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• Today, families celebrate Thanksgiving by eating together
• Normally there is turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, yams, corn, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.
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• It is a federal holiday, so there is no school for any children. Also the banks, post offices, and government offices are closed.
• It is is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
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• The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621 when the pilgrims invited the Wompanoag Indians of Massachusetts to a three-day feast to thank God for the autumn harvest.
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The Pilgrims were a small group of English people who sailed to North America in order to start a new life.
They were in search of religious freedom. They sailed on a ship called the Mayflower and
landed on Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts
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• The Pilgrims celebrated the harvest but more importantly they celebrated surviving their first brutal winter in New England.
• They were thankful for the food they had. • Now as a tradition at Thanksgiving people
reflect on what they are grateful for in their lives and say grace before eating.
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Parades• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been a tradition in New
York city since 1924
• It begins at 9 am and lasts for 3 hours• More than 44 million people watch the parade on television
each year• The arrival of Santa Clause at the end of the parade marks the
beginning of the Christmas season
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Football
• Watching professional football on Thanksgiving has been an American tradition for over a century (began in1902)
• Normally, high school games are played between rival teams and the towns show up for the “Turkey Bowls”
• Family’s often play big games either before or after the meal
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Pardoning the Turkey
• Since President George Bush in 1989, 2 turkeys each year have been pardoned by the president.
• Instead of being roasted for dinner, they are sent to DisneyLand where they attend the parade and then live for the rest of their lives.
• Last year Obama pardoned his first turkey, Courage from Goldsboro, NC.
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“Black Friday”
• The day after Thanksgiving is usually a day off, especially for schools.
• This day has become a day of intense shopping, mostly for Christmas presents, and there are big sales.
• People wake up as early as 4 am to get ready to shop.