Thanksgiving Day is a very special day for people in the United States. They celebrate it on the last Thursday in November. Canadians also celebrate Thanksgiving Day, but they do it on the second Monday of October. In Britain, where this festival is called Harvest Festival, people celebrate it earlier in the year, in September.
A harvest is the fruit you take from the trees and the crops you take from the ground.
In North America and Britain, harvest time for most fruit and crops is in autumn. In these countries and other Christian places, people give thanks to God on a special day of the year. They thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good harvest they have had. People usually take small boxes of fruit, flowers, and vegetables to their churches to show their thanks.
The first thanksgiving service in North America took place on December 4th, 1619 when 38 English people arrived in America to make their homes in the new country. They held this service not to thank God for the harvest, but to thank God for their safe journeys. The next year, many more English people arrived. They had a bad winter, but fortunately the harvest was good. They decided to celebrate it with a big meal. They shot and killed small animals to eat and cooked everything outside their houses and played games together. The festival lasted three days.
Nowadays, North Americans around the world get together with their family on this day to eat good food and have a happy time.
1.Day | ||
Where | People in the United States 2.and the UK celebrate it. | |
When | Americans celebrate the festival on the last 3.of November. Canadians celebrate it on the second Monday of October. The British celebrate it earlier, in 4. | |
Why | People thank God for the good things that have happened during the year and for the good 5.they have had. | |
How | In the past | The first thanksgiving service in North America was held by 38 English people to thank God because they arrived 6.. The next year people celebrate it with a big 7..They cooked everything outside their houses and played games 8. |
9. | North Americans 10.with their family to eat good food and enjoy themselves. | |
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