Thanksgiving Day

For each new morning with its light, 

For rest and shelter of the night, 

For health and food, 

For love and friends, 

For everything Thy goodness sends. 

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Thanksgiving Day is a family holiday celebrated in the USA every fourth Thursday in November.

A typical Thanksgiving meal is: roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, stuffing, sweet corn and pumpkin pie.

At Thanksgiving American families watch street parades or football games on TV.

Interesting facts:

Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated by the Pilgrims, a group of Puritans who landed at Plymouth Rock, in what is now Massachusetts, United States, in 1620.

William Bradford, Governor of New England, proclaimed a day of “thanksgiving” and prayer to celebrate the Pilgrims’ first harvest in America, in1621.

Abraham Lincoln, United States president designated a national Thanksgiving Day in 1863. 

The Turkey Song

I'm a little turkey

Short and Fat

Thanksgiving Day is coming

Now what do you think of that?

I had better run as fast as I can

Or your mommy will roast me in a pan! 

Jokes:

Asked to write a composition entitled, "What I'm thankful for on Thanksgiving,

a student wrote, "I am thankful that I'm not a turkey."

Q: Who is not hungry at Thanksgiving

A: The turkey because it is already stuffed!

Prepared by Marija Zivlak, an English teacher

P.S. There is an interesting video on the history of Thanksgiving and the holiday celebrations: