Thanksgiving days

1. Presentación de una novedad
Título

2. THANKSGIVING DAY
It is a national holiday celebrated primarily in
the United States and Canada as a day of
giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest
and of the preceding year. Several other
places around the world observe similar
celebrations. It is celebrated on the fourth
Thursday of November in the United States
and on the second Monday of October in
Canada.

3. Origen (Origin)
The large number of religious
holidays on the Catholic calendar.
Before 1536 there were 95 Church
holidays, plus 52 Sunday
The 1536 reforms reduced the
number of Church holidays to 27,
but some Puritans wished to
completely eliminate all Church
holidays, including Christmas and
Easter.

4. Days of Fasting were called on account of
drought in 1611, floods in 1613, and plagues
in 1604 and 1622. Days of Thanksgiving
were called following the victory over the
Spanish Armada in 1588 and following the
deliverance of Queen Anne in 1705.
In USA historically, Thanksgiving has
traditionally been a celebration of the
blessings of the (agricultural) year, including
the harvest.

5. ¿En qué consiste? (What is?)
Thanks giving day is a day to share blessings
and good wishes with family and loved ones.
The family members gather in the relative's
home older, the oldest, usually grandparents.
All together give thanks for all the good they
have and ask for blessings together to theirs.
In this spirit of sharing, civic groups and
charitable organizations offer traditional food to
the needy in their community, in particular the
homeless.

6. Food products that were
served at the first
Thanksgiving, have become
traditional, can not miss.
Among them we can
highlight:
corn, squash, cranberry sauce,
and of course the stuffed
turkey.
The ceremony is public
recognition of the role of the
Indians at the first
Thanksgiving 350 years ago.

7. ¿Cómo se celebra? (

8. Familiar dinners
The majority of persons in the United States
celebrate this holiday with familiar meetings in
his homes where they prepare a banquet. In
many houses it is common to offer a prayer of
graces. The principal traditional plate for the
dinner is a great roast or baked turkey. This
turkey traditionally is accompanied on a made
landfill of bread of maize and sage. It is served
traditionally with a jelly or sauce of red
cranberries.

9. In addition they are in the habit of serving plates
of vegetables as the green beans (ejotes,
vainitas), there eats sweet (sweet potato, yam)
and the dad's mash with gravy, that is a made
sauce of the juice of the turkey; also one is in
the habit of serving a great variety of desserts,
being the most popular cake of gourd. Also it is
common to prepare the cake of nut pecan and
that of apple.

10. Parade in Manhattan
Anually the chain of departmental shops Macy's
realizes a great parade for the streets of
Manhattan, New York, which attracts million
persons to the avenue Broadway to see the
enormous giant globes and to attend the actions
of invited artists.

11. Beginning of the season of purchases
The business majority and offices are closed on
this day. Some stores, malls, restaurants and
bars remain opened. Friday following the
holiday is traditional the opening of the season
of Christmas purchases. This day is known as
Black Friday. Stores and shops they all offer
prices of reduction and many people come from
the first hours of the day to the malls.

12. ¿Donde? (Where?)
Is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the
United States and Canada as a day of giving
thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the
preceding year. Several other places around the
world observe similar celebrations. It is
celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November
in the United States and on the second Monday of
October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its
historical roots in religious and cultural traditions,
and has long been celebrated in a secular manner
as well.

13. OPINION
In our opinión, thanks giving day is a very
important tradition and It’s very interesting too.
We’ve heard of this day but we’ve never known
how is it. So it's good.