THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION !!!!!!!!!


Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in the month of November, every year, is essentially a harvest festival. It is a time characterized with lot of fun and frolic, gifting, family feasting, community praying etc. Thanksgiving is most jubilated in the countries of America and Canada. These countries witness a lot of fervor and zeal among its residents. It is a time to thank not only God for a bountiful harvest, but also the fellow members for their continuous support and care.Thanksgiving Day is nowadays celebrated as a time to gather with family and friends to give thanks for the many blessings enjoyed by this nation and its citizens. It is a day for huge meals, dinner parties, get-togethers or reunions. Turkey dinners, cranberries, candied yams, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and family gatherings—these are all commonly associated with most Americans’ and Canadians’ yearly celebration of giving thanks—Thanksgiving Day!On this holiday, a Thanksgiving meal is prepared with all the trimmings; families gather together and talk, while others watch a game or a parade filled with pilgrims, Indians and other colonial figures. Some families may even have their own yearly Thanksgiving traditions.Parades, fetes and fairs, eating at restaurants, shopping are an inherent part of the festive celebration. Football game is closely associated with thanksgiving celebration in America. Foot ball matches are organised every year to mark the occasion.Thanksgiving weekend is also the official beginning of the Christmas season in America.It is also celebrated in parts of Asia, Africa under different names. The theme behind all the celebrations is uniform- being grateful to Lord Almighty and the fellow men.

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• http://www.thanksgiving-cards.net/
• http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/thanks/
• http://www.thanksgivinggreetings.net/
• http://www.pilgrimhall.org/f_thanks.htm