1. THANKSGIVING DAY

2. WHEN
Thanksgiving is a harvest
festival celebrated in the
United States and Canada.
In the US, Thanksgiving Day
falls on the fourth Thursday of
November. In Canada, it is
celebrated on the second
Monday in October

3. WHY
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Thanksgiving Day in the
US started as a way of
giving thanks to food
collected at the end of
the harvest season.

4. THE HISTORY OF
THANKSGIVING
In 1620 a group of
Pilgrims travelled from
England to the New
Wolrd aboard the
Mayflower.
The Pilgrims arrrived at
Plymouth Rock on
December 11, 1620.

5. THE HISTORY OF
THANKSGIVING
The winter was
horrible but the
Wampanoag Indians
helped the Pilgrims
survive that first
year.

6. THE HISTORY OF
THANKSGIVING
Next year, they
decided to share
their own food with
them to express
gratitute.

7. THANKSGIVING DAY
CELEBRATIONS
Today,
Thanksgiving Day
isusually afamily
reunion dinner
celebration.
TheChristians
also attend church
servicesand
pray,thanking
God for all the

8. THE DINNER
Traditional Thanksgiving
dinner usually includes
turkey with cranberry
sauce, vegetables,
mashed potatoes, corn,
pumpkins and so on.
And a sweet potato
apple pie for dessert.

9. THE DINNER
Turkey Cranberry sauce Corn
Pumpkin Mashed potatoes Sweet potatoe
apple pie

10. MORE THANKSGIVING
TRADITIONS
Parades form part of the
Thanksgiving Day traditions.
New York City´s
Thanksgiving Day Parade is
the largest and most famous
parade in the USA.
Each year the president of
US pardones one or two
Thanksgiving turkeys.