thanksgiving day in usa

8/12/2019 Thanksgiving Day in USA

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Colegiul Naional ,,Avram Iancu Cmpeni

Certificat paper:

Student: Mari Diana Coordonating eac!er:

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Cl": a #II$a MI% &ufan' (elicia

Content":

(or)ard**************************++C!apter I: Introduction*******************++++-

C!apter II: .i"tor/*********************+++0

II. 1. Thanksgiving at Plymouth.6II. 2. Thanksgiving's Ancient

Origins7

II+ + 1incoln and t!e Civil2ar**********++++++++++3

C!apter III: raditional cele4ration"*************++56

III+ 5+ (ood" of t!e

"ea"on**************+56

III+ 7+ 8arade"*******************

55III+ +

(oot4all******************+++55

III+ -+

(ilm********************+57

III. 5. Black Friday (shopping).1

III. 6. !at".1#III. $. %it"ratur".1&

Conclu"ion" ********************+++++59

i4liograp!/ *********************50

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(or)ard

'Thanksgiving is an annual c"l" ration o* on" day+ "ing c"l" rat"d on th" last

Thursday o* ,ov"m "r. !uring this holiday p"opl" o* -nit"d tat"s o* /m"rica usually to

thanks (traditionally to 0od) *or th" rich harv"st that y"ar. This *"ast as tak"n ov"r y th" *irst

s"ttl"rs arriv"d in th" ," 2orld+ h"r" h" as c"l" rat"d *or th" *irst tim" in 16 1+ as a sign o*

gratitud" to yi"ld miraculous o tain"d harsh climatic conditions. In !"c"m "r 13&1+ 4ongr"ss

adopt"d a r"solution on th" &th Thursday o* ,ov"m "r is o**icial -nit"d tat"s national holiday.

I hav" chos"n to rit" a out this "v"nt as th" main topic *or my c"rti*icat" pap"r "caus"

I ant"d to l"arn mor" a out th" ays th" /m"ricans us" to c"l" rat" this *"ast and to ac uir"

kno l"dg" a out th" n" traditions and customs r"lat"d to such a c"l" ration in th" /m"rican

cultur" and mor"ov"r I int"nd"d to und"rstand "tt"r th" "ginnings in /m"rican cultur"+ *rom

it s "ginnings. 7y pr"s"ntation is divid"d into thr"" chapt"rs.

In th" *irst chapt"r+ I tri"d to mak" an introduction a out th" Thanksgiving *"ast and

add"d som" ri"* in*ormation a out th" importanc" o* this c"l" ration and ho it "volv"d in

tim".

In th" s"cond chapt"r+ "ntitl"d '8istory I *ocus"d mor" on th" history o* this "v"nt

"caus" I think it is v"ry important h"n " talk a out som"thing+ in this cas"+ a out

Thanksgiving !ay+ to kno its origins. In this ay+ " can l"arn much mor" a out thisc"l" ration+ a out its roots and ho Thanksgiving !ay has "volv"d ov"r th" y"ars.

In th" tr""th chapt"r+ 'Traditional c"l" rations + I d"alt ith th" traditions and customs

o* this *"ast and I succ""d"d+ I think+ to pr"s"nt th" most important traditions and customs that

-nit"d tat"s o* /m"rica citi9"ns k"pt *rom th"ir anc"stors and tri"d to transmit on.

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o+ in my c"rti*icat" I tri"d to includ" as many asp"cts as possi l" a out th" Thanksgiving

!ay+ *ocusing on th" sp"ci*ic d"tails that mak" it on" o* th" most important c"l" ration in th"

-nit"d tat"s o* /m"rica. In this ay+ I think this "v"nt is "tt"r kno n and could " adopt"d y

all countri"s "caus" th"r" must " a ay " must thank 0od *or th" things h" o**"rs us+ and

hat can " a mor" pl"asant ":ampl" than th" c"l" ration o* th" Thanksgiving !ay.

