Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football and family. Thankhsgiving is the most popoular holiday in the USA. In fact, more people in the USA celebrate Thanksgiving than they do Christmas - it can be related to the fact that Thanksgiving is a secular holiday that officially separates church and state.
The story of Thanksgivings begins in 1621, when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast.
THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS
The Feast
Thanksgiving is the time when people share a sumptuous meal with family and friends. Many families gather together to prepare a bountiful feast. Of course, the most traditional meal is turkey, whether roasted, baked or deep-fried. Other traditional foods include stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and a pumpkin pie.
Parades
Parades are an integral part of Thanksgiving in cities across the US. More than 3 million spectators gather on streets of New York for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and another 44 million gather around their television sets across the country to admire the magic of the parade's oversized balloons.
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (New York)
McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade (Chicago)
America's Thanksgiving Parade (Detroit)
American football
The National Football League (NFL) on Thanksgiving Day is a traditional series of games played during the Thanksgiving in the United States.The traditional American Thanksgiving football game was usually between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers, but as football has became more popular, there are now more games on Thanksgiving day.
TASKS:
1. Who and in which year made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
2. Which state was the first to make Thanksgiving a yearly occasion before it became a national holiday?
3. What food do more than 90 percent of Americans eat on Thanksgiving?
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