Thanksgiving and Thanksgiving day

Thanksgiving And Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving takes place on the fourth Thursday of every November every year. Thanksgiving began to be celebrated when the pilgrims and the Native Americans had their big feast to give thanks to everything they had. When the Pilgrims first arrived to America they came and had no food and it was snowing! Many settlers got sick and passed away. When the Native Americans found the Pilgrims they showed them how to grow crops, fish and even how to dance. Thanksgiving was celebrated as a way for the Pilgrims to show their thanks to the Native Americans. The Native American tribe was known as the Wampanoag tribe. The Wampanoag agreed to the feast when the Pilgrims invited them. The first Thanksgiving feast was in the year of 1621 that was a three day festival of eating, hunting and festivity. The indians killed 5 deers and brought them to the Pilgrims to give as a gift. Thanksgiving was not a national holiday until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln declared that it would be celebrated on the last Thursday of November. It took about 200 years for Thanksgiving to become a national holiday. In 1939 President Roosevelt decided to move Thanksgiving up a week to give businesses more time to prepare for the Christmas spending time. Did you know that turkey and pumpkin pie were not part of the first Thanksgiving feast. Also if they did serve cranberries they were not able to serve them in a sauce like they do now. This year Thanksgiving will be celebrated on November 24th. Now throughout the years many festivities have taken place on Thanksgiving. For example the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade takes place Thanksgiving morning. Also Black Friday all across the nation takes place on Thanksgiving. Black Friday is on Thanksgiving to help people save money for Christmas time.

 

A few things I am thankful for

• My family
• Having a home
• Being able to be in band
• Having loving and supporting parents
• Having an education
• Having such amazing teachers and friends
• Being with my family after a long period of time has passed
• Having books
• Having my little brother and sister
• Having music involved in my life
• Having an amazing life
• The help my cardiologist has given me
• Everyone’s help and the support for the past few years
• Having my mom who will be there when I need her most and will support me
• Having a dad who will be there and support me with my music