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Subject: Thanksgiving Day in the United States is traditionally a holiday to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season. Author: Quick FactsThanksgiving Day 2010=Thursday, November 25, 2010 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 24/11/10 7:41:40 HomeWorld ClockTime ZonesCalendarAstronomyToolsOtherCalendar for 2010 | Calendar for 2011 | Monthly Calendar | Basic Creator | Advanced CreatorCurrent location: Home page > Calendar > Holidays > Thanksgiving Day in United StatesMain World Clock Extended World Clock Personal World Clock Fixed Time World Clock Weather and TimeThanksgiving Day in United States Quick Facts Thanksgiving Day in the United States is traditionally a holiday to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season. Local names Name Language Thanksgiving Day English Día de Acción de Gracias Spanish Thanksgiving Day 2010 Thursday, November 25, 2010 Thanksgiving Day 2011 Thursday, November 24, 2011 List of dates for other yearsThanksgiving Day in the United States started as a way of giving thanks to food collected from a good harvest or problems that were fixed. It originated in 1621 and was a religious festival, but is now largely secular. It is now a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day is a federal holiday in the United States. ©iStockphoto.com/ Olga LyubkinaWhat do people do? It is traditional for families and groups of friends to get together for a large meal. This often consists of a turkey, stuffing, different types of potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy and maize and other seasonal vegetables. The meal also often includes pumpkin pie. Many of these foods are native to the Americas and were not available in Europe at the time of the first settlers. This adds to their symbolism of giving thanks for a good harvest in a new country. Thanksgiving Day parades are held in some cities and towns on or around Thanksgiving Day. Some parades or festivities also mark the opening of the Christmas shopping season. Many football games are played and watching them is a popular activity. Some people have a four-day weekend so it is a popular time for trips out of town and to visit friends and family. Public life Most government offices, businesses, schools and other organizations are closed on Thanksgiving Day. Many offices and businesses allow staff to have a four-day weekend so these offices and businesses also closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day. Public transit systems do not usually operate on their regular timetables. Many families and groups of friends get together for Thanksgiving so it is one of the busiest periods for travel. This can cause congestion and overcrowding. Seasonal parades and busy football games can cause disruption to traffic locally. Some states, such as Maine and West Virginia (among others), have an extra day for the Thanksgiving holiday. The following day is known as Thanksgiving Friday in these states. Background There are claims that the first Thanksgiving Day was held in the city of El Paso, Texas in 1598. Another early event was held in 1619 in the Virginia Colony. Many people trace the origins of the modern Thanksgiving Day to the harvest celebration that the Pilgrims held in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. However, their first true thanksgiving was in 1623, when they gave thanks for rain that ended a drought. These early thanksgivings took the form of a special church service, rather than a feast, as is common now. In the second half of the 1600s, thanksgivings after the harvest became more common and started to become annual events. However, it was celebrated on different days in different communities and in some places there were more than one thanksgiving each year. The celebrations often included prayer and fasting and so were quite different to the modern holiday. George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1789. Since 1863, Thanksgiving Day has been an annual holiday in the United States. A more recent tradition started in 1947. Since then, the president has been presented with a live turkey, which he 'pardons'. The turkey then spends the rest of its life peacefully on a farm. Not everyone sees Thanksgiving Day as a cause for celebration. The European settlers had a massive destructive effect on the Native American peoples and their culture. Each year since 1970, a group of Native Americans and their supporters have staged a protest for a National Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day. 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