How is Thanksgiving today?

Thanksgiving is celebrated in America each year on the fourth Thursday in the month of November.At Thanksgiving, Americans eat roasted turkey with stuffing, served with cranberry sauce.They also eat vegetables which are sweet or mashed potatoes, celery sticks, creamed onions andcorn. For dessert, Americans usually eat a pumpkin pie.

Every year the president saves the life of a white turkey. The ceremony is called the presidentialpardon.And then, the turkey is take in a farm where it will live its life with hapiness.

The origin of Thansgiving

What is really Thanksgiving?Thanksgiving is the feast

created in the autumn of 1621 by the Pilgrims.

Thanksgiving is made up of two words: THANKS and GIVING.

So it means the Pilgrims gave thanks to God for their first harvest.

The TripThe Pilgrims (a hundred and two

passengers) left Engand on September, 6th 1620 with the Mayflower, it was a ship and her destination was Virginia.

During the travel, the Pilgrims suffered injuries, they were bored and seasick and in the top of that they didn't have any privacy.

The Pilgrims inted to settle in Virginia.

But before, they stopped in Newfoundland for fresh water and supplies before sailing south again for Virginia.

In the New WorldThey land at Cape Cod in Massachusetts Bay

area on November 11st, 1620 after 65 days of navigation , where native people called Wampanoag already lived .

The Pilgrims arrived in the New World during the winter, making it very difficult for them to find food and built shelter.

Most of the passengers failed to survive the first few months in their new home.

But the native people shared their knowledge of local crops and navigation and helped the colonists survive.

And finally for celebrated the colony's first successful harvest, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag celebrated the first Thanksgiving.

Painting about ThansgivingA short description

The scene take place at the grandparents', in the dining room, at Thanksgiving.

The whole family is celebrating Thanksgiving.

They all look very happy because they are smiling.

They seem to be having fun.

This document is a painting called Freedom from wantby Norman Rockwell.

Thanksgiving activities:At Thanksgiving, Americans

can watch American football matches on TV.

They can also watch Macy's Thanksgiving parade which takes place in NYC on TV. They are floats, marching bands and larger-than-life balloons.Macy's is a department store.

As a conclusionAt Thanksgiving,

Americans can do a lot of things.

All Americans try to get home for Thanksgiving.

So Thanksgiving is a bigger holiday than Christmas.