US Diary (10-Dec-2023)
Thanksgiving is very important in the United States of America and is widely celebrated. The origin of this great festival is based on the colonial pilgrims' harvest festival. Friendly native Americans taught the struggling colonists, how to survive in the new world. When this harvest festival started in 1621, the celebration was for three days in October. The pilgrims, travelling in the ship Mayflower, after coming to US celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day after their first harvest in the new world, together with the native Americans feast. It is read that 90 natives and 52 English people were present for the first celebration which was in Plymouth, Massachusetts, to mark a successful harvest. Presently Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year. For the native Americans, it is a day of quiet reflection and prayer. Now a days, this uniquely American day is being celebrated for one day only and by all denominations and viewers. This is not a traditio...