade is a three-hour event starting at 9:00 am on Thanksgiving day. The National Football League's Thanksgiving Classic is a series of games played during the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States Three NFL games are played every Thanksgiving. The first two are hosted by the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys.

Black Friday The Friday following Thanksgiving day The beginning of Christmas shopping season Opening hours as early as 12:00 am Black Thursday Cyber Monday