Author Potseluiko Yana 8th grade student School № 14 Author Potseluiko Yana 8th grade student School № 14

"Today, all elevate frank and humble praise God - except turkeys." Mark Twain

In everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. The Apostle Paul in the Epistle to the Thessalonians. I would like to keep the eagle was the symbol of our country: a bird with bad morals, such as those of the people who live in robbery... Turkey is a much more respectable bird, and, besides, it is really the native inhabitants of North America. Benjamin Franklin Thanksgiving - a national holiday, to which all the people who have experienced in the last year of the earthquake, fire, death, eating, etc., thank God for his grace. Elbert Hubbard

28 November the fourth Thursday of November 2013

No more American holiday than Thanksgiving (Thanksgivings Day). No less politicized holiday, than Thanksgiving. The very idea of ​​ the celebration of autumn and the harvest dates back to ancient times, but the Americans these days are linked directly to the history and development of new lands.

On the fourth Thursday of November the United States celebrate Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day. It was first celebrated in 1621 by English colonists who lived in Plymouth Colony. Previous winter was very hard and hungry, a new winter also promised colonists little good. Then the Governor William Bradford decided to raise the spirits of his men and organized the first Thanksgiving. Holiday to celebrate together - the British colonists and their neighbors, the Indians, with the help of whom the Plymouth colony survived the first winter of starvation. Puritans brought to this celebration a deep religious meaning - they saw it as a way to thank God for mercy. History

According to the old tradition several generations of one family gather in the house for a holiday dinner. Everyone speaks words of thanks for all the good things that happened in the life.

On this day modern Americans eat the same, what their ancestors ate back in 1621 at the first dinner in honor of Thanksgiving. Most of the dishes are not only a tradition, but also a symbol of the holiday: a stuffed turkey with cranberry syrup and a large sweet pumpkin pie. Bright young pumpkins, "Indian" corn, apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts, dried leaves and bunches of grapes hanging from a dish like a “Horn of Plenty” aren’t only the traditional decoration of the table, but also represent the abundance of autumn gifts of nature. Bouquets of gold, orange and red- brown chrysanthemums, decorated with berries, complete the feeling of abundance and generosity of nature. On this day modern Americans eat the same, what their ancestors ate back in 1621 at the first dinner in honor of Thanksgiving. Most of the dishes are not only a tradition, but also a symbol of the holiday: a stuffed turkey with cranberry syrup and a large sweet pumpkin pie. Bright young pumpkins, "Indian" corn, apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts, dried leaves and bunches of grapes hanging from a dish like a “Horn of Plenty” aren’t only the traditional decoration of the table, but also represent the abundance of autumn gifts of nature. Bouquets of gold, orange and red- brown chrysanthemums, decorated with berries, complete the feeling of abundance and generosity of nature. FOODS

Each year at Thanksgiving, the President of the United States receives a gift of a live turkey At the White House ceremony, the President traditionally "pardons" the National Thanksgiving Turkey and the alternate turkeys, allowing them to live out the rest of their lives on a farm. The turkey that lives to see another day

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual giant baloons parade presented by the U.S. chain store business Macy's. The tradition started in mln people watch it in New York and 50 mln at home. Macy's Parade in New York

Task 1 Name the symbols

Task 2 What stands for the numerals and words? Horn of Plenty Plymouth Puritansgiant baloons : a stuffed turkey pardons

Task 3 Write a letter to your pen- friend in the USA about “The Harvest Day” celebrations in your home place.

Unfortunately, Thanksgiving is not celebrated in Russia. But we have the Harvest Holidays in October or November in many regions.

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