THANKSGIVING or TURKEY DAY…. A day when friends and family come together to appreciate God and make merry. It is also one of the days in a year when food and family takes the center stage.
Although we shouldn’t wait for THANKGIVING day before we give thanks to God and make merry with our family, but we should make the holiday worth the while.
As you all go out to merry this weekend, please DO NOT DRINK AND DRIVE. Remember, life has no duplicate…
In the spirit of holiday, I want to say a big THANK YOU to everyone who have visited this page at one point or the other, and to all my constant readers… I really appreciate each and everyone of you for your support. God bless you all.
READ BRIEF HISTORY OF HOW THANKSGIVING/TURKEY DAY CAME ABOUT below….
Source: Wikipedia
The event that Americans commonly call the “First Thanksgiving” was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in 1621. This feast lasted three days, and it was attended by 90 Native Americans (as accounted by attendee Edward Winslow) and 53 Pilgrims. The New England colonists were accustomed to regularly celebrating “Thanksgivings”—days of prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the end of a drought.
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. It has been celebrated as a Federal holiday every year since 1863, when, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of “Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens”, to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.[1] Thanksgiving was also celebrated nationally in 1789, after a proclamation by George Washington.[2] As a federal and public holiday in the U.S., Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year. Together with Christmas and New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader holiday season.
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If you live in the United States, don’t forget to mail my turkey (cash is allowed too *winks*)
