Thanksgiving Day is a US national holiday. THANKSGIVING is celebrated on the
fourth Thursday of NOVEMBER in the
United States. Family members and friends are together on this day. It is time
to thanks and express gratitude in general. It is also a day of feasting,
football and floats.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give
thanks to God and the Native Americans for helping the PILGRIMS survive the brutal winter. Half of the pilgrims who
arrived on the MAYFLOWER had died,
but many more would have died without the help from the NATIVES. They taught
the pilgrims how to harvest food.
The traditional Thanksgiving menu is TURKEY, stuffing, sweet potatoes, PUMPKIN PIE and cranberries sauce.
BLACK FRIDAY is the day following Thanksgiving. Since the
early 2000s, it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping
season in the US, and most major
retailers open very early (and more recently during overnight hours) and offer
promotional sales.
There are some interesting facts you won't probably know about thanksgiving.
Have a look at the video and find out which traditional recipes weren't served at first tradition celebration.