C!apter I: Introduction

!an;"giving Da/, annual national holiday in th" -nit"d tat"s and 4anada c"l" rating

th" harv"st and oth"r l"ssings o* th" past y"ar. /m"ricans g"n"rally "li"v" that th"ir

Thanksgiving is mod"l"d on a 16 1 harv"st *"ast shar"d y th" ;nglish colonists (Pilgrims) o*

Plymouth and th" 2ampanoag Indians. Th" /m"rican holiday is particularly rich in l"g"nd and

sym olism.

Plymouth s Thanksgiving "gan ith a *" colonists going out '*o ling+ possi ly *or

turk"ys ut mor" pro a ly *or th" "asi"r pr"y o* g""s" and ducks+ sinc" th"y 'in on" day kill"d as

much ass"rv"d th" company almost a ""k. ,":t+ 3< or so 2ampanoag mad" a surpris"

app"aranc" at th" s"ttl"m"nt s gat"+ dou tl"ssly unn"rving th" 5< or so colonists. ,"v"rth"l"ss+

ov"r th" n":t *" days th" t o groups sociali9"d

ithout incid"nt. Th" 2ampanoag contri ut"d

v"nison to th" *"ast+ hich includ"d th" *o l and

pro a ly *ish+ ""ls+ sh"ll*ish+ st" s+ v"g"ta l"s+

and ""r. inc" Plymouth had *" uildings and

manu*actur"d goods+ most p"opl" at" outsid"

hil" sitting on th" ground or on arr"ls ith

plat"s on th"ir laps. Th" m"n *ir"d guns+ ranrac"s+ and drank li uor+ struggling to sp"ak in rok"n ;nglish and 2ampanoag. This as a rath"r

disord"rly a**air+ ut it s"al"d a tr"aty "t ""n th" t o groups that last"d until =ing Philip s 2ar

(16$5>$6)+ in hich hundr"ds o* colonists and thousands o* Indians lost th"ir liv"s.

Th" ," ;ngland colonists "r" accustom"d to r"gularly c"l" rating 'Thanksgivings+ days o*

pray"r thanking 0od *or l"ssings such as military victory or th" "nd o* a drought. Th" -. .

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4ontin"ntal 4ongr"ss proclaim"d a national Thanksgiving upon th" "nactm"nt o* th"

4onstitution+ *or ":ampl". ?"t+ a*t"r 1$3@+ th" n" -. . 4ongr"ss l"*t Thanksgiving d"clarations

to th" stat"sA som" o "ct"d to th" national gov"rnm"nt s involv"m"nt in a r"ligious o s"rvanc"+

outh"rn"rs "r" slo to adopt a ," ;ngland custom+ and oth"rs took o**"ns" ov"r th" day s

"ing us"d to hold partisan sp""ch"s and parad"s. / national Thanksgiving !ay s""m"d mor"

lik" a lightning rod *or controv"rsy than a uni*ying *orc".

Thanksgiving !ay did not "com" an o**icial holiday until ,orth"rn"rs dominat"d th"

*"d"ral gov"rnm"nt. 2hil" s"ctional t"nsions pr"vail"d in th" midC13th c"ntury+ th" "ditor o* th"

popular maga9in" Godeys Ladys Book + arah Dos"pha 8al"+ campaign"d *or a national

Thanksgiving !ay to promot" unity. h" *inally on th" support o* Pr"sid"nt / raham %incoln.

En Ecto "r #+ 1@6#+ during th" 4ivil 2ar+ %incoln proclaim"d a national day o* thanksgiving to

" c"l" rat"d on Thursday+ ,ov"m "r 6.Th" holiday as annually proclaim"d y "v"ry pr"sid"nt th"r"a*t"r+ and th" dat" chos"n+

ith *" ":c"ptions+ as th" last Thursday in ,ov"m "r. Pr"sid"nt Franklin !. oos"v"lt+

ho "v"r+ att"mpt"d to ":t"nd th" 4hristmas shopping s"ason+ hich g"n"rally "gins ith th"

Thanksgiving holiday+ and to oost th" "conomy y moving th" dat" ack a ""k+ to th" third

""k in ,ov"m "r. But not all stat"s compli"d+ and+ a*t"r a oint r"solution o* 4ongr"ss in 13&1+

oos"v"lt issu"d a proclamation in 13& d"signating th" *ourth Thursday in ,ov"m "r ( hich is

not al ays th" last Thursday) as Thanksgiving !ay.

