what is the First  Thanksgiving and what did they do during this thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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they had a spades tournament!!! and got drunk.....and after and when night fall came.  the indians took pilgrams to the strip club....
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This was the first year that I did not fly out of state to visit friends and family for the week of Thanksgiving.  Instead, I stayed home, cleaned house, slept, worked, and went Christmas Shopping at 5am on Friday.\n\nI really enjoyed myself by myself.\n\nP.S.  Did not cook one things on Thanksgiving !  However, it was very pleasing.
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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks to the native Americans at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November amd in Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in other parts of the world. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers, where it became much more important.\n\nOf course, now for most Americans it's just a big football watching, day off of work and start to the Christmas shopping season day.
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I am very thankful that my family are all coming for Thanksgiving.Also that my ex. will be with us.(divorced 3 years,after 23 yrs.married--drugs)Happy that the family grew from 10 to 15 in just 3 years.That God allowed me to be with my Mother on here passing, and will make me strong on this Thanksgiving, the first in my life without her.Hopefully all that were invited will show up, if not may they all be Blessed...You, too.(sounds like God has a plan for you and your sister)...Happy Thanksgiving.......
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In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. The origin and history of Thanksgiving Day in Canada is different from the American Thanksgiving. Whereas the American tradition talks about remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The geographical location of Canada is further north as compared to the United States therefore the harvest season falls earlier in Canada. \nThere are three traditions behind Canadian Thanksgiving Day:\n\n1. The farmers in Europe held celebrations at the time of harvesting to give thanks for their good fortune of a bountiful harvest and abundance of food. The farmers would fill a goat's curved horn with fruits and grains. This curved horn was known as a cornucopia or the horn of plenty. It is believed that when the European farmers came to Canada they brought this tradition of Thanksgiving with them. \n\n2. The history of Thanksgiving in Canada is related to Martin Frobisher, who was an English navigator. He made a lot of efforts to find a northern passage to the Orient. Though he did not succeed in his efforts but he was able to establish a settlement in Northern America. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony, in what is now known as Newfoundland, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This is considered the first Canadian Thanksgiving. Martin Frobisher was later knighted and an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada was named as ' Frobisher Bay' after him. When other settlers arrived here they continued this ceremony of giving thanks. \n\n3. The third influence occurred in 1621 in what is now the United States. Here the pilgrims, who were the English colonists, celebrated their first harvest in the New World at Plymouth Massachusetts. By the 1750s this celebration of harvest was brought to Nova Scotia by American settlers from the south. \n\nIn the 1600s, another navigator Samuel de Champlain crossed the ocean and arrived to Canada. Other French Settlers also came with him and their group held huge feasts of thanks for the harvests. On this event they shared their food with the Native American neighbors and thus involved them in their celebrations. Then they formed ' The Order of Good Cheer' which marked the harvests and other events as well. \n\nAfter the Seven Year's War ended in 1763, the citizens of Halifax held a special day of Thanksgiving. \n\nDuring the American Revolution the Americans who remained loyal to England moved to Canada. They brought with themselves the customs and practices of the American Thanksgiving to Canada. \n\nIn 1879, the Parliament declared 6th day of November as the day of Thanksgiving and also declared it a national holiday. Over the years different dates were used for celebrating the Thanksgiving Day in Canada but the most popular date was the 3rd Monday of October. \n\nAfter World War I, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day were celebrated on a common day that was Monday of the week in which fell the 11th day of November. Ten years later, in 1931, both Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day became separate holidays and Armistice Day was renamed as the 'Remembrance Day'. \n\nFinally, on January 31st, 1957, the Parliament issued a proclamation to fix permanently the 2nd Monday in October as the Thanksgiving Day. The Proclamation goes as...
