THANKSGIVING DAY 2022

In the United States, like the Spring Festival in China, on Thanksgiving Day, thousands of people, no matter how busy they are, have to reunite with their families and enjoy a sumptuous festive dinner together.

The Thanksgiving holiday is also the most stressful time for American airlines. The planes are almost full, and there are often flight delays. But in order to spend the festival with their families, people are probably also willing.

Every Thanksgiving Day, every family in the United States eats turkey. Turkey has become a symbol of Thanksgiving, and they usually eat traditional dishes such as zucchini, creamed onions, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, and more.

In addition, people will go to the church to pray thanksgiving according to the custom, costume parades, drama performances and sports competitions are held everywhere in urban and rural cities and towns, and schools and shops are also closed as required. The children also imitated the appearance of the Indians and put on bizarre costumes, painted faces or put on masks to sing and blow trumpets on the street. Families scattered in other places will also go home for the holidays. The whole family will sit together, eat delicious turkey, and thank their families. After Thanksgiving, the school asks students to draw a picture of Thanksgiving, and most students draw a picture of a turkey.

At the same time, hospitable Americans can't forget to invite friends, bachelors or people far away from home to celebrate the festival.

Since the 18th century, there has been a custom in the United States to send a basket of food to poor families. At that time, a group of young women wanted to choose a day of the year to do good deeds, and they thought that Thanksgiving was the most appropriate day. So when Thanksgiving comes, they pack a basket full of food and deliver it to the poor. This incident was rumored far and wide, and soon many people followed their example. No matter who they meet, they will say, "Thank you!"

Americans are also used to call the Friday after Thanksgiving "Black Friday". On this day, various stores in the United States will carry out discount sales of goods, which has intensified in recent years, and some merchants even advance the discount day to Thanksgiving Day, which sets off a shopping frenzy in the United States every year.

The origin of Thanksgiving can be traced back to the beginning of American history, which originated from the early immigrants in Plymouth, Massachusetts. These immigrants were called Puritans when they were in the UK, because they were dissatisfied with the incomplete religious reform of the Church of England, as well as the political suppression and religious persecution of them by the King of England and the Church of England, so these Puritans left the Church of England and went away to the Netherlands. Later, he decided to move to the land on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, hoping to live freely according to his own wishes.

In 1620, the famous "May flower " number boat is fully loaded with the religious persecution puritan 102 people who endures United Kingdom in the homeland extremely getting to America. That winter, they encountered unimaginable difficulties and were suffering from hunger and cold. At this time, the Indians sent the necessities of life to the immigrants, and also taught them hunting, fishing and planting corn. With the help of the Indians, the immigrants finally got a bumper harvest. On the day of celebrating the harvest, according to religious traditions, the immigrants stipulated a day to thank God, and decided to invite the Indians to celebrate the festival to thank the Indians for their sincere help.

On Thursday in late November 1621, 90 Indians brought by the Pilgrims and Massasaud gathered together to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in American history. They fired salutes at dawn, marched into a house used as a church, expressed their thanks to God devoutly, and then lit a bonfire and held a grand banquet, making delicacies from hunted turkeys to treat the Indians graciously. On the second and third days, wrestling, running, singing, dancing and other activities were held. The male Puritans went out to hunt and catch turkeys, while the women made delicacies at home with corn, pumpkin, sweet potatoes and fruits. In this way, whites and Indians gathered around the bonfire, eating and chatting, singing and dancing. The whole celebration lasted for three days. Many ways of celebrating the first Thanksgiving have been passed down through generations.