Publisher's Synopsis
Thanksgiving is an international traditional holiday, originally celebrating the Pilgrims' arrival into the New World. Thanksgiving is a national or international religious holiday marking the release of Native Americans from European explorers. Thanksgiving is usually a time for sharing and giving thanks to God. It is one of the busiest times of the year with families gathered in the kitchen to prepare meals for the family.
Thanksgiving is a national or international religious festival marking the preparation of Native American harvest festival. The Pilgrims, a group of mainly British and Irish immigrants who were escaping religious persecution, arrived in the Americas as early settlers. They settled at what is now called Plymouth, Massachusetts in the mid 16th century and called it Shoshone Country. Over the years, the Pilgrims spread out over what is now known as the United States of America. Thanksgiving is a national or international religious feast celebrate that the Pilgrims brought with them when they came to the Americas.
Thanksgiving has evolved into a worldwide festival. Thanksgiving festivals are celebrated differently in most countries but all of them generally mark thanksgiving with different ways of displaying the festival. In Europe, thanksgiving fun facts are usually related to harvesting activities. This is usually done by having an important person, usually a family member, deliver a basket of fruits, vegetables, gifts or other foods to their relatives and friends.
In some regions of the world, thanksgiving fun facts include a variety of special foods or gift things that can be given to anyone who would appreciate them. These items include nuts, roots, seeds, potatoes, pumpkins, carrots, beets, hay, wheat, corn, and fruits. Some of these foods are not very popular around Thanksgiving Day like pumpkins and corn, so other kinds of fruits or vegetables may be substituted. For example, instead of giving thanks for a good harvest, people in some parts of Africa offer thanksgiving tokens instead. When someone eats or drinks something from this kind of token, a special blessing is pronounced over the person.
Another form of thanksgiving is the carving of thanksgiving figures representing the religious meaning of Thanksgiving. For example, thanksgiving figures are made in China, Japan, Korea, Egypt, and other Asian countries where thanksgiving is a national holiday. On the other hand, thanksgiving figures are also carved on public holidays in the United States, like thanksgiving day. The main difference between carving a thanksgiving figure and doing it during a harvest festival is that in the US thanksgiving dinner is a public holiday while in China thanksgiving feasts are private events that are only open to family members and close friends.
Thanksgiving festivals have been celebrated in almost every country as a national holiday since the beginning of agriculture. As an indigenous American holiday, thanksgiving was considered sacred by Native Americans and it was celebrated with great joy and happiness. Thanksgiving celebrations grew in popularity in the European countries, and soon after the Industrial Revolution, they became very popular in the US. Today, thanksgiving has come to be a time for many Americans to express their love of family, neighbors, and friends.