/s th" country "cam" mor" ur an and *amily m"m "rs "gan to liv" *arth"r apart+

Thanksgiving "cam" a tim" to gath"r tog"th"r. Th" holiday mov"d a ay *rom its r"ligious roots

to allo immigrants o* "v"ry ackground to participat" in a common tradition. Thanksgiving

!ay *oot all gam"s+ "ginning ith ?al" v"rsus Princ"ton in 1@$6+ "na l"d *ans to add som"

ro din"ss to th" holiday. In th" lat" 1@


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"arli"st c"l" ration as h"ld in 15$@+ h"n an ":p"dition l"d y 7artin Fro ish"r h"ld a

c"r"mony in pr"s"ntCday ,unavut to giv" thanks *or th" sa*"ty o* its *l""t. In 1@$3 Parliam"nt

"sta lish"d a national Thanksgiving !ay on ,ov"m "r 6A th" dat" has vari"d ov"r th" y"ars.

inc" 135$ Thanksgiving !ay has ""n c"l" rat"d in 4anada on th" s"cond 7onday in Ecto "r.

C!apter II: .i"tor/

In 16 1+ th" Plymouth colonists and 2ampanoag Indians shar"d an autumn harv"st *"astthat is ackno l"dg"d today as on" o* th" *irst Thanksgiving c"l" rations in th" coloni"s. For

mor" than t o c"nturi"s+ days o* thanksgiving "r" c"l" rat"d y individual coloni"s and stat"s.

It asnGt until 1@6#+ in th" midst o* th" 4ivil 2ar+ that Pr"sid"nt / raham %incoln proclaim"d a

national Thanksgiving !ay to " h"ld "ach ,ov"m "r.

II+ 5+ !an;"giving at 8l/mout!

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," ;ngland spring. In 7arch+ th" r"maining s"ttl"rs mov"d ashor"+ h"r" th"y r"c"iv"d an

astonishing visit *rom an / "naki Indian ho gr""t"d th"m in ;nglish. "v"ral days lat"r+ h"

r"turn"d ith anoth"r ,ativ" /m"rican+ uanto+ a m"m "r o* th" Pa tu:"t tri " ho had ""n

kidnapp"d y an ;nglish s"a captain and sold into slav"ry "*or" "scaping to %ondon and

r"turning to his hom"land on an ":ploratory ":p"dition. uanto taught th" Pilgrims+ "ak"n"d

y malnutrition and illn"ss+ ho to cultivat" corn+ ":tract sap *rom mapl" tr""s+ catch *ish in th"

riv"rs and avoid poisonous plants. 8" also h"lp"d th" s"ttl"rs *org" an allianc" ith th"

2ampanoag+ a local tri "+ hich ould "ndur" *or mor" than 5< y"ars and tragically r"mains

on" o* th" sol" ":ampl"s o* harmony "t ""n ;urop"an colonists and ,ativ" /m"ricans.

In ,ov"m "r 16 1+ a*t"r th" Pilgrims *irst corn harv"st prov"d succ"ss*ul+

0ov"rnor 2illiam Brad*ord organi9"d a c"l" ratory *"ast and invit"d a group o* th" *l"dgling

colony s ,ativ" /m"rican alli"s+ including th" 2ampanoag chi"* 7assasoit. ,o r"m"m "r"das /m"rican s '*irst Thanksgiving Halthough th" Pilgrims th"ms"lv"s may not hav" us"d th"

t"rm at th" tim"Hth" *"stival last"d *or thr"" days. 2hil" no r"cord ":ists o* th" historic

an u"t s ":act m"nu+ th" Pilgrim chronicl"r ;d ard 2inslo rot" in his ournal that

0ov"rnor Brad*ord s"nt *our m"n on a '*o ling mission in pr"paration *or th" "v"nt+ and that

th" 2ampanoag gu"sts arriv"d "aring *iv" d""r. 8istorians hav" sugg"st"d that many o* th"

dish"s "r" lik"ly pr"par"d using traditional ,ativ" /m"rican spic"s and cooking m"thods.

