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Thanksgiving Day
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Introduceing
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Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival
celebrated primarily in the United States and
Canada. Traditionally, it has been a time to
give thanks for a bountiful harvest. While there
was an underlying religious element in the
original celebration, Thanksgiving today is
primarily identified as a secular holiday.
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Traditional Foods
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Pumpkin Another modern staple at
almost every Thanksgiving table is the
customary 'Pumpkin Pie'. It is not sure
whether pumpkin was one of the dishes in
the first thanksgiving dinner. Pilgrims
probably made a pumpkin dish sweetened
with honey or syrup. They were however a
part of all traditional meals long before the
arrival of pilgrims. Pumpkin leaves were
also used as salads. According to
historians, other seasonal vegetables
included squash. People at that time were
not particularly fond of vegetables, they
were mostly meat eaters. Pumpkin is one
of the important symbols of the harvest
festival and has been an Americanfavourite for over 400 years now.
Turkey
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The celebration of Thanksgiving will be incomplete without the
legendary Turkey. It derives its name from the 'turk turk' sounds
it makes when scared. Turkey was at one time being considered
as the national symbol of America. Benjamin Franklin felt that
turkey was the right choice because it was a good runner and
had a sharp sight. A bald eagle later became the national symbol
of America.
First Thanksgiving Feast
The famous 'Turkey' adorns the table of every household as a
main course during the celebration. The customary dinner
reminds of the 'Four Wild Turkeys' served at the 'First
Thanksgiving Feast
Corn
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Corn is one of the popular symbols of thanksgiving. It
came in many varieties and colours-red, white, yellow
and blue. Some Americans considered blue and white
corn sacred. It is said that native Americans had been
growing corn a long time before the pilgrims arrived
in their country. The oldest corns date 7000 years
back and were grown in Mexico. Americans taught
pilgrims how to grow corn and help them survive the
bitter winter of 1620. It is certain certain that corn
were a part of the first thanksgiving dinner.
Cranbarry
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Cranberry, is a symbol and a modern diet staple of
thanksgiving. Originally called crane berry, it derived its
name from its pink blossoms and drooping head which
reminded the pilgrim of a crane. The name was later
changed to what is popularly known as Cranberry. Pilgrims
soon found out a way to sweeten the bitten cranberries with
maple sugar. Ever since cranberry sauce is a permanent
companion of turkey during thanksgiving feast.
Cornucopia
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Cornucopia is the most common symbol of a harvest festival. A Horn
shaped container, it is filled with abundance of the Earth's harvest. It is also
known as the 'horn of plenty'. The traditional cornucopia was a curved
goat's horn filled to brim with fruits and grains. According to Greek legend,
Amalthea (a goat) broke one of her horns and offered it to Greek God Zeus
as a sign of reverence. As a sign of gratitude, Zeus later set the goat's image
in the sky also known as constellation Capricorn
Beans
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Beans are a special symbol of thanksgiving. Native
Americans are believed to have taught the pilgrims to
grow beans next to cornstalks. This was so that beans
could grow and use cornstalks as their pole. Thus
American beans are also known as 'Pole Beans'.
Famously known as one of the 'Three sisters', beans
are a part of thanksgiving feast.
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