Nov 26, 2014

Thanksgiving is back!!!!  
Each year on the fourth Thursday in November, Americans gather for a day of feasting, football and family.  While today´s Thanksgiving celebrations would likely be unrecognizable to attendees of the original 1621 harvest meal, it continues to be a day for Americans to come together around the table!
Its traditionsand celebrations, Colonists, Native Americans, puritans, Abraham Lincoln,parades, football, turkeys and families are all topics to be discussed!




Here you are, some interesting videos:

History of Thanksgiving

Although Thanksgiving celebration dated back to the first European settlements in America,it wasnot until 1860s that Abraham Lincolndeclared the last Thursday of November to be a National Holiday! 

http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving/videos/history-of-the-thanksgiving-holiday


Bet you didn´t know which traditional recipies weren´t served at the first 
Thanksgiving  celebration



 Tired of wrestling with Turkey?





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