B"caus" th" Pilgrims had no ov"n and th" 7ay*lo "r s sugar supply had d indl"d y th" *all o*

16 1+ th" m"al did not *"atur" pi"s+ cak"s or oth"r d"ss"rts+ hich hav" "com" a hallmark o*

cont"mporary c"l" rations.

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Hdays o* *asting during di**icult or pivotal mom"nts and days o* *"asting and c"l" ration to

thank 0od in tim"s o* pl"nty.

/s an annual c"l" ration o* th" harv"st and its ounty+ mor"ov"r+ Thanksgiving *alls

und"r a cat"gory o* *"stivals that spans cultur"s+ contin"nts and mill"nnia. In anci"nt tim"s+ th"

;gyptians+ 0r""ks and omans *"ast"d and paid tri ut" to th"ir gods a*t"r th" *all harv"st.

Thanksgiving also "ars a r"s"m lanc" to th" anci"nt D" ish harv"st *"stival o* ukkot. Finally+

historians hav" not"d that ,ativ" /m"ricans had a rich tradition o* comm"morating th" *all

harv"st ith *"asting and m"rrymaking long "*or" ;urop"ans s"t *oot on th"ir shor"s.

II+ + 1incoln and t!e Civil 2ar

In th" middl" o* th" /m"rican 4ivil 2ar+ Pr"sid"nt / raham %incoln+ prompt"d y a

s"ri"s o* "ditorials ritt"n y arah Dos"ph 8al"+ proclaim"d a national Thanksgiving !ay+ to "

c"l" rat"d on th" *inal Thursday in ,ov"m "r 1@6#. Th" docum"nt+ ritt"n y "cr"tary o* tat"

2illiam " ard+ r"ads as *ollo s

Th" y"ar that is dra ing to ards its

clos"+ has ""n *ill"d ith th" l"ssings o*

*ruit*ul *i"lds and h"alth*ul ski"s. To th"s"

ounti"s+ hich ar" so constantly "n oy"d that

" ar" pron" to *org"t th" sourc" *rom hich

th"y com"+ oth"rs hav" ""n add"d+ hich ar"o* so ":traordinary a natur"+ that th"y cannot

*ail to p"n"trat" and so*t"n "v"n th" h"art

hich is ha itually ins"nsi l" to th" "v"r

atch*ul provid"nc" o* /lmighty 0od. In th" midst o* a civil ar o* un" uall"d magnitud" and

s"v"rity+ hich has som"tim"s s""m"d to *or"ign tat"s to invit" and to provok" th"ir aggr"ssion+

p"ac" has ""n pr"s"rv"d ith all nations+ ord"r has ""n maintain"d+ th" la s hav" ""n

r"sp"ct"d and o "y"d+ and harmony has pr"vail"d "v"ry h"r" ":c"pt in th" th"atr" o* military

con*lictA hil" that th"atr" has ""n gr"atly contract"d y th" advancing armi"s and navi"s o* th"

-nion. ,""d*ul div"rsions o* "alth and o* str"ngth *rom th" *i"lds o* p"ac"*ul industry to th"

national d"*"nc"+ hav" not arr"st"d th" plough+ th" shuttl"+ or th" shipA th" a:" had "nlarg"d th"

ord"rs o* our s"ttl"m"nts+ and th" min"s+ as "ll o* iron and coal as o* th" pr"cious m"tals+ hav"

yi"ld"d "v"n mor" a undantly than h"r"to*or". Population has st"adily incr"as"d+

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not ithstanding th" ast" that has ""n mad" in th" camp+ th" si"g" and th" attl"C*i"ldA and th"

country+ r" oicing in th" consciousn"ss o* augm"nt"d str"ngth and vigor+ is p"rmitt"d to ":p"ct

continuanc" o* y"ars+ ith larg" incr"as" o* *r""dom. ,o human couns"l hath d"vis"d nor hath

any mortal hand ork"d out th"s" gr"at things. Th"y ar" th" gracious gi*ts o* th" 7ost 8igh

