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    Ah yes, thanksgiving, also known as the turkey day. Many people hold turkey bowls in their backyards. But there are also NFL games on every thanksgiving. The Detroit Lions play every Thanksgiving, as do the Dallas Cowboys. This tradition started back in 1920 when the league first came about (There is a wikipedia article on this topic, and yes it is credible. You scroll down to the bottom and you will see all of their sources.) this Thanksgiving the Minnesota Vikings will go up against the Detroit

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    Many Americans love to eat. And Thanksgiving is a great time to stuff your face with moist turkey and buttery mashed potatoes. For dessert, sweet pumpkin or pecan pie. It’s a good thing this holiday is coming up. But do you ever wonder what it would be like to go back in time to over 400 years ago to the first Thanksgiving? Let's explore what they ate back then vs what we eat today. Let's start with the meat. When you think of Thanksgiving you usually think about eating some kind of meat, unless

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    or celebrate people and events that are native to the country. Thanksgiving, although does celebrate an event, is apart from these American holidays for the fact that it is centered around the virtue of gratitude. Thanksgiving is a national holiday that reflects the culture and tradition that has been created in the United States. This culture is shown through the origin, history, old and modern traditions, and food of Thanksgiving. In September of 1620, Separatists arrived to the New World after

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    Thanksgiving is a day family and friends have a traditional meal including turkey. Thanksgiving is always held on the fourth Thursday of November every year. It’s a very special holiday when everybody comes together as a family to cook, enjoy, and bless the food, but also to enjoy each other. In 2015, I had a special Thanksgiving Day dinner that left me full of joy. On Thanksgiving Day every year, my family and I normally rent a building that’s twenty-minutes away from my house. The building is

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    Wine For Thanksgiving

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    # The Ideal Wine For Thanksgiving Rushing to find the ideal wine for your Thanksgiving dinner? Not sure which one pairs best? Don’t hesitate. You’ll have time to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving parade and enjoy dinner with your loved ones. What confuses most people in the selection of wines is that they don’t draw a line between these two categories: 1. Wines that pair well for cooking the turkey. 2. Wines that pair well for Thanksgiving dinner. Still not sure what we mean? Let us simplify. ##

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    Memo On Thanksgiving

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    The purpose of this memo is to evaluate my Thanksgiving celebration and determine if it reached the potentials and my expectations of feeling thankful. This year I did not had a traditional Thanksgiving, but tell you the truth it never is in my home. I am borne and grew up in a different country, even in a different continent, where we had a different history and our holidays are somewhat different as well, with view exceptions of New Year on January 1 and Christmas, only the date is different, January

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    Essay On Thanksgiving

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    Thanksgiving is a time for many things: food, family, and, with Black Friday sales starting earlier each year, shopping. It’s also a time for giving thanks, something most people forget about despite the presence of the word “thanks” in the name of the holiday. People have a tendency to forget about this part, though, because it’s easy to take the people and animals we love for granted. Sometimes, it’s hard to appreciate them at all, especially when you have a cat whose been labeled the “bad cat”

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    It's coming close to Thanksgiving and it's time for giving thanks. One of the many things you can be thankful for are the people in your life. For example, there are four people in my life who I am thankful for. They are my dad, my grandpa, my Papa Max and my mom. I'm thankful for them because they have helped and are still helping the world. First, my dad. My dad is a policeman. He does a difficult and dangerous job of arresting criminals, detecting crimes, and responding to emergency calls

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    Essay On Thanksgiving

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    Do you ever think about why we celebrate Thansgiving or why we are thankful for different things? Thanksgiving is a national holiday, celebrated by Canadians, the United States, and some of the Caribbean Islands. Thanksgiving was first ever celebrated in October of 1621 by the pilgrims, this feast lasted about 3 days. Thnaksgiving is a great time to recognize and be thankful for what we have. To begin with, I am thankful for my family. The first reason I am thankful for my family is that they

