Informative Essay On Thanksgiving

Since 1863, each year the President of the United States has offered a similar proclamation, encouraging the citizens of this great nation to be thankful to Almighty God who has so blessed our nation. It was in 1863 that Thanksgiving was first recognized as an official holiday that was scheduled for the fourth Thursday of November each year. Thanksgiving is a joyous time, it is a time when many folks gather with friends and loved ones and remember the many blessings of a past year.

Heavenly smells in the air, footballs on T.V, family is gathered around, and a comfortable homey feel of my grandmother’s house makes Thanksgiving one of my favorite meals of the year. I will always have memories of thanksgiving at my grandmothers. The smell that rushes your nose as you walk in to the house. So many mouthwatering smells go through the air at my grandmother’s thanksgiving. Her Thanksgiving dinner never fails to fulfill my expectations. With the whole family gathered and the dinner table full of delicious food, I can’t help but feel content.

It 's a tradition that my moms side of the family come to my grandmas house for Thanksgiving. The cool air and falling leaves is a sign of fall and Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday. I don’t like my cousins very much and I 'm pretty sure the feeling is mutual. Thanksgiving is not that cheerful for me. Years ago at Thanksgiving, I was not excited for it, just like every other year. My grandmas basement is very much underground and quite dark without the lights on. My cousins were running around the basement playing around. I started to try to scare them by hiding and popping out saying "Boo!". Evening approached and the moon starts to come out of hiding and the night starts to set in. It’s a cool night outside and the sun starts to

When I imagine “The First Thanksgiving”, I think of peace and harmony. Then my History complex comes in, I remember all of the rape, cannibalism, and disease spreading that happened in the years before “The First Thanksgiving” ruin my picture perfect scene. The Pilgrims did not have a farming aspect when they came to The New Colony but with the help of the Native Americans they learned how to survive. When I was younger we always were taught that this time, in history, everyone got along and they were happy. The Pilgrims came to have religious freedom and not to be treated as second class citizens. This is a notable act but they had various pathogens that they were immuned to but the Natives were not. Historians say that the pathogens that

The truth behind the tradition is surprising. Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims seem to go together, but the truth is, the Pilgrims never held an autumnal Thanksgiving feast. However the Pilgrims did have a feast in 1621, after their first harvest, and it is this feast, which people often refer to as "The First Thanksgiving". This feast was never repeated, though, so it can't be called the beginning of a tradition, nor was it termed by the colonists or "Pilgrims" a Thanksgiving Feast. In fact, a day of thanksgiving was a day of prayer and fasting, and would have been held any time that they felt an extra day of thanks was called for. Nevertheless, the 1621 feast has become a model that we think of for our own

Specific Purpose: To inform on the history and traditions of Thanksgiving, as well as the new era traditions of the holiday.

The story of the first Thanksgiving, as most Americans have been taught in school, is not exactly accurate. Blame the school textbooks with details so abridged, softened or out of context that they are rendered false; children's books that distill the story to its most pleasant version.

Thanksgiving is the best holiday hands down. I’m talking even better than Christmas and Valentine's Day. I love Thanksgiving because it is during the best time of year, there is so much good food, and the meaning and purposes have stayed good and the same over the years. Christmas and Valentine's day are exciting and fun, but the little details make Thanksgiving much better. Its these little details that make the Thanksgiving holiday and season more enjoyable and pleasant.

. .[sic]” (Winslow 133). Truthfully it was not a Thanksgiving, which would have been solemn and prayerful. It was a Harvest Festival (Schwarz 1). They celebrated their great success in their first year in the New World.

Until Sarah Josepha Hale, author of the nursery rhyme “Mary had a Little Lamb,” and editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book, became one of the most influential people in making Thanksgiving a national holiday. She fought for 17 years and finally, during the Civil War, she convinced President Lincoln. On October 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued a Thanksgiving Proclamation to invite “fellow citizens in every part of the

Thanksgiving is the biggest and most anticipated of all American holidays. It is observed every last thursday of November. This holiday marks the beginning of the holiday season. Sarah Josepha Hale asked President Lincoln in 1863 to make Thanksgiving a holiday. When she did this Josepha helped unite Americans through the tough civil war. In 1941 the US Congress set the date of Thanksgiving to the fourth thursday in November to avoid confusion.

As I woke up in my bed, I knew it was going to be a wonderful and unforgettable day for me. Due to the fact that I was fortunate enough to be able to experience and have a glimpse of what Thanksgiving looks like in America. Before then, what I knew about Thanksgiving were all from the movies, dramas or books that I had watched and read. I knew that Thanksgiving is an important holiday for families and friends to gather together, to celebrate, to feast and to enjoy staying with one another. It is just similar to one of the Chinese traditional festivals, Mid-Autumn Festival. The Full moon symbolizes family reunion in Chinese tradition, so at that time, families will gather together to enjoy the full moon and the traditional type of bakery, mooncakes.

Yes, the teacher excitedly told the students that they were sharing American Thanksgiving Experiences. The teacher repeated the question with some animated gestures and a very approachable tone to share their experiences on Thanksgiving celebration. All students took turns in narrating their experiences in simple but understandable English.

Many Thanksgiving celebrations today are still centered around getting together with family and friends and giving thanks.

And we treat a day of Thanksgiving no differently. Obligation. Duty. Somehow, we must give God a gift of equal measure – a thank you note worthy of his appreciation.