1. Thanksgiving Day

2. The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years. 

3. The Origin
Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.  　　
　　In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.  　
　　During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
　　All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed. Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today.

4. Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a bread dressing to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. But as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on the precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird. 
Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued blessings.

5. 　　Many of the Canada’s traditional festivals are origin from The United Kingdom, the same with the Thanksgiving Day. In Canada, Thanksgiving Day has no matter with the religion. The theme of Thanksgiving is to show their thanks to the nature and celebrate the harvest. The nature grants sunshine and dew, which make the grains grow and supply enough to let the human beings pass a year peacefully. 　　The most classic scene on Thanksgiving Day is that all the family members sit together to enjoy the toasted turkey and pampkin pie. But why they choose the two things? That’s because in leaner times, there were not enough kinds of food, except the wild turkeys which could be seen everyehere and the pumpkin which growed a lot in this season, so they became the seasonal delicacies naturally. 　　The traditional cooking methd of thurkey is to put all the stuffing like crountons，onion, celery and sage into the turkey,and toast them in the oven together.　　 　　Most housewives prefer turkeys with a bigger size, because the unfinished turkey could be made into turkey pot pie and turkey patties. As to the pumpkin pie, the traditional way to eat in Canada is to pour the canberry sauce on the surface. It is said that the pumpkin pies which are made by canned pumpkin are more delicious. 　In addition to Candia’s Thanksgiving has no religion meaning, the basic reason why Thanksgiving Day is in October in Canada is that Canada's latitude is higher, the mature season of grains is relatively early.

6. The meaning
Thanksgiving Day ‘s main meaning is to tell us that human nature is good. Gratitude can be reflected from any things,such as greeting your parents and friends, helping those who need help. all these are the performance of gratitude. Let‘s learn to be grateful, learn to cherish, learn to be understanding and tolerance.The most important— learn to love. That is life really give us.

7. Thanksgiving Day message
　　 感恩节 “患难见真知”，谢谢你帮我度过难关！
　　Thanksgiving day "adversity shows insight," thank you help me tide over their difficulties!
　　感恩节 谢谢你和我同舟共济！
　　Thanksgiving day thank you and i together!
　　感恩节 千言万语，表达不了我的感激之情，我只能说，我已铭记在心。
　　Thanksgiving day i can not express the gratitude of, i can only say that i have in mind.
　　感恩节 您的恩情，我没齿难忘。
　　Thanksgiving day your kindness, i did not tooth unforgettable.
　　感恩节 大恩大德，铭记在心。
　　Thanksgiving day daendade, bear in mind.
　　感恩节 你的帮助无异于雪中送炭，让我感激涕零！
　　Thanksgiving day your help would be timely help, i feel grateful!
　　感恩节 谁言寸草心，报得三春晖！
　　Thanksgiving day who statement inch grass heart, reported in the apartments!
　　感恩节 给你添了太多的麻烦，真是不好意思！
　　Tim thanksgiving day to you too much trouble, really sorry!
　　感恩节 谢谢你给我的关怀，把我宠坏，宠得我不知不觉飞起来，才知道冥冥之中有安排。
　　Thanksgiving day too lazy to and politely said thank you, we both that which crack with front teeth, how?
　　感恩节 衷心谢谢你为我所做的一切！
　　Thanksgiving day, i sincerely thank you for doing everything!
　　感恩节 谢了，哥们，下次有事儿别忘了找我！
　　So engaging in the place, you really have the guy. not with you playing.
　　感恩节 谢谢你帮我，祝你快乐，愿你岁岁平安，事事如意。
　　Thanksgiving day thank you help me, i wish you a happy, willing to your peace, and all the best.

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