importance of thanksgiving?
921937
It is a day to celebrate thanks it began 1621 when settlers had celebration with Indians to show their thankfulness for a great harvest to help them survive the winter, now it is a once a year reminder to share our gratitude to/for the people/things we are grateful for.
725825
It's about giving Thanks for the things we have. To be cherful and be together with family and friends. To share what we have with other's who do not have so much. It's about the feeling you get when you help some one out of troubles. It's when you feel the love that comes from spreading the cheers. That is what Thanksgiving is all about.
554908
Gotta be Thanksgiving - family, food, and fun - and none of the outlandish expense of Christmas! Not to mention the stress - Thanksgiving is just such a great laid back holiday - I love it!
908779
Sweet potatoes are a must have on Thanksgiving, I usally do both, sweet potatoes baked, and regular potatoes mashed.\ngood luck and enjoy.\nCowgirl In Need~\nP.S\nmake sure you put lots of butter on both!
873616
Thanksgiving is an American holiday. That doesn't even cover a majority of Christians worldwide, let alone everyone else who calls someone "God".
921093
Yes ! Happy ThanksGiving
945778
I had a really wonderful and happy Thanksgiving.  I got to spend time with my family, and it was really special.  My grandmother died two years ago on the day before Thanksgiving, and this was the first time I have been able to be with all the family for Thanksgiving since then.  We all had a lot of neat memories and stories to share of Grandma and of my great-grandparents too.  I learned a lot of family history, and it was really great that everyone was so open about their feelings.  I also got to meet my cousin's new fiancee and see my uncle's new puppy and look over my parents' remodeling job on the house and visit with my brother about his job and eat so much good food.  I had a great time.  I was just really sad that my sister was not able to make it for Thanksgiving.  I have not seen her in 2 years and was really looking forward to being with her again.  But I was so excited to find out that she is expecting and couldn't travel because of the morning sickness being so bad.  I am so thankful for the wonderful time I had with my family this Thanksgiving.
952296
Yes, One nice thing about Thanksgiving is the people who break bread with us love us and are with us for that reason,not for your gravy LOL. Also, I bet it`s not as bad as you think.God bless and enjoy your day and friends
743093
Right after Thanksgiving
518720
Even though not all Americans are Christians and Thanksgiving can be celebrated by any religion or non religion, Christmas is still wildly more popular than Thanksgiving in the US. Thanksgiving happens to be my favorite holiday because it is not as commercial as Christmas or the other holidays and it is all about family. I come from a large family and we have wonderful Thanksgivings. Also, I love turkey and pecan pie and broccoli casserole and spinach dip and stuffing and bread rolls with real butter and on and on and on. \n\nHave you ever celebrated Thanksgiving? I live abroad and I've missed many other holidays, but I've never let Thanksgiving go by without celebrating it with my friends. It is TOTALLY appropriate to the spirit of Thanksgiving to celebrate it with people who know nothing about the day. I love introducing my traditions to my new friends around the world.
831900
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!
781698
In my family, if your late getting to the house, you are stuck doing clean up during the games! For many years, the Packers played the Lions on Thanksgiving. I'm from Wisconsin, so this was a very big deal seeing as how the whole family are Packer Fans.\nWe give thanks and talk of the things we are grateful for. \nWhen I was very young (5-6) my brother who is much older, explained to me that watching the little guy run over the big guy is what life is about. Meaning, that if you put your mind to it, be grateful and thankful for what GOD has given you, you can do anything no matter how small you are.\nThanksgiving is a message, not a meal. I see that message every time I watch a football game, even when my Packers are losing.\nHappy Thanksgiving!
968440
It is a holiday that began with the first English settlers in America. Their voyage was long and hard, and after they arrived, they nearly starved in the first year. But the second year they had an excellent harvest, and they were thus blessed with a relative bounty of food to eat. They decided to have a party to celebrate 1) their good fortune for a good harvest, 2) the now fairly obvious fact that the colony would be successful, and 3) their faith in God, not necessarily in that order. They invited the local Indians to the celebration and they all had a very good time. Thereafter they decided to repeat the party every year, to mostly celebrate their good harvest. In today's world, it is a family gathering time that is usually free from the commercialism that has grown up around Christmas, Easter, the Fourth of July, etc. The traditional dish is roast turkey, because it is a large bird that is native to America and was thought to be the main dish at the original celebration. Other traditional foods for Thanksgiving include pumpkin pie and perhaps something made out of corn (maize), something made from sweet potatoes, and something made out of cranberries since these were the newfound foods that are native to the American continent that the early settlers were able to obtain in quantity, and they were largely new and different from what they were used to eating in the British Isles. If you are a new arrival in America, please have a happy Thanksgiving! Perhaps you can also celebrate your own safe travel across the Atlantic to the new world!
711988
Maybe they call it Thankgiving ......\n:))\n\nHappy Thanksgiving.\n\n:)
869380
I celebrate thanksgiving to \n1. Spend time with my family\n2. To look back at my life and realize how lucky I am to be able to have a feast every year while some people are scrounging for food.\n3. To give thanks for what I have and to pray that, at least that one day, The people who aren't as lucky find some hapiness
869018
http://www.ivillage.com/?nlcid=sw|11-23-2006|\n\nHope you have a great Thanksgiving!!
836004
Thanksgiving is always the 4th Thursday of November\nthis year it is Nov 23