Thanksgiving And Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. And that date of Thanksgiving is November 26th.In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly, but not universally, traced to a sparsely documented 1621 celebration at plymouth in present-day massachusetts . The 1621 Plymouth feast and Thanksgiving, currently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November by federal legislation in 1941.Thanksgiving, currently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November by federal legislation in 1941, has been an annual tradition in the United States by presidential proclamation since 1863 and by state legislation since the founding fathers of the united states. Traditional foods are a large part of Thanksgiving celebrations. Many families include the entire family in the food prearation. Traditional foods include turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cornbread, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Many people serve pie for dessert at the end of the meal.In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.Then the next day is BLACK FRIDAY !!!! Black friday is where malls stores have super good sales!!! And people go really crazy when the store opens. And people even wait a week in front of the store to get what they want . Plus there is always a huge line waiting just to go into the store.
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