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day is and why it is celebrated. So, Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in

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America on the fourth Thursday of November. On this day, people gather for a

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day of feasting with family, friends, and relatives. This holiday has a long

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history, which started in 1620. A Protestant religious group known today

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as pilgrims arrived in the New World on board of the ship called Mayflower and

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and settled in Massachusetts. Their first winter in America was full of hardship and drama. They

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arrived too late to farm the land, so they starved. Half of the colony died from disease.

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The following spring, the local tribe of Native Americans taught them how to grow corn, hunt,

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and fish. In the autumn of 1621, the pilgrims got a rich harvest of corn, barley, beans, pumpkin,

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and other vegetables the first thanksgiving was a three-day feast prior to dining they all praised

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the lord and thanks him for all the food and well he gave them this is how the festivity got started

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let's get back to our days and discuss modern thanksgiving day traditions family feast is an

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important tradition. The entire family comes together, sits at the table, offers prayer to

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the Lord, and celebrates. Though historians don't have an evidence to prove that turkey was eaten

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during the first Thanksgiving dinner, but the Thanksgiving celebration will be incomplete

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without it. The traditional Thanksgiving parade started with President Lincoln proclaiming it

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unofficial day. The full dress parade is a way to display the country's military strength

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and discipline and to lift the spirits of the spectators. Thanksgiving is a time to decorate

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home with wreaths, fresh and dried flowers. People give the interiors a whole new look and feel.

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Thanksgiving is a day when people send loving messages and warm wishes to their relatives

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