Since the Europeans(the pilgrims)came to the United States, they have been welcomed and helped by the Indians. The pilgrims came on November 1620 many were sick, tired, and cold. The pilgrims came on a ship known as the Mayflower. They needed homes so they went to work and started cutting down trees. In the winter they were all cold and they had almost had gone out of food. Many of them didn't make it before summer. Luckily for them a group of Indian's came, they help them how to catch fish, claims, and to hunt deer, but that wasn't all the Indian's thought them. They even showed them how to plant corn and many other vegetables. The Indian's knew how to speak English, they knew because many fishermen and traders thought them how to talk English. An Indian named Squanto communicated with the pilgrims. he told them every thing like how to survive, and hunt. One day in the fall the pilgrims harvest their corn crops, they would fill their baskets with lots of vegetables. They gather everything for the up coming winter. The pilgrims were all happy because of their great fortune, so on a special day they to give thanks for all the things they had. The Indian's joined them and they sat around a table and they ate turkey, venison(deer meat), clams, fish, cranberry sauce, and many other things. Their feast only lasted about three days. They called the day "Thanksgiving". So thanksgiving became a tradition. When Abraham Lincoln became president, he made Thanksgiving a national holiday all over the United States. Thanksgiving is celebrated every year on November the 24th on the fourth Thursday.
Many people celebrate thanksgiving in many different ways. some celebrate it from tradition, but others celebrate it in their own ways. Many people go to parades and other activities. Some have cookouts, and they invite families or neighbors to join them. Some have parties, or many other things they can come up with. Some people don't get to celebrate thanksgiving, the reason why they don't get to celebrate thanksgiving is because some people may have work to do, or because they don't have any time for the holiday. Their are many reasons why many people don't celebrate thanksgiving.
Why do we celebrate thanksgiving? we celebrate thanksgiving because we are giving thanks for the things we have. Thanksgiving has been around for a long time ever since the pilgrims came, and had a feast with Squanto and his people. We also celebrate thanksgiving because it is a national holiday, and because many people need to spend more time with their families.That's why we have thanksgiving for we are thankful for our families, friends, everyone on this planet, and for the things we have. We need to celebrate thanksgiving every year because thanksgiving is the day we give thanks.
Thanksgiving is a harvest festival celebrated Pilgrim. Thanksgiving is through out the United States and Canada. Here in the United States are celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, and in Canada, thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October. Where was the first thanksgiving celebrated, and what happen after thanksgiving? The first thanksgiving was celebrated in Plymouth in 1621. When the pilgrims had there harvest done, they picked up all the corn and the other vegetables. The Indians joined them, too. They celebrated Thanksgiving for three days , and that's when they decided to call it "Thanksgiving".
The history of thanksgiving has been for a very long time ever since the pilgrims and Indians had their big feast. How did Squanto know that the Pilgrims had arrived there, and why did he help them. My suggestion is that Squanto learn how to talk like them was when he talked to fishermen and traders, and he helped them cause he might have seen them suffering from the cold and that they were hungry.So he decided to help them. The real thing was that Squanto was once captured by traders and then set free, and moved to England. When Squanto was in England he became homesick, his friends tried to find a way to send him back to America. Squanto had traveled the Atlantic ocean four times just to be disappointed, because his tribe had died a of a disease. Even though he went to another village with another tribe. Squanto then saw the pilgrims and there he helped the pilgrims hunt deer, catch fish and claims, and the most important how to plant corn. Once the other tribe left Squanto decided to stay with the pilgrims because they had plenty of food and other many things.
People have many ways to celebrate thanks giving. How do you celebrate thanksgiving? I celebrate my thanksgiving just by spending time with my family and having cook outs and many other things. Do you spend time with you family on thanksgiving? Like i said before many people celebrate thanksgiving many different ways. Some go by tradition and others come up with a new tradition. When people grow up they want to do different things for thanksgiving and many other holidays. They do this so when they have kids they want them to celebrate it very different from tradition. While others want their kids to celebrate it by tradition.
Is their still pilgrims alive today? the answer is yes. Their is only one still living today. Their is still one living in Plymouth. Many people can visit their and learn on how the pilgrims used to live and they can here how they passed their lives while they traveled on the mayflower and what they did when they landed in the united states of America. Many people can learn how the pilgrims learn to survive in the winter and how they got food. Many people visit their as a site, just to look around and enjoy the views.
When thanksgiving comes many people get days of, most stores are closed, and schools are closed for those days. So i guess that means "NO SCHOOL". The holiday doesn't last long only about three days including the weekends. So remember when you have thanksgiving parties and many other things to, remember to thank for the things you have and for the wonderful family you've got. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
