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Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving Day in America is a time for family and friends to gather together and give thanks for all that God has given us. Thanksgiving is traditionally a time for feasting as well. Church gatherings and family gatherings around a harvest table full of food is a mouthwatering event to say the least. Turkey, stuffing, dressing, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pies are a few of the traditional foods for Thanksgiving Day meal.
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What is Thanksgiving Day?
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in the United States commemorating the Pilgrims ' celebration of the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation and privation. The celebration was probably held in October. read more
Thanksgiving - fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag.
In Great Britain Thanksgiving is another name for the Harvest festival, held in Churches across the land on a relevant Sunday to mark the end of the local harvest. This tradition was taken to North America by early settlers and today in Canada and the USA this has become Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, an annual one-day holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season.
Thanksgiving Day - a day designated for feasting.
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Thanksgiving Facts
- The first proclaimed day of thanksgiving in the colony was not held until 1623.
- After the American Revolution the first national Thanksgiving Day, proclaimed by President George Washington, was Nov. 26, 1789.
- The Episcopal Church began celebrating an annual day of thanksgiving on the first Thursday in November.
- President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a Thanksgiving Holiday in 1863, appointing as the date the last Thursday of November.
- n 1941 Congress passed a joint resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November.
- The customary turkey dinner is a reminder of the wildfowl served at the Pilgrims' celebration.
- Canadians also celebrate a national Thanksgiving Day, on the second Monday in October; prior to 1957 it was on the last Monday of the month.
- American Football is often a major part of Thanksgiving celebrations in the U.S. and likewise Canadian football in Canada.
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parage is a tv tradition.
Pilgrim Facts
- The Pilgrims set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620.
- At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower.
- celebrate with a Thanksgiving feast -- 52 English colonists (pilgrims) and 91 Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first yea; gathered for a 3 day harvest feast.
- It is believed that the Pilgrims would not have made it through the year without the help of the native indians.
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The First Thanksgiving Meal
History tells us that there is only one written account of what the first Thanksgiving meal was like and turkey was not even a mentioned meat for the table but is traditional for our Thanksgiving meals now in modern times. Wow! We do know that turkey was an available wild animal that was hunted and eaten in many areas but it was not a mentioned meat at the first Thanksgiving meal. Instead, the word turkey that the pilgrims was said to of said... referred to any type of fowl like duck or waterfowl.
Did you know that cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes were not even invented yet either but those recipes were not far behind. The Native American Indians already had a knowledge of growing cranberries in other areas and many were already growing and eating potatoes as well. It would most likely be safe to say that the American Indian was also responsible for showing us how to raise and eat potatoes and cranberries too but not as part of the first thanksgiving meal. The newly-discovered potato was still considered by many Europeans to be poisonous but was being eaten by Indians with no fear. The mention of cranberries and potatoes being on the Pilgrims Dinner table was not listed but is a main stay for today's Thanksgiving dinners.
The foods that were on the dinner table for the 3 days to a week were duck, venison (deer), corn, pumpkin, squash, onions, cabbage, berries, plums, watercress, dried fruit, fish, seafood such as lobster, clams and herbs. History tells us that the supply of flour had been long diminished, so there was no bread or pastries of any kind. However, they did eat boiled pumpkin, and they produced a type of fried bread from their corn crop which the American Indian showed the pilgrims how to grow and cook.
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Test your Knowledge of Thanksgiving
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Sinkie Day!
A Holiday that I bet you didn't even know existed!
When: Every year, the day after Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving leftovers provide a great excuse to partake in this national pastime of dineing over the kitchen sink. This unique Holiday has been reserved for the day after Thanksgiving when most kitchens are packed full of leftover foods and desserts. The day after Thanksgiving is a munch time that requires us to munch on this and munch on that..... leaving us with no need for a plate. All we really need is the kitchen sink where we lean over the sink and nibble away while crumbs and food juices fall in the sink for easy clean up. Sponsored by the International Assn. of People Who Dine over the Kitchen Sink, www.sinkie.com.
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