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    Thanksgiving has evolved over time from its origins as a harvest festival celebrated by Native Americans. The modern Thanksgiving holiday combines New England harvest celebrations with the Puritan tradition of religious observance and feasting. Key Thanksgiving traditions include traveling to spend time with family, the presidential turkey pardon ceremony, sharing a feast of traditional foods like turkey and pie, and helping others in need.

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    Thanksgiving has evolved over time from its origins as a harvest festival celebrated by Native Americans. The modern Thanksgiving holiday combines New England harvest celebrations with the Puritan tradition of religious observance and feasting. Key Thanksgiving traditions include traveling to spend time with family, the presidential turkey pardon ceremony, sharing a feast of traditional foods like turkey and pie, and helping others in need.

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    Thanksgiving has evolved over time from its origins as a harvest festival celebrated by Native Americans. The modern Thanksgiving holiday combines New England harvest celebrations with the Puritan tradition of religious observance and feasting. Key Thanksgiving traditions include traveling to spend time with family, the presidential turkey pardon ceremony, sharing a feast of traditional foods like turkey and pie, and helping others in need.

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    THANKSGIVING

    Ariadna Gonell
    2019-06-4-0147
    History
    ◦ Thanksgiving is an american tradition that dates very early back in time.
    From ancient times, Native People of North America have held ceremonies to give thanks for successful
    harvests, for the hope of a good growing season in the early spring, and for other good fortune like the birth
    of a child.
    The arrival of the Pilgrims and Puritans brought new Thanksgiving traditions to the American scene.
    Today’s national Thanksgiving celebration is a blend of two traditions: the New England custom of
    rejoicing after a successful harvest, based on ancient English harvest festivals; and the Puritan
    Thanksgiving, a solemn religious observance combining prayer and feasting.
    ◦ The holiday changed as the dogmatic Puritans of the 17th century evolved into the 18th century’s more
    cosmopolitan Yankees. By the 1700s, the emotional significance of the New England family united
    around a dinner table overshadowed the civil and religious importance of Thanksgiving. Carried by
    Yankee emigrants moving westward and the popular press, New England’s holiday traditions would
    spread to the rest of the nation.
    The story they tell
    Origin
    Most schools teach that Thanksgiving was born when some English religious dissenters, the pilgrims, were
    struggling to settle in Plymouth and were warmly received by friendly, local Native Americans from the
    Wampanoag tribe, who taught them how to survive in the New World. To celebrate their success and to
    honor each other, everyone got together and threw an affectionate feast in which the pilgrims showed their
    gratitude. That sounds like a lovely story! But, it falls way short of showing the whole picture.
    What really happened
    Little by little, the colonists of Plymouth, though indebted to the
    Wampanoag, took over their land, straining the locals’ way of life. If that was
    not enough, disease, spread by the newcomers, decimated the native
    population.

    On top of famine and disease, raids grew increasingly common. Abductions,


    slaughter, razing, and pillaging became everyday affairs, and on both sides
    the casualties were high. But whereas the colonists had the privilege of
    relocating to more fortified settlements, the Wampanoag were simply forced
    to leave their villages and flee to distant regions
    Traditions
    ◦ TRAVEL
    ◦ Most years, one of the best things about Thanksgiving is spending time with family. Many people live far
    from family members and travel long distances by car, train, or plane to be with their loved ones.
    Thanksgiving is often one of the busiest travel days of the year!
    ◦ THE TURKEY PARDON
    ◦ Each year at Thanksgiving, the president of the United States receives a gift of two live turkeys. At a
    White House ceremony, the president traditionally "pardons" the National Thanksgiving Turkeys so
    they can live on a farm.
    ◦ THE FEAST
    ◦ Traditional foods are a large part of Thanksgiving celebrations. Many families include the entire family
    in the food preparation. Traditional foods include turkey, stuffing, gravy, sweet potatoes, cornbread,
    mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Many people serve pie for dessert at the end of the meal.
    Popular pie flavors are pumpkin, pecan, sweet potato, and apple.
    ◦ HELPING OTHERS
    ◦ Thanksgiving is a great time to help out people who might not be as lucky as you. Some people volunteer
    to serve food at homeless shelters; others donate to shelters or participate in canned food drives.
    ◦ AFTER THE MEAL
    ◦ The food is eaten, the dishes are washed ... now it's time to relax. Some families take bike rides, go on
    walks, or take naps. Others play board or card games together.

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