An Important Family Holiday

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving is a national holiday that originated as harvest festival in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. I'm going to write a little story about Thanksgiving Day.

In September 1620, a ship called the mayflower left Plymouth, England, which had 102 passengers was seeking a new home where they could live freely. One month later, they approached Massachusetts Bay, where know as Pilgrims. After hard and cold winter, they planted some foods with Wampanoag Indians then they shared an autumn harvest feast in 1621 that was one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations.

In the United States, it is an important family holiday. People often travel across the country to be with family members for the holiday. The Thanksgiving holiday is "four-day" weekend in the United States. Americans' shops and markets are on sale Thursday and Friday. Thanksgiving is almost entirely celebrated at home.

On the other hand, Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October. The festival was celebrated to thank the recovery of King Edward VII from a serious illness that is different from U.S. People celebrate Thanksgiving Day having parades, customary 'family feast' and 'turkey'. It is a time for sharing, loving. The behind the celebration is to being thankful for the past harvest and praying for the coming year.

In Britain, the harvest festival starts when the wheat has been cut and the apples have been picked. The churches are decorated with flowers during the harvest time. Fruits, Vegetables, and a loaf of bread are also used to decorate the churches. Peoples believe that bringing a plough into the church for blessing will result into a plentiful harvesting during the next year.

In Mongolia, harvest festival begins in October and most of kindergarten and middle school celebrate this day. They cook with many kind of vegetables that grown in our country. It is our little celebration of harvest festival. Nowadays, American who live in Mongolia usually celebrate thanksgiving and teach us what is it thanksgiving, what kind of foods must be in the dinner table.

First time, in high school teacher who works in Peace Corps explained us thanksgiving and show us how they celebrate this holiday. This is all my experiences about thanksgiving.

In conclusion, in my opinion this holiday is different from each other but thanksgiving's mean is thanking for everyone and have a wonderful dinner with people who you love. And it is the same as harvest festival for other countries.

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