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The Celebration of Thanksgiving Day
George .W. Bush set the turkey
“Flying Bird” free
Barack Obama set the turkey
“Courage” free
The Origin of Thanksgiving Day
The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on
December 11, 1620. Their first winter was
devastating. At the beginning of the followin ng fall,
they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on
the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a
bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided
to celebrate with a feast —— including 91 Indians
who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year.
It is believed that the Pilgrims would not have made
it through the year without the help of the natives.
The feast was more of a traditional English harvest
festival than a true “thanksgiving” observance. It
lasted three days.
1620年12月11日，旅行者们在“普利茅
斯石”登陆。他们的第一个冬季是灾难性
的，第二年秋天来临时，原来的102名乘
客只剩下56人。但1621年他们获得了大
丰收，这些幸存的殖民者们决定和帮助他
们度过困难的91名印第安人一起飨宴庆
祝。他们相信，若没有当地居民的帮助，
他们是不可能度过这一年的。这次节日的
盛宴不仅仅是一个“感恩”仪式，它更像
英国传统的丰收庆典。庆典持续了三天。
In the United States, Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of
November. In Canada, it is the second Monday in October. On
this holiday, a Thanksgiving meal is prepared with all the
trimmings; families gather together and talk, while others watch
a game o r a parade filled with pilgrims, Indians and other
colonial figures. Some families may even have their own yearly
Thanksgiving traditions.
What comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving? Do you
picture a time of thankfulness towards God—or is it merely one
of eating, partying or watching football?
Sadly, the latter is what Thanksgiving has become to most. They
have forgotten why the day was established. Its meaning has
slowly deteriorated, and is now almost completely lost under a
cloud of media hype, sales pitches, marketing tactics and blitz
commercialism.