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感恩節
Thanksgiving Day , legal holiday in the U.S., first celebrated in early colonial times in New England. The actual origin, however, is probably the harvest festivals that are traditional in many parts of the world Festivals and Feasts. After the first harvest was completed by the Plymouth colonists in 1621, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer, shared by all the colonists and neighboring Native Americans. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three day "thank you" celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. It was their good fortune that the tradition of the Wampanoags was to treat any visitor to their homes with a share of whatever food the family had, even if supplies were low. It was also an amazing stroke of luck that one of the Wampanoag, Tisquantum or Squanto, had become close friends with a British explorer, John Weymouth, and had learned the Pilgrim’s language in his travels to England with Weymouth.
After the first New England Thanksgiving the custom spread throughout the colonies, but each region chose its own date. In 1789 George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed November 26 a day of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day continued to be celebrated in the United States on different days in different states until Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, decided to do something about it. For more than 30 years she wrote letters to the governors and presidents asking them to make Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.
Finally, in 1863, President Lincoln issued a White House proclamation calling on the "whole American people" wherever they lived to unite "with one heart and one voice" in observing a special day of thanksgiving. Setting apart the last Thursday of November for the purpose, the President urged prayers in the churches and in the homes to "implore the interposition of the almighty had to heal the wounds of the nations and to restore it...to full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and union." He also states that they express heartfelt thanks for the "blessing of fruitful fields and healthful skies."
In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt advanced Thanksgiving Day one week. However, since some states used the new date and others the old, it was changed again 2 years later. Thanksgiving Day is now celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
The first formal celebration of Thanksgiving in North America was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish an English settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. Canada established the second Monday in October as a national holiday, "a day of general thanksgiving," in 1957.
In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.
After the first New England Thanksgiving the custom spread throughout the colonies, but each region chose its own date. In 1789 George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed November 26 a day of Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving day continued to be celebrated in the United States on different days in different states until Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, decided to do something about it. For more than 30 years she wrote letters to the governors and presidents asking them to make Thanksgiving Day a national holiday.
Finally, in 1863, President Lincoln issued a White House proclamation calling on the "whole American people" wherever they lived to unite "with one heart and one voice" in observing a special day of thanksgiving. Setting apart the last Thursday of November for the purpose, the President urged prayers in the churches and in the homes to "implore the interposition of the almighty had to heal the wounds of the nations and to restore it...to full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility and union." He also states that they express heartfelt thanks for the "blessing of fruitful fields and healthful skies."
In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt advanced Thanksgiving Day one week. However, since some states used the new date and others the old, it was changed again 2 years later. Thanksgiving Day is now celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
The first formal celebration of Thanksgiving in North America was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish an English settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. Canada established the second Monday in October as a national holiday, "a day of general thanksgiving," in 1957.
In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom. By the middle of the 19th century many other states also celebrated a Thanksgiving Day. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a national day of thanksgiving. Since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day proclamation, usually designating the fourth Thursday of each November as the holiday.
Why Turky
The turkey tradition was really pushed by Benjamin Franklin, who wanted to make it the United States national symbol because it is a quick runner, wary, with sharp eyesight, and exhibited a regal stance, at least to Franklin. While the bald eagle nudged out the wild turkey for our official national symbol, Norman Rockwell has probably made the image of the family Thanksgiving turkey even more famous, and certainly more mouth watering.
The turkey tradition was really pushed by Benjamin Franklin, who wanted to make it the United States national symbol because it is a quick runner, wary, with sharp eyesight, and exhibited a regal stance, at least to Franklin. While the bald eagle nudged out the wild turkey for our official national symbol, Norman Rockwell has probably made the image of the family Thanksgiving turkey even more famous, and certainly more mouth watering.
Tradition
The American traditions of Thanksgiving revolve around a huge and lavish meal, usually with Turkey as the centerpiece. For those who do not like Turkey, a Roast or Prime Rib is common. As tradition has it in most families, a special prayer of thanks precedes the meal. In many homes, family members will each mention something they are very thankful for.
Thanksgiving is a time for families to create traditions and memories that last a lifetime.
The American traditions of Thanksgiving revolve around a huge and lavish meal, usually with Turkey as the centerpiece. For those who do not like Turkey, a Roast or Prime Rib is common. As tradition has it in most families, a special prayer of thanks precedes the meal. In many homes, family members will each mention something they are very thankful for.
Thanksgiving is a time for families to create traditions and memories that last a lifetime.
