Profile Deco Swap - Thanksgiving

Profile Deco Swap - Thanksgiving

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Tucked between the two monster sized holidays of Halloween and Christmas, Thanksgiving receives far less attention. But Thanksgiving is a very important holiday, especially in the busy lives of Americans. It is a time to kick back and relax, watch a football game or go to a movie, and enjoy a huge feast. It's also time for us to give thanks to our God, for the things he has bestowed upon us and upon this great nation. There is no nation in the world that has more to be thankful for than us.

Thanksgiving History:

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated between the Pilgrims and the Indians in 1621.That first feast was a three day affair. Life for the early settlers was difficult. The successful fall harvest was a time for celebration. It was also a time of prayer, thanking God for a good crop. The Pilgrims and the Indians created a huge feast including a wide variety of animals and fowl, as well as fruits and vegetables from the fall harvest. This early celebration was the start of today's holiday celebration. Like then, we celebrate with a huge feast. After the first Thanksgiving, the observance was sporadic and almost forgotten until 1789.

Thanksgiving is the first official U.S holiday.

At the request of both houses of the U.S. Congress, George Washington proclaimed the first official Thanksgiving Day as "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. There was a lot to be thankful for the fledgling, young democracy. The proclamation was made on October 3, 1789, declaring November26, 1789 as Thanksgiving Day. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day to be the last Thursday in November. Then in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. Congress made it a national holiday, and set the date for Thanksgiving Day as the fourth Thursday in November.

Today, most of us enjoy Turkey with "all the trimming". The "trimming" include a wide variety of foods that are a tradition for your family. Those traditional foods often replicate the foods at the first Thanksgiving feast. While others, are traditional ethnic or religious groups recipe, or a special food item that your family always serves at Thanksgiving dinner. Then, to top it off, pumpkin pies, apple pies, an even mince meat pies are bountiful around the table.

American Thanksgiving traditions revolve around a huge and lavish meal, usually with Turkey as the centerpiece. For those who do not like Turkey, a Roast or Prime Rib is common. As tradition has it in most families, a special prayer of thanks precedes the meal. In many homes, family members will each mention something they are very thankful for.

Did you know? Potatoes were not part of the first Thanksgiving. Irish immigrants had not yet brought them to North America.

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