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The last Thursday in November is a great holiday in America. It is Thanksgiving Day.

Thanksgiving Day in America

Some families take part in religious ceremonies in the morning, but for most families the highlight of the day is Thanksgiving dinner.

Traditionally this feast features roast turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, squash, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Major college and professional football games are televised that day, and this unites many men around the television while women are busy in the kitchen.

Major college and professional football games are televised that day, and this unites many men around the television while women are busy in

the kitchen.

The history of the holidayOn September 16, 1620, a small ship called the Mayflower, carrying 102 passengers, left Plymouth harbour in England and sailed west. On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower reached North America. But storms had blown the ship off course and the Pilgrims were far north of Virginia. It took them another month to find a suitable place to settle and, finally, on December 26, 1620, the Pilgrims found a harbour which became the site of the town they named Plymouth, in the present State of Massachusetts.

The colonists endured a very hard winter of sickness and starvation by the end of which half were dead. But with the help of the native Indians, who taught them how to fish, hunt, and plant corn, their chances for surviving the winter of 1621 looked much brighter. After a successful harvest, Governor William Bradley decided to hold a special Thanksgiving feast, and invited the Indian chief Mas-sosoit and ninety Indian braves to attend.

The colonists continued to celebrate the autumn harvest with a feast of thanks. George Washington suggested that November 26th be set aside each year for the observance. In 1864, at the end of the tragic Civil War, Abraham Lincoln established the last Thursday in November as a day for all Americans to give thanks.

Stores, schools, and homes are decorated with various Thanksgiving symbols, including pictures of pilgrims, Indians, turkeys, and harvest still-lives. The horn of plenty or cornucopia, wreaths of dried flowers, and dried, multicoloured 'Indian corn‘ are often used as door and table

decorations. The day after Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the month-long Christmas shopping season, as demonstrated by Santa

Claus's traditional arrival at the end of the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade held in New York City.

Symbols of Thanksgiving Day

Pumpkin

Another modern staple at almost every Thanksgiving table is the customary 'Pumpkin Pie'. It is not sure whether pumpkin was one of the dishes in the first thanksgiving dinner. Pilgrims probably made a pumpkin dish sweetened with honey or syrup. They were however a part of all traditional meals long before the arrival of pilgrims. Pumpkin leaves were also used as salads. According to historians, other seasonal vegetables included squash. People at that time were not particularly fond of vegetables, they were mostly meat eaters. Pumpkin is one of the important symbols of the harvest festival and has been an American-favourite for over 400 years now.

Turkey

The celebration of Thanksgiving will be incomplete without the legendary Turkey. The famous 'Turkey' adorns the table of every household as a main course during the celebration. The customary dinner reminds of the 'Four Wild Turkeys' served at the 'First Thanksgiving Feast'.  It is said, that pilgrims had a feast consisting of cooked turkey after their first harvest in the year 1621, which popularly came to be known as 'First Thanksgiving Feast'. It continued for three days and included ninety Indians. There is however no evidence to prove that turkey was cooked during the first feast. It could have been Venison-flesh of a deeror wild goose meat.  Today, every house cooks turkey as the main dish during the celebration. It is the main mascot of the modern-day thanksgiving. The festivity completes with the customary 'Turkey Song'. 

Thanksgiving Day. Turkey Song

Five little turkeys standing in a row. (Hold up 5 fingers) First little turkey said, I don't want to grow. (Hold up 1 finger) Second little turkey said, Why do you say that? (Hold up 2 fingers) Third little turkey said, I want to get fat. (Hold up 3 fingers) Fourth little turkey said, Thanksgiving is near. (Hold up 4 fingers)

Fifth little turkey said, Yes, that's what I hear. (Hold up 5 fingers) Then the five little turkeys that were standing in a row, All said together, Come on, let's go! (Move fingers like they're running away)

CornCorn is one of the popular symbols of thanksgiving. It came in many varieties and colours-red, white, yellow and blue. Some Americans considered blue and white corn sacred. It is said that native Americans had been growing corn a long time before the pilgrims arrived in their country. The oldest corns date 7000 years back and were grown in Mexico. Americans taught pilgrims how to grow corn and help them survive the bitter winter of 1620. It is certain that corn were a part of the first thanksgiving dinner.

Beans

Beans are a special symbol of thanksgiving. Native Americans are believed to have taught the pilgrims to grow beans next to cornstalks. This was so that beans could grow and use cornstalks as their pole. Thus American beans are also known as 'Pole Beans'.Famously known as one of the 'Three sisters', beans are a part of thanksgiving feast.

Exercise 1.Unscramble words

ukryet; recaryrbn ;

seft ; ahvrtes ; sureviv ; ipglimr ; nikesdns

Turkeycranberry;

feast;harvest; survive; pilgrim; kindness

Check your answers.

Exercise 2.Say if the sentences are true or false.

1. Thanksgiving Day is a British holiday.2. Thanksgiving Day is the most important day in the

American year.3. People celebrate this holiday in offices.4. They eat bacon and eggs to celebrate Thanksgiving day.5. Since 1621 turkey has become a symbol of this holiday.

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