0od+ ho+ hil" d"aling ith us in ang"r *or our sins+ hath n"v"rth"l"ss r"m"m "r"d m"rcy. It

has s""m"d to m" *it and prop"r that th"y should " sol"mnly+ r"v"r"ntly and grat"*ully

ackno l"dg"d as ith on" h"art and voic" y th" hol" /m"rican p"opl". I do th"r"*or" invit"

my *"llo citi9"ns in "v"ry part o* th" -nit"d tat"s+ and also thos" ho ar" at s"a and thos" ho

ar" so ourning in *or"ign lands+ to s"t apart and o s"rv" th" last Thursday o* ,ov"m "r n":t+ as a

day o* Thanksgiving and Prais" to our "n"*ic"nt Fath"r ho d "ll"th in th" 8"av"ns. /nd I

r"comm"nd to th"m that hil" o**"ring up th" ascriptions ustly du" to 8im *or such singular

d"liv"ranc"s and l"ssings+ th"y do also+ ith hum l" p"nit"nc" *or our national p"rv"rs"n"ssand diso "di"nc"+ comm"nd to his t"nd"r car" all thos" ho hav" "com" ido s+ orphans+

mourn"rs or su**"r"rs in th" lam"nta l" civil stri*" in hich " ar" unavoida ly "ngag"d+ and

*"rv"ntly implor" th" int"rposition o* th" /lmighty 8and to h"al th" ounds o* th" nation and to

r"stor" it as soon as may " consist"nt ith th" !ivin" purpos"s to th" *ull "n oym"nt o* p"ac"+

harmony+ tran uility and -nion. In t"stimony h"r"o*+ I hav" h"r"unto s"t my hand+ and caus"d

th" s"al o* th" -nit"d tat"s to " a**i:"d. !on" at th" city o* 2ashington+ this third day o*

Ecto "r+ in th" y"ar o* our %ord on" thousand "ight hundr"d and si:tyCthr""+ and o* th"

ind"p"nd"nc" o* th" -nit"d tat"s th" "ightyC"ighth.J Proclamation of President Abraham

Lincoln + Ecto "r #+ 1@6#.

inc" 1@6#+ Thanksgiving has ""n o s"rv"d annually in th" -nit"d tat"s

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C!apter III: raditional cele4ration"

III+ 5+ (ood" of t!e "ea"on-. . tradition compar"s th"

holiday ith a m"al h"ld in 16 1 y

th" 2ampanoag and th" Pilgrims ho

s"ttl"d in Plymouth+ 7assachus"tts. It is

continu"d in mod"rn tim"s ith th"

Thanksgiving dinn"r+ traditionally

*"aturing turk"y+ playing a c"ntral rol" in

th" c"l" ration o* Thanksgiving.

In th" -nit"d tat"s+ c"rtain kinds

o* *ood ar" traditionally s"rv"d at Thanksgiving m"als. Firstly+ ak"d or roast"d turk"y is usually

th" *"atur"d it"m on any Thanksgiving *"ast ta l" (so much so that Thanksgiving is som"tim"s

r"*"rr"d to as JTurk"y !ayJ). tu**ing+ mash"d potato"s ith gravy+ s ""t potato"s+ cran "rry

sauc"+ s ""t corn+ various *all v"g"ta l"s (mainly various kinds o* s uash"s)+ and pumpkin

pi" ar" commonly associat"d ith Thanksgiving dinn"r. /ll o* th"s" ar" actually nativ" to th"

/m"ricas or "r" introduc"d as a n" *ood sourc" to th" ;urop"ans h"n th"y arriv"d. Turk"y

may " an ":c"ption. In his ook Mayflower + ,athani"l Phil rick sugg"sts that th" Pilgrims

might alr"ady hav" ""n *amiliar ith turk"y in ;ngland+ "v"n though th" ird is nativ" to th"

/m"ricas. Th" paniards had rought dom"sticat"d turk"ys ack *rom 4"ntral /m"rica in th"

"arly 1$th c"ntury+ and th" irds soon "cam" popular *ar" all ov"r ;urop"+ including ;ngland+

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h"r" turk"y (as an alt"rnativ" to th" traditional goos") "cam" a J*i:tur" at ;nglish

4hristmas"sJ.