感恩節，法律假期，在美國，第一次慶祝早在殖民時代，在新英格蘭地區。實際出身，不過，可能是豐年祭是在傳統上，在世界上許多地方節慶與宴。之後，第一個收穫是完成了由普利茅斯殖民地，在1621年，總督威廉布拉德福德宣告了一天的感恩和祈禱，為所有人所分享殖民主義者和周邊土著美國人。朝聖者的普利茅斯岩石舉行了感恩節，在1621年作為一個為期3天的"謝謝你" ，以慶祝領導人對wampanoag印第安部落和他們的家人，為教學，他們的生存技能，他們需要使它在新的世界。這是他們的福氣認為傳統的wampanoags是對待任何旅客自己的家園與分享食物，無論家庭，即使用品很低。這也是一個了不起的中風運氣的一個最wampanoag ， tisquantum或斯夸脫，已成為親密的朋友，以英國探險家約翰威矛斯北，並吸取了諸神的語言，在他前往英格蘭與威矛斯北。
經過第一次新英格蘭感恩節的習俗傳遍整個殖民地，但每個地區選擇了自己的日期。 1789年在喬治華盛頓，美國第一任總統，宣布11月26日的感恩節。
感恩節繼續以慶祝在美國不同的日子裡，在不同的國家，直到夫人莎拉josepha黑爾主編的godey的夫人的書，決定有所作為。 30多年前，她寫信給省長和總統，要求他們作出感恩節國定假日休市。
最後，在1863年，林肯總統發表了一項白宮文告，呼籲"全體美國人民" ，而他們住團結"萬眾一心一個聲音說話" ，在觀察一個特別的日子，感恩。除了設置上週四的11月為宗旨，布什總統敦促美國祈禱，在教會和在院，以"懇請干預的全能已治愈國家，並恢復它， … …充分享受和平，和諧，安寧與聯盟" 。他還指出，他們表示衷心的感謝，為"祝福卓有成效的領域和健康的天空" 。
在1939年總統羅斯福先進感恩節一周。但是，由於一些國家採用新的日期和其他老，它是變了二年以後。感恩節是慶祝了，現在對第四週四在十一月。
第一次正式慶祝感恩節，在北美舉行，由一個英語Explorer中，馬丁frobisher ，他們企圖建立一個英語交收巴芬島，失敗後，發現北部通道，以東方第1576 。加拿大設立的第二個週一在10月底為國定假日， "一天的一般性感恩節， "在1957年。
在1817年美國紐約州通過了感恩節，為一年一度的風俗。由十九世紀中葉，許多其他國家也慶祝感恩節。在1863年總統林肯任命了一個國慶日的感恩節。從那時起，每一任主席已經發表了一份感恩節文告，通常指定為第四週四的每年11月為假期。
為什麼turky
土耳其的傳統，是真正推動本傑明富蘭克林，他們想要使美國的國家象徵，因為它是一種快速亞軍，戒心，與夏普視力，並呈現富豪的立場，至少在富蘭克林。而禿鷹推出野生土耳其為我們正式的國家象徵，諾曼羅克韋爾大概作了形象的家庭感恩土耳其更是有名的，當然更多的嘴澆水。
傳統
美國傳統的感恩節圍繞著一個巨大和奢華的餐，通常是與土耳其為核心。對於那些不喜歡土耳其，燒肉或總理肋骨是常見的。作為傳統，它在多數家庭，一個特別的禱告感謝在先餐。在許多家庭，家庭成員每人一提的東西，他們都非常感激。
感恩節是一個時間，為家庭創造傳統和留下畢生難忘的回憶
經過第一次新英格蘭感恩節的習俗傳遍整個殖民地，但每個地區選擇了自己的日期。 1789年在喬治華盛頓，美國第一任總統，宣布11月26日的感恩節。
感恩節繼續以慶祝在美國不同的日子裡，在不同的國家，直到夫人莎拉josepha黑爾主編的godey的夫人的書，決定有所作為。 30多年前，她寫信給省長和總統，要求他們作出感恩節國定假日休市。
最後，在1863年，林肯總統發表了一項白宮文告，呼籲"全體美國人民" ，而他們住團結"萬眾一心一個聲音說話" ，在觀察一個特別的日子，感恩。除了設置上週四的11月為宗旨，布什總統敦促美國祈禱，在教會和在院，以"懇請干預的全能已治愈國家，並恢復它， … …充分享受和平，和諧，安寧與聯盟" 。他還指出，他們表示衷心的感謝，為"祝福卓有成效的領域和健康的天空" 。
在1939年總統羅斯福先進感恩節一周。但是，由於一些國家採用新的日期和其他老，它是變了二年以後。感恩節是慶祝了，現在對第四週四在十一月。
第一次正式慶祝感恩節，在北美舉行，由一個英語Explorer中，馬丁frobisher ，他們企圖建立一個英語交收巴芬島，失敗後，發現北部通道，以東方第1576 。加拿大設立的第二個週一在10月底為國定假日， "一天的一般性感恩節， "在1957年。
在1817年美國紐約州通過了感恩節，為一年一度的風俗。由十九世紀中葉，許多其他國家也慶祝感恩節。在1863年總統林肯任命了一個國慶日的感恩節。從那時起，每一任主席已經發表了一份感恩節文告，通常指定為第四週四的每年11月為假期。
為什麼turky
土耳其的傳統，是真正推動本傑明富蘭克林，他們想要使美國的國家象徵，因為它是一種快速亞軍，戒心，與夏普視力，並呈現富豪的立場，至少在富蘭克林。而禿鷹推出野生土耳其為我們正式的國家象徵，諾曼羅克韋爾大概作了形象的家庭感恩土耳其更是有名的，當然更多的嘴澆水。
傳統
美國傳統的感恩節圍繞著一個巨大和奢華的餐，通常是與土耳其為核心。對於那些不喜歡土耳其，燒肉或總理肋骨是常見的。作為傳統，它在多數家庭，一個特別的禱告感謝在先餐。在許多家庭，家庭成員每人一提的東西，他們都非常感激。
感恩節是一個時間，為家庭創造傳統和留下畢生難忘的回憶