Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in late November in the United States and early October in Canada. It originated from a mix of European and Native American harvest festival traditions. Key symbols of Thanksgiving include the turkey, pumpkin pie, cornucopia, and corn. Traditional foods served are turkey, potatoes, cranberries, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. Thanksgiving is meant to celebrate the harvest and blessings of the past year.

1. Thanksgiving
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2. What is Thanksgiving?
 Thanksgiving Day is a holiday
celebrated primarily in the
United states and Canada .
Thanksgiving is celebrated each
year on the second Monday of
October in Canada and on the
fourth Thursday of November in
the United States. Thanksgiving
in Canada falls on the same day as
Columbus Day in the United
States. Because of the
longstanding traditions of the
holiday, the celebration often
extends to the weekend that
falls closest to the day it is
celebrated.

3. History
Thanksgiving in North America had originated from a mix of European
and Native traditions. Typically in Europe, festivals were held before
and after the harvest cycles to give thanks for a good harvest, and to
rejoice together after much hard work with the rest of the community.
At the time, Native Americans had also celebrated the end of a
harvest season. When Europeans first arrived to the Americas, they
brought with them their own harvest festival traditions from
Europe, celebrating their safe voyage, peace and good harvest.

4. What foods are traditional eaten on
Thanksgiving?
 Turkey
 Potatoes
 Cranberry
 Pumpkin Pie
 Corn
 Vegetables

5. Symbols

6. Cornucopia
• Cornucopia is one of the important symbols of
Thanksgiving day. It is a representative symbol
of fertility, wealth and abundance. It was
represented by a horn-shaped vessel, with an
abundance of fruits, flowers, nuts ...

7. Corn
• Corn is one of the popular symbols of
thanksgiving. It came in many varieties and
colours-red and yellow. It is certain that corn
were a part of the first thanksgiving dinner.

8. Turkey
• The greatest symbol of Thanksgiving Day is the
Peru Day of Thanksgiving for many is called
the Day of Peru.

9. Pumpkin pie
• Pumpkin pie is a traditional sweet
dessert, eaten during the fall and early
winter, especially for Thanksgiving in the
United States. The pumpkin is a symbol of
harvest time.

10. Thanksgiving day songs
• Hello, Mr. Turkey
• The Turkey Song Hello, Mr. Turkey how are you?
I'm a little turkey Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
Short and Fat With a gobble, gobble, gobble,
Thanksgiving Day is coming And a wobble, wobble, wobble.
Now what do you think of that ? Hello, Mr. Turkey, how are you?
I had better run as fast as I can
Or your mommy will roast me in a pan!
• The First Thanksgiving
Pick the corn and pick the beans,
Pick the squash and other greens
It is harvest time you see
Come and share a feast with me.
Bring your family out to play,
We'll call this Thanksgiving Day

11. Thanksgiving poems
• The Little Pilgrim • Thanksgiving Time
Cranberries dripping down my When all the leaves are off the
chin boughs,
Have stained my pilgrim suit. And nuts and apples gathered in,
I ate too much Thanksgiving day And cornstalks waiting for the
But I don't give a hoot. cows,
And pumpkins safe in barn and
I slurped a pile of dressing, bin,
Gobbled down a turkey thigh, Then Mother says, "My children
Dribbled messy cranberries dear,
Devoured some pumpkin pie. The fields are brown, and autumn
flies;
Within me on this special day Thanksgiving Day is very near,
It's a thankful heart that beats. And we must make thanksgiving
For all the things that I enjoy pies!"
But mainly for the eats

12. The end