Th" l"ss *ortunat" ar" o*t"n provid"d ith *ood at Thanksgiving tim". 7ost communiti"s

hav" annual *ood driv"s that coll"ct nonCp"risha l" packag"d and cann"d *oods+ and corporations

sponsor charita l" distri utions o* stapl" *oods and Thanksgiving dinn"rs.

III+ 7+ 8arade"

inc" 13 &+ in ," ?ork 4ity+

th" 7acyGs Thanksgiving !ay Parad" is

h"ld annually "v"ry Thanksgiving !ay

*rom th" -pp"r 2"st id"

o* 7anhattan to 7acyGs *lagship stor"

in 8"rald uar"+ and t"l"vis"d nationally

y ,B4. Th" parad" *"atur"s parad"

*loats ith sp"ci*ic th"m"s+ sc"n"s *rom

Broad ay plays+ larg" alloons o*

cartoon charact"rs and TK p"rsonaliti"s+ and high school marching ands. Th" *loat that

traditionally "nds th" 7acyGs Parad" is th" anta 4laus *loat+ th" arrival o* hich is an uno**icialsign o* th" "ginning o* th" 4hristmas s"ason.

/lso *ound"d in 13 &+ /m"ricaGs Thanksgiving Parad" in !"troit is on" o* th" larg"st

parad"s in th" country. Th" parad" runs *rom 7idto n to !o nto n !"troit and pr"c"d"s th"

annual !"troit %ions Thanksgiving *oot all gam". Th" parad" includ"s larg" alloons+ marching

ands+ and various c"l" rity gu"sts much lik" th" 7acyGs parad" and is nationally t"l"vis"d on

various a**iliat" stations. Th" 7ayor o* !"troit clos"s th" parad" y giving anta 4laus a k"y to

th" city.

III+ + (oot4all

/m"rican *oot all is an important part o*

many Thanksgiving c"l" rations in th" -nit"d

tat"s. Pro*"ssional *oot all gam"s ar" o*t"n h"ld

on Thanksgiving !ayA until r"c"ntly+ th"s" "r"

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th" only gam"s play"d during th" ""k apart *rom unday or 7onday night. Th" ,ational

Foot all %"agu" has play"d gam"s on Thanksgiving "v"ry y"ar sinc" its cr"ationA th" tradition is

r"*"rr"d to as th" Thanksgiving 4lassic. Th" !"troit %ions hav" host"d a gam" "v"ry

Thanksgiving !ay sinc" 13#&+ ith th" ":c"ption o* 13#3>13&& (du" to 2orld 2ar II). In 1366+

th" !allas 4o oys+ ho had ""n *ound"d si: y"ars "arli"r+ adopt"d th" practic" o* hosting

Thanksgiving gam"s. It is id"ly rumor"d that th" 4o oys sought a guarant"" that th"y ould

r"gularly host Thanksgiving gam"s as a condition o* th"ir v"ry *irst on" (sinc" gam"s on days

oth"r than unday "r" uncommon at th" tim" and thus high att"ndanc" as not a c"rtainty).

For many coll"g" *oot all t"ams+ th" r"gular s"ason "nds on Thanksgiving ""k"nd+ and

a t"amGs *inal gam" is o*t"n against a r"gional or historic rival. 7ost o* th"s" coll"g" gam"s ar"

play"d on th" Friday or aturday a*t"r Thanksgiving+ ut usually a singl" coll"g" gam" is play"d

on Thanksgiving its"l*.8igh school *oot all gam"s+ and in*ormal JTurk"y Bo lJ cont"sts play"d y amat"ur

groups and organi9ations+ ar" *r" u"ntly h"ld on Thanksgiving ""k"nd. 0am"s o* *oot all

pr"c"ding or *ollo ing th" m"al in th" ack yard or a n"ar y *i"ld ar" also common during many

*amily gath"rings.

III+ -+ (ilm

Eccasionally+ a 4hristmasCth"m"d *ilm ill " r"l"as"d to th"atr"s in th" -nit"d tat"s onor during th" Thanksgiving holiday. uch as th" cas" ith th" 13#5 Scrooge + th" 1351 *ilm

v"rsion o* th" !ick"ns classic+ and ith t o *ilm v"rsions o* The Nutcracker Cth" 13@6 *ilm

v"rsion and th" *amous 0"org" Balanchin" v"rsion o* th" all"t+ as "ll as th" animat"d The

Nutcracker Prince .

