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| Thanksgiving Day |
Thanksgiving Day is the annual holiday in United States when people wish 'Happy Thanksgiving' to each other and pray to God.
God has given us so much - flowers and trees,
mountains and rivers, sun and moon, fruits and vegetables, skies and
stars. We admire them and relish them but we hardly take time to
thank God for all He has given us. Thanksgiving Day is one such day
assigned to take time out of our hectic lives and share the gifts
God has given us with our family and friends and thank God for his
benevolence. Besides family gatherings and holiday meals, the chief
highlights of the Thanksgiving festival are stuffed turkeys as the
main dish on the dinner table with pumpkin pies as the desserts,
giant balloons and holiday parades and the Thanksgiving gifts.
The national holiday of United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on
the fourth Thursday of November every year. Thanksgiving Day is
celebrated to commemorate the harvest of the Plymouth Colony in 1621
that spelt life after the sufferings of starvation in the long
winter draught. The then Governor William Bradford assigned the day
as the Thanksgiving Day and a great feast was prepared, which was
shared by the colonists as well as the neighboring Native
Americans.
There were similar observances held sporadically but it was after
the American Revolution that George Washington proclaimed the first
national Thanksgiving Day on November 26th, 1789. Abraham Lincoln
revived the custom is 1863 and appointed the last Thursday of
November as the Thanksgiving Day. The customary turkey dinner is
served in the remembrance of the wild fowls or turkeys that were
served at the Pilgrims' first thanksgiving feast. Happy
Thanksgiving!
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