Did you know that today, November 26 2009, is an important holiday in America? Today is Thanksgiving. Here's some information on why and how American's celebrate.
Thanksgiving is _A_ on the fourth Thursday of November in the United states. Thanksgiving is a _B_ festival. At this time we give thanks for all the _C_ , such as grain and vegetables, successfully grown and collected by farmers. Thanksgiving dates back to the first European _D_ who established a colony in America and had their first successful harvest in 1619.
Thanksgiving today is a family time for Americans. Family members gather and eat special meals. For most Thanksgiving is not Thanksgiving without eating _E_. This may be followed by watching live sport on TV. American football is an important part of many Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States. Professional games are traditionally held on Thanksgiving Day. Major cities also hold spectacular _F_ where thousands of people watch the special vehicles drive by. These vehicles, known as 'floats', feature scenes from Broadway plays, large balloons of cartoon characters and TV personalities. Marching bands are also a regular feature.
Thanksgiving did not become a _G_ holiday until 1941, so now all public buildings are closed and everyone gets a, paid, day off.
- turkey
- harvest
- parades
- federal
- settlers
- celebrated
- crops
Important: Type the numbers into the spaces below for each missing word. Do not type in the words; numbers only.
Do you have a similar harvest festival in your country or any other unique holidays?
Link: Culture Lesson 'St. Patrick's Day''
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Comments
Thanksgiving Day
I heard a little about this American holiday. Turkey is a main course. All family gathers together. Just like you describe it. I haven't known that it is a movable crop festival. But I've known that it wasn't federal day off for all time.
Thank you, Chris.
Unique Holiday
Thank you for your Lessons, Chris!
They fill their health to the future school-year.
Thanksgiving holiday is a family holiday, when everyone say Thanks for all the best in their life.
I want to tell about one of the unique holidays - Healthy Day! So it is children's holiday at some schools. It is celebrated in the early of autumn, when the weather is still fine. Students don't have their Lessons, they go to the forest, parks, stadiums and have different kinds of sports contests.Then the students, their teachers and parents have a picnic and a lot of fun.
Be healthy and merry!!!
FIRST thanksgiving
Hello,
it is going to be my first thanksgiving on the US soil. I will have the privilege to enjoy it with a family. So this is a family time but also a celebration where you invite people who overwise might stay alone (travellers for example).
Happy TG.
thank you chris for the
thank you chris for the interesting and lovly lesson, I made two mistakes and because both of them has nearly similar meaning. Please explain me difference of these two words
Thanksgiving
Thanks for the information!
In Greece,we don't have such a holiday.
Thanksgiving day
Great holiday!
We don't celebrated Thanksgiving day in South America.
omar there was a festival
omar
there was a festival like thanksgiving in my country it was began when farmers collecated crops like corn,rice,or wheat.
this festival called hasseda time, every farmer and his family must go out to farmers area collecated corps for his farm or for other farmers
happy thanksgiving
happy thanksgiving to all of you Americans, i hope i can visit your country someday and eat Turkey together.