Learn About The Rich History Of Thanksgiving Celebrations by Kathy Smith

Learn About The Rich History Of Thanksgiving Celebrations
by: Kathy Smith

One holiday that is most celebrated in American would be Thanksgiving. It actually is deeply rooted to their history of how Americans came to America and also a large factor of American culture.

There are a lot of stories on how Thanksgiving started but among 1 of them would be during the 1620's when Puritans came to the New World from aboard the Mayflower from England. When they landed at around 1621, these English people, who were planning to settle in America, & the already settled Native Americans together celebrated this 3-day feast to thank our creator for that bountiful harvest in what is now the city of Massachusetts.

Actually, this practice started long before these settlers came. Native Americans feasted usually after that nice harvest was made but it was just then formalized a bit when these Puritans came. After that, Thanksgiving was then yearly celebrated.

People celebrated Thanksgiving to signify a bountiful autumn yield/harvest. Although when you look closer at history, you'd see that Romans & Greeks actually had a share of merriment celebrations together with feasts, parades & music like these Thanksgiving parties/celebrations that we have currently. Also Chinese did their share of these Thanksgiving parties, usually families eating and feasting on moon cakes in celebration of a full moon. Up to now, they still do celebrate their Chinese Moon Festival with much ceremony.

The British Isles is known for its people celebrating harvesting season with this feast called "Lammas" to signal the start of the season.

Today, whatever origin and history, Thanksgiving becomes a feast day that is really set for celebrating in most parts of Northern America for people to express thankfulness and gratitude to our God for blessings received.

In America, it's always celebrated every 4th Thursday of November and in Canada, since their harvesting season normally ends earlier, it's celebrated every 2nd Monday of October. Canada does a 3-day celebration but it isn't as hyped as it's done in the US.

Jews also have their own interpretation of a Thanksgiving holiday in the form of "Sukkoth". This is their version of a Jew’s harvest feast and this holiday's really celebrated in 8 days & is used as occasion for families reuniting again and just basically being thankful because of a great year.

Thanksgiving holiday celebrations in olden day Europe also have quite a history. They also held feasts & had lots of merrymaking during harvest time. So celebrating harvesting time is really quite an age old tradition; Not only to Americans but also to the rest of the world as well.

In spite of cultural and religious differences, Thanksgiving carries the same sentiments all throughout the world. We might observe or practice them differently but there's also a lot in common that we do celebrate. Thanking the creator for that bountiful harvest, reuniting with friends & family and of course having those delicious feasts

About The Author

Kathy is a food Lover! You can check out her very popular Thanksgiving Recipes website where she shares some of her Thanksgiving Stuffing Recipes and Thanksgiving Turkey Recipes on http://www.quickthanksgivingrecipes.com

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