0 浏览thanksgivingay is the most truly american of the national holidays in the united states and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.
in 1620, the settlers, or pilgrims, they sailed to america on the may flower, seeking a place where they could h***e freedom of worship. after a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy november, what is now plymouth, massachusetts.
during their first winter, over half of the settlersied of[1] starvation or epidemics. those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
all summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colonyepended on the coming harvest. finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. and therefore it wasecided that aay of thanksgiving to the lord be fixed[2]. years later, president of the united states proclaimed the fourth thursday of november as thanksgivingay every year. the celebration of thanksgivingay has been observed on thatate until today.
the pattern of the thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. the big familyinner is planned months ahead. on theinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. there will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. the best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. they h***e been the most traditional and f***orite food on thanksgivingay throughout the years.
everyone agrees theinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a breadressing[3] to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. but as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on[4] the pcise kind of stuffing for the royal bird.
thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to expss their thanks for the year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued[5] blessings.