Thanksgiving is celebrated in late November in the United States and early October in Canada. It originated as a harvest festival celebrated by Native Americans and Pilgrims in the 17th century to give thanks for a successful harvest. Today, Thanksgiving is commonly celebrated with family and friends gathering for a feast that usually includes turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. It is also followed by Black Friday, known for significant retail sales and consumer shopping on the day after Thanksgiving.

1. Thanksgiving

2. What do you think?What do you think?
• WhatWhat is Thanksgiving?
• WhereWhere is it celebrated?
• WhenWhen is it celebrated?
• WhyWhy is it celebrated?
• HowHow is it celebrated?

3. What is Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday
celebrated primarily in the United States
and Canada.

4. When is it celebrated?
In the USAUSA: on the fourth Thursday of
NovemberNovember

5. In CanadaCanada: Thanksgiving is celebrated each year
on the second Monday of OctoberOctober

6. What do they celebrate?
• Historically, Thanksgiving is the tradition of
the Native Americans showing thanks for
their harveststheir harvests by singing, dancing and
praying.

7. • When the Pilgrims arrive in North America in
1620, their first winter is very difficult and
many of them die from starvation and disease.
The next year, a group of Native Americans
teach the Pilgrims to grow corn, how to collect
berries, and how to fish and hunt.

8. • The next year in 1621, the Pilgrims have a very
successful harvest. They are very thankful, so
they have a large feast and celebrate for three
days. They invite the Natives to their
celebration.

9. What do they celebrate?
• The customscustoms remind the people of:
–ancient celebrations of harvest,
– thankfulness for peace,
– the native Americans.

10. Custom of Family Dinner
• Everyone follows the custom of family dinner
and religious reunion every year.
• Feasts are usually held at home.
• It is a time to enjoy their favourite 'Roast
Turkey' with the family.

11. Thanksgiving meals
• Most families share a festive meal together
with traditional dishes such as turkey and
stuffing, mashed potatoes, squash, cranberry
sauce and of course, the traditional pumpkin
pie for dessert

12. • Thanksgiving is a time to spend with family
and friends. It is a day to stop working and to
give thanks for one’s life, health, family, food,
and freedom.

14. What is “ Black Friday”?
"Black Friday" is the term for the phenomenon
that takes place in the U.S. on the day after
Thanksgiving Thursday.
Millions of consumers who get the day off
from work or school crowd into stores and
buy lots of things.

15. Origin really unknown
• Selling slaves?
– Bad day on the Stock Market?
• A day to turn red into black?
• Nowadays
Big sales
Limited stock
Consumerism
Stress
……….. Other countries also celebrate
Black Friday ….

16. Thanksgiving & Black Friday
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The PPT presentation adapted to
adult students EPA BERBES 2015