文档介绍：Traditions & Holidays
Thanksgiving Day
celebrated in the US on the 4th Thursday in November. For many Americans it’s the most important holiday apart from Christmas. Schools, offices & most businesses close for Thanksgiving. Many people make the whole weekend a vacation. It’s associated with the time when Europeans first came to North America. In 1620 the ship the Mayflower arrived, bringing about 100 people who today are usually called Pilgrims.
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Today people celebrate Thanksgiving to remember these early days. The most important part of celebration is a traditional dinner including turkey, sweet potatoes & cranberries (越橘). The turkey is filled with stuffing or dressing & many families have their own special recipe. Dessert is pumpkin pie.
On Thanksgiving, there’re special TV programs & sports events. In New York, there’s the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, when a long line of people wearing fancy costumes march through the streets with large balloons in the shape of imaginary characters.
Thanksgiving is considered the beginning of the Christmas period, & the next day many people go out to shop for Christmas presents.
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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Pardon me, Mr. President
Learning about Thanksgiving Day
National Thanksgiving Turkey
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On each Thanksgiving Day, a very strange thing happens at the White House.
There, the US President will pardon a turkey!
In the morning, 2 turkeys are taken to the White House.
The President will pat one of them on the head.
Then the turkeys are pardoned!
People won’t eat them & they’ll fly to Disney World & live happily!
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The turkey pardoning began in 1947.
Since then, every US president has pardoned a turkey on Thanksgiving.
Where do the 2 lucky e from?
Actually, each April, people prepare about 2,500 turkeys, give them the best food & let them live in houses with air-conditioning!
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As Thanksgiving gets nearer, 2 of the best turk