III+ 9+ lac; (rida/ >"!opping?

lac; (rida/ is th" day *ollo ing

Thanksgiving !ay in th" -nit"d tat"s+ traditionally

th" "ginning o* th" 4hristmas shopping s"ason. En

this day+ most ma or r"tail"rs op"n ":tr"m"ly "arly+

o*t"n at & a.m.+ or "arli"r+ and o**"r promotional

sal"s to kick o** th" shopping s"ason+ similar to

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Bo:ing !ay sal"s in many 4ommon "alth ,ations. Black Friday is not actually a holiday+ ut

som" nonCr"tail "mploy"rs giv" th"ir "mploy""s th" day o**+ incr"asing th" num "r o* pot"ntial

shopp"rs. It has routin"ly ""n th" usi"st shopping day o* th" y"ar sinc"


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To inn"r d"pths o* "ingA

For all th" spr"ad and s ""p o* ings+

From "arthly ondag" *r""ingA

For myst"ryHth" dr"am o* things

B"yond our po "r o* s""ingL

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In conclusion+ my pap"r ork *ocus"s on th" main asp"cts o* c"l" rating Thanksgiving

!ay s""n as a tim" *or gi*ting to your *amily and *ri"nds. Th" day is a tim" to sho yourgratitud" and r"sp"ct to your "ld"rs+ *ri"nds+ your si lings and also your coll"agu"s+ to th" on"s

around you in g"n"ral. Popular gi*ts includ" thanksgiving *lo "rs+ " "lry+ ak"d cooki"

hamp"rs+ chocolat" gi*t ask"ts+ candyC r"aths+ in" "tc. Thus+ th" history o* th" holiday I

l"arn"d ho Thanksgiving as tak"n *rom th" *irst s"ttl"rs arriv"d in th" ," 2orld+ ho

c"l" rat"d in 16 1 in Plymouth 4olony in 7assachus"tts+ ac uir"d miraculous harv"st harsh

climatic conditions. 2ampanoag Indians h"lp"d th"s" s"ttl"rs to *arm and *ish+ saving th"m *rom

starvation.

/lso+ I ud"rlin"d th" id"as a out ho this "v"nt is c"l" rat"d. o+ most compani"s

(":cluding stor"s) com" on holiday on Thursday and Friday o* th" ""k o* Thanksgiving !ay+ to

allo "mploy""s to c"l" rat" th" holiday ith *amily m"m "rs. It also organi9"s th"

Thanksgiving parad"s ith school ands and *loats. Traditional Thanksgiving dish"s ar" stu**"d

turk"y (roast"d+ smok"d or roast"d)+ ham+ mash"d potato"s+ s ""t potato"s+ corn and pumpkin

pi".

Thanksgiving !ay is an opportunity to ring tog"th"r *ri"nds and *amily+ ut also a tim"

h"n /m"rican citi9"ns ar" choosing to giv" thanks *or th" *r""doms th"y "n oy+ *or *ood+ th"ir

hom"s and oth"r good things.

7any /m"ricans tak" th" tim" during this p"riod to do charity acts or to pr"par" *ood *or

th" poor in *aciliti"s+ church"s or sh"lt"rs *or th" hom"l"ss.

It marks th" "ginning o* Jholiday s"asonJ that continu"s through ," ?"ar and th"

Friday a*t"r Thanksgiving !ay is traditionally in -nit"d tat"s+ th" usi"st day o* shopping

don". tor"s op"n "arly and sp"cial o**"rs to attract mor" custom"rs and uy"rs still u"u"s at

shopping c"nt"rs during th" night.Thanksgiving is th" sym ol o* th" oy o* loving+ caring and sharing. It is all a out

tog"th"rn"ss and m"rry making. Th" *"stival stands *or th" GEn"n"ssG o* p"opl". It "pitomi9"s

p"ac"+ harmony and union. P"opl" orld ov"r thank th" %ord almighty *or all th" l"ssings and

mat"rial poss"ssions "sto "d on th"m.

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