Thanksgiving Daу

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Answer the questions
1. When was the first
Thanksgiving celebrated?

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The first
Thanksgiving
was in 1621.

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2. How did the
Native
Americans help
the Pilgrims?

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The Native Americans
taught them how to grow
corn and pumpkins and
beans. They also taught
the Pilgrims how to fish
and hunt.

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3. When is
Thanksgiving
celebrated?

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Now, Thanksgiving
is celebrated on the
fourth Thursday of
November.

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4. How do people
celebrate
Thanksgiving now?

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Thanksgiving is a time when
families come together and eat a
lot of food. They eat big turkeys
and cranberries and pumpkin pie.
It is a day of gratitude and
appreciation. Everybody talks
about what they are thankful for

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5. What is common
Thanksgiving food?

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Turkey,
pumkin pies
potatoes
cranberry sause
popcorn: are traditional
dishes

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6. Who declared
thanksgiving a
national holiday?

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Abaraham Lincoln was
the president who
declared Thanksgiving a
national holiday in 1863

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What other
Thanksgiving
traditions do you
know ?

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Apart from food, the
biggest Thanksgiving
traditions are football
and parades. IThe
traditional American
Thanksgiving football
game was usually
between the Detroit
Lions and the Green
Bay Packers

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The tradition of Thanksgiving
parades goes back to the
early 20th century, when
people began to associate
Thanksgiving with the
beginning of the Christmas
shopping season.