Introduction to Thanksgiving Day Thanksgiving Day is a traditional western festival, a festival created by the American people, and a festival for Americans to get together as a family. At first, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving Day, which was temporarily decided by American states. It was not until 1863 after the independence of the United States that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
194 1 year, the US Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of 1 1 month as Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving holiday usually lasts from Thursday to Sunday. 1879 The Canadian Parliament declared that 1 1 6 is a Thanksgiving Day and a national holiday. In the following years, the date of Thanksgiving changed many times, until on 1957 1 March 3 1 day, the Canadian Parliament declared the second Monday of October as Thanksgiving.
In addition to the United States and Canada, there are also GJs in the world such as Egypt and Greece that have their own unique Thanksgiving Day, but GJs in Europe such as Britain and France are insulated from Thanksgiving Day. Some scholars have also proposed the establishment of Chinese Thanksgiving Day to promote traditional culture.
How to celebrate Thanksgiving in America 1, eat turkey
Thanksgiving food is very traditional. Every Thanksgiving, Americans and Canadians must have fat and tender turkeys to eat. Turkey is the traditional main course of Thanksgiving. After Europe immigrated to America, they thought the appearance of turkeys was very similar to that of Turkey, so they were called Turkey. 1947 During President Truman's administration, a ceremony of releasing turkeys was added. In fact, this traditional ceremony can be traced back to President Lincoln's administration. /kloc-one day in 0/863, Lincoln's son Ted suddenly broke into the cabinet meeting room and asked for forgiveness of a pet turkey named Jack. Later, this episode gradually became the custom of releasing turkeys on Thanksgiving Day.
2. Eat a holiday meal
3. Play games
On Thanksgiving Day, people enjoy the joy of cooking, delicious food and talking all day. After the Thanksgiving dinner, some families often play some traditional games, such as dancing and competitions. Some of them have been passed down to this day.
4. outing
Some families will drive to the countryside for an outing, or travel by plane, where the immigrants settled down at the beginning. mdash; Plymouth harbor is where tourists yearn for it. There, you can see ships and Plymouth stones copied from may flower, and you can also visit the immigrant village built in imitation of that year.