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    Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated by many Americans. It is more than just a day to give thanks and be thankful for many blessings that people have, it is a day which Americans should remember as being an important day in their history. The first year was very difficult for the pilgrims. There was a harsh winter, which made it very hard to prepare crops for the coming season, build homes and shelters, and to prepare for weather conditions that were foreign to the pilgrims. Thanksgiving was very

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    lot.” As said in www.verybestquotes.com is a perfect example of why thanksgiving is my favorite holiday, thanksgiving is the day when most people enjoy and appreciate what they have, they get together with family give to others in need like food to eat and many other goods. But the main reason I picked thanksgiving is because of the food, thanksgiving for me is described as all my favorite foods put together into one day. Thanksgiving for me is usually wake up go to twelve clock mass, at one PM we arrive

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    announced a Thanksgiving for the thirteen colonies in 1777, but it was only a regional holiday. So in 1789, President George Washington declared Thursday, November 26 to be “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.” For the next two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. 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

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    Thanksgiving is an American holiday that celebrate the Pilgrim’s successful harvest. The Pilgrims were thankful that they had survived in the New World. At the first Thanksgiving feast, people ate lobster, seal, swan, and deer meat. In modern times, we serve turkey dinners, have family gatherings, and watch football games. Many also donate food to neighbors who don’t have enough two eat. Thanksgiving is an American which is widely celebrated. The holiday Thanksgiving has a long history to

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    Appreciate the things you have this Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a time when families gather around the table to enjoy a good meal and give thanks for what they have. Sadly for a number of individuals, Thanksgiving is often a lonesome time. So many men and women spend the holiday season experiencing isolation from the outside world. As we begin to celebrate this upcoming Thanksgiving, let us not forget to give thanks of what we have, whether big or small. However, the holiday season can also bring

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    As an American-Muslim my family never celebrated thanksgiving but growing up in America I have appreciated, and admired this wonderful western holiday because, it has so much more meaning than just having great food amongst family and friends. I have learned and understood that it’s time to reflect and understand what we are thankful for, and the words “thankfulness” and giving back are words that are very powerful in transforming, and understanding ourselves as human beings. As a Muslim, my family

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    Blessings on Thanksgiving When I was younger, I always imagined spending my Thanksgivings with my family, watching the parade, and gorging on enough food that would make me regret it later. My parents told me I had to complete a number of community service hours for my church in order to graduate and become a freshman in the ministry program I’m in. Even though I knew it was something I had to do, I did not want to pick up trash or make food for others, which sounds so selfish. Things have changed

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    My first Thanksgiving Day celebration There are too many traditions in the world, and each country has specific holidays to celebrate determinate event. When I came to here in March of 2016 I didn’t know about what is to celebrate Christmas, Independence Day or Thanksgiving. By beginning of November in 2015 I heard about Thanksgiving Day and what it means. As soon I knew the reason of why we celebrate Thanksgiving I started to show interest and motivation about this day. I like to be a grateful

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    Thanksgiving is a very important holiday in present-day American culture. People all throughout America take extra care to make this day a memorable and happy celebration. This tradition has been in the American lifestyle since 1621 when it first started. Even though this tradition has been altered and changed the significance and meaning remains the same. The first Thanksgiving was an important landmark and made a huge imprint in the American culture today. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated

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    preschool, American children are taught about the national American holiday of Thanksgiving. These small, impressionable humans are taught that the Pilgrims and the Native Americans worked together to produce plentiful crops, then celebrated the completed harvest and friendship with turkey and various pies. As the children grow older they learn that those who attend the first Thanksgiving did not eat “traditional” modern Thanksgiving meal, but more likely ate mussels with curds, deer, and a bowl of thick

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    Thanksgiving is a holiday when the whole family gets together and feast. In my family this is when all of my family members come together. The thing about my family is that we are like a broken family. Everyone doesn’t get along. So that causes a lot of problems on the table. My family is also outspoken and they like to start trouble. So that’s when the arguments start. I’m going to give you an example of my most memorable Thanksgiving. This goes back to four years ago. I believe I was in the seventh

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