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Happy Thanksgiving!\n\nHere is a good link\n\nhttp://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/br.htm
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The United States\n\nIn 1621, after a hard and devastating first year in the New World the Pilgrim's fall harvest was very successful and plentiful. There was corn, fruits, vegetables, along with fish which was packed in salt, and meat that was smoke cured over fires. They found they had enough food to put away for the winter.\n\nThe Pilgrims had beaten the odds. They built homes in the wilderness, they raised enough crops to keep them alive during the long coming winter, and they were at peace with their Indian neighbors. Their Governor, William Bradford, proclaimed a day of thanksgiving that was to be shared by all the colonists and the neighboring Native American Indians.\n\nThe custom of an annually celebrated thanksgiving, held after the harvest, continued through the years. During the American Revolution (late 1770's) a day of national thanksgiving was suggested by the Continental Congress.\n\nIn 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.\n\nhttp://www.holidays.net/thanksgiving/story.htm\n\nhope this helps
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that around early 1600s, in the fall, the pilgrims and natives had the thanksgiving.\n\ntheir menus were :\nWild Deer\nTurkey\nDuck Goose\nRabbit\nClams\nLobster\nSquash\nOnions\nBaked Pumpkin\nDried Berries\nCornbread\nCheese\nPudding (Pumpkin or Cornmeal)\n\nmay that help.-
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Eating traditional turkey dinner. Going around the neighborhood to watch the lights put up by house owners. Decorating my friend's Christmas Tree, as I live in an apartment, so no room for a BIG Christmas Tree. This year, it's my first time helping my church to decorate the santuary for Christmas. Other than that, not much, as my family doesn't celebrate Christmas. :-(
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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the land on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers.
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After the first harvest was completed by the Plymouth colonists in 1621, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer, shared by all the colonists and neighboring Native Americans. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three day "thank you" celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World.
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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.\n\nThe first known thanksgiving feast or festival in North America was celebrated by Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and the people he called "Tejas" (members of the Hasinai group of Caddo-speaking Native Americans) on 23 May 1541 in Palo Duro Canyon, Texas, to celebrate his expedition's discovery of food supplies.[3] In the sense of a feast in gratitude to God celebrated by Europeans in North America, this has a claim to be the true first North American Thanksgiving.\n\nIn the middle of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, prompted by a series of editorials written by Sarah Josepha Hale, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated on the final Thursday in November 1863:
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is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks (traditionally to God) at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is celebrated on the second Monday in October. In the United Kingdom, Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in churches across the country on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest, though it is not thought of as a major event (compared to Christmas or Easter) as it is in other parts of the world. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers, where it became much more important\n\nmore details in this site\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
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It's Thanksgiving....... we empty a pumpkin and wear IT. Bananas are reserved for Arbor day when we are swinging from the trees. *wink*
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First of all the word Thanks giving came about when the pilgrims\nand indians came together and feast in peace and harmony. That is why we feast every year to remember not only what we are thankful for but to remember those who created this wonderful holiday!
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It was the first Thanksgiving after my husband and I started dating.  He drove three hours to spend the holiday weekend with me so I wanted to impress him with a home cooked meal.  I waited until leaving work Wednesday night to go the the grocery store and in the mad push of people, I reached in the bin and grabbed a turkey.  The next afternoon, I placed my turkey in a sink full of water to thaw and began on my side dishes.  After he arrived and we had a drink, he ventured into the kitchen at which point I noticed he was peering down into the sink and frowning.  I asked if something was wrong with the turkey and he said "Yeah . . . it's a duck."  \n\nTo my horror, I had picked up a duck and never noticed that this long narrow bird was not a fat round turkey.  I attempted to roast it and while it had a nice flavor, we quickly realized there isn't much meat on a duck.  In addition, my gravy was burnt, my potatoes were salty and the macaroni and cheese was a solid block.  I finally accepted defeat and we ventured out to the local 7-Eleven and had a Thanksgiving hot dog!   \n\nI wouldn't have done a thing to prevent it!!  That night my husband told me he loved me for the first time and we have been together for over twelve years.  He turned out to be an incredible cook and  I have never cooked another Thanksgiving dinner!  And every year we toast our famous Thanksgiving duck!
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wake up about 9, get ready, go to grandmas, watch parade/\nvisit with my cousins while my grandma and aunts cook\npray, then eat about noon.  everyone is done by one ish and then the men sit in the living room to watch football and the woman clean and visit in the kitchen, us grandkids go downstairs and play this game we made up called potato days (we do it every thanksgiving even though my cousins are all around 15 or 16) haha just thinking about it makes me smile : )  we all go home, ushually take a nap or something, then everyone goes over to our house for visiting and wine for the adults in the evening.  its a very nice time.