Every year, the last Thursday of 1 1 month is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Thanksgiving Day is a festival created by Americans, and it is also a festival for Americans to get together and enjoy Thanksgiving turkey and pumpkin pie. Some college students propose to set up their own Thanksgiving Day among college students in China, and express their love and gratitude to their friends and teachers on this day, which makes him feel that this is very reasonable.
In fact, since ancient times, the Chinese nation has been ready to help others and repay them with kindness. "The kindness of being dripped by others should be rewarded with springs" was once a famous sentence. Education in China pays more attention to grades and enrollment rate. In addition, many children are only children, and the love of their families leads children to take care of others for granted. Many students don't know how to thank and appreciate, but only know how to ask for it. Even rebellious and bored with family members who care too much about themselves.
Among adults, there are also ungrateful and forgetful situations, and everything is only based on interests. In a civilized society, it is necessary to know gratitude and have a grateful heart; This is also an important requirement for building a harmonious society, which can promote the harmony and coordination among members, groups, strata and groups of society, and promote mutual respect, trust and help among people.
Therefore, many people suggest setting up Thanksgiving Day in China, so that students can learn to put themselves in other's shoes, cherish their friends and understand their parents. Let adults stop being numb and indifferent and sincerely care for others. Although Thanksgiving Day in the West has its religious connotation, it can absorb its positive elements, blend into traditional virtues, and give it a new meaning, so as to establish a "Thanksgiving Day" with China characteristics.
On Thanksgiving Day, the whole country in the United States is very busy. People go to churches to pray for gratitude according to the custom. Dress-up parades, drama performances and sports competitions are held everywhere in urban and rural towns, and schools and shops are also on holiday as required. Children also imitate the appearance of Indians in those days, put on bizarre costumes, paint faces or put on masks to sing and play the trumpet in the street. Families living in other places will also go home for the holidays, and the whole family will sit around and munch on delicious turkey.
At the same time, hospitable Americans can't forget this day to invite friends, bachelors or people who are far away from home for a holiday. Since the 18th century, there has been a custom of sending a basket of food to poor families in the United States. At that time, a group of young women wanted to choose one day of the year to do good deeds, and thought that Thanksgiving was the most appropriate day. So as soon as Thanksgiving comes, they put a basket full of food and deliver it to the poor people's homes. It was rumored far and near, and soon many people followed their example.
Presidential turkey release ceremony
The annual presidential turkey release ceremony began in 1947 when President Truman was in power, but in fact this traditional ceremony can be traced back to the American Civil War when President Lincoln was in power. /kloc-one day in 0/863, Lincoln's son Ted suddenly broke into the cabinet meeting and asked for pardon for a pet turkey named Jack, because this turkey, which was sent to the White House, was about to become people's Christmas dinner.