what is thanksgiving?
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The roots of this holiday go as far back as 1621 when the Pilgrims who arrived in the New World from England celebrated a particularly bountiful harvest following a very harsh winter earlier in the year.  \n\nThanksgiving was originally intended to be just that – a day of giving thanks for all that we have been blessed with:  homes to shelter us, food to sustain us, friends and family to support us, and the freedom to worship and live in any way that we might choose.   I could tell you that this warm and fuzzy sentimental tradition is still carried out today, but I would be lying.  Thanksgiving has become all about the food, and it is viewed as the final hurdle we must cross in order to unabashedly start reveling in the Christmas season. \n\nThe Pilgrims were members of the English Separatist Church, and sailed to Holland in order to flee from religious persecution.  They did experience more religious freedom while there, but became disillusioned with the Dutch way of life, viewing their way of living as ungodly.  Eventually, the Pilgrims managed to strike up a deal with a London stock company, who helped to finance this pilgrimage to America.  Oddly enough, only about one-third of those aboard the ship (for those of you who don’t know it was called the Mayflower) were actually religious Puritans.  The remainder of the men on board were hired by the stock company to protect their interests.  \n\nSo as the story goes, the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.  The Pilgrims were unprepared for the harsh New England winter that lay ahead of them, and by the following fall 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower had perished.  However, the harvest of 1621 was bountiful, and the Pilgrims decided to celebrate with a feast, including the Indians who had helped them to survive through that first year.  The feast lasted for three days, and did not include the traditional items we think of when we think of Thanksgiving dinner today.  The meal included wild duck and geese, venison, boiled pumpkin, fish, berries, clams, lobster, dried fruit, and watercress.  \n\nThanksgiving was celebrated off and on over the next few hundred years until it was finally established as a legal holiday by Congress to be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year in 1941.
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We have a lot to be grateful for. Happy Thanksgiving (aka Dia de Gracias!)\n\nIt shouldn't matter what country you are from or whether Thanksgiving exists in their country.  Every individual and/or family should set aside a day to be grateful for what they were blessed with.  If those that disagree believe they should be grateful for their own ignorance... by all means... give thanks.
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Thanksgiving this year is tomorrow, Thursday, November 23.  I think it always falls on the last Thursday in November, so the date changes from year to year (like Easter).
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Thanks giving day  is on  Thursday, November 23, 2006 in the United States this year.  Thanksgiving is a U.S. holiday in late November that commemorates the good harvest of the Pilgrims in 1621.
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We dress nice for every holiday; there is plenty of time to dress down and fewer times now to spend sometime on  yourself and dress nice ; make that holiday a holiday; you can look really nice and comfortable too;  Happy Thanksgiving!
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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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Yes, I celebrated Thanksgiving with my friend. And I watched the Macy's parade and the dog show on NBC. I like Thanksgiving.
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Christmas. You get all the good food associated with Thanksgiving, only for Christmas you get at least three full days of it. (Christmas Eve with Mom's family. Christmas at home. Boxing Day with Dad's family. All three consisting of different kinds of feasts!)\n\nAnd then PRESENTS to go along with it...what's not to love!!!
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Read here\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual one-day holiday to give thanks, traditionally to God, for the things one has at the close of the harvest season. In the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, and 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 North America, where this tradition taken by early settlers became much more important. Other European countries, such as Germany, also have harvest-thanks (Erntedank) celebrations which are perceived to be rather minor and mostly rural holidays
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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.
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I love thanksgiving.  Turkey is great.  \nIf you are talking about the country, I wanna go there, it looks like a really cool place to visit.
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You mean, the story behind Thanksgiving?\n\nRead below.\n\nIf you're trying to explain it to younger kids, there's a simple-English version of the same page.  I've linked to it as well.
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STILL THANKSGIVING. A DAY OFF. THE SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY IS AS FOLLOWS: WAKE UP, EAT BREAKFAST, WATCH PARADE, TAKE SHORT NAP, A LITTLE XBOX 360 OR PS2, DINNER, TAKE A LONG NAP, SOME SANDWICHES OR PIE, GO TO BED.\nCAN'T BEAT THAT WITH A BAT (OOOH. A BEASTIE BOYS REFERENCE).
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Thanksgiving if your traveling
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Thanksgiving. The one time every year I am certain to stop and count my blessings.
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Maybe they call it Thankgiving ......\n:))\n\nHappy Thanksgiving.\n\n:)