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ThanksgivingIt is a common day in the United States and Canada, and it was originally meant to thank God for a good harvest. In the United States, Thanksgiving has been celebrated in November every year since 1941'The fourth Thursday and two days off from this day. Like the Chinese New Year, on this day, thousands of people reunite with their families, no matter how busy they are.
Thanksgiving Day in Canada began in 1879 on the second Monday of October every year, the same as Columbus Day in the United States.
What is the significance of Thanksgiving:The main meaning of Thanksgiving is to tell us the beauty of human nature, from everything can reflect gratitude, greeting your parents, friends, helping people in need, are all manifestations of gratitude. Let us learn to be grateful, learn to cherish, learn to understand and tolerate, and most importantly, learn to love.
That's what life really gives us.
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Thanksgiving hasCranberry Race, Corn Game, Pumpkin Race, Thanksgiving Passing in Progress, Do a Little Thing to Be Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Cards.
1. Cranberry competition
After the Thanksgiving feast, some families often play traditional games. On the first Thanksgiving, people had many entertainments such as dancing and competitions, some of which have been passed down to this day. There is a game called a cranberry contest, in which a large bowl of cranberries is placed on the ground, and 4-10 competitors sit around it, and each person is given a needle and thread.
At the beginning of the game, they first threaded the needle and thread, and then strung the cranberries one by one, and it was 3 minutes long; Whoever has the longest string will win the prize. As for the person who skewered the slower, everyone jokingly gave him a worst prize.
2. Corn game
There is also a corn game that is also ancient. It is said to have been handed down in honor of the five maize that was given to each immigrant in the face of food shortage. While playing.
People hid five corns in the house, and everyone went to look for them, and the five people who found the corn participated in the race, and the others were aside**.
At the beginning of the competition, five people quickly peeled the corn kernels in a bowl, and whoever peeled them first won the prize, and then the people who did not participate in the competition gathered around the bowl to guess how many corn kernels were inside, and guessed the closest number of prizes to a large bag of corn flowers.
3. When the transmission of gratitude is in progress
Through this game, many people will feel deeply, it turns out that there are so many things to be thankful for between strangers.
4. Do a small thing to be grateful
In life, in addition to the help of the people around us who are worthy of gratitude, there are many people who have made a lot of contributions to our lives, so you might as well do something small for them on Thanksgiving Day to express your gratitude. Gratitude in deeds is often more ingraining than in words.
There are many people around me who are worthy of thanks: cafeteria aunts, building managers and security guards, counselors, cleaning staff, ......Consider doing something small on Thanksgiving to let them know that their efforts are being recognized.
5. Thanksgiving card
After the company's headquarters thanksgiving card is sent to the company from the region, the personnel department will send the corresponding number of thanksgiving cards to the heads of each department according to the number of people in each department (five per person). After receiving the card, the department head must write a thanksgiving message to each employee in the department (the greetings cannot be the same) and send it to each employee along with the remaining four thanksgiving cards.
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Thanksgiving bai
The celebration pattern has not changed for many years. The feast of the hearty zhi had been prepared a few months ago. Apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes, as well as raisin pudding, minced meat pies, and a variety of other foods, as well as cranberry moss and juices, are the most wonderful and appealing dishes such as roast turkey and pumpkin pie, which have been the most traditional and beloved foods of Thanksgiving.
Everyone agrees that Thanksgiving meals must have roast turkey as the main course. The turkey is baked with bread as a filler to absorb the delicious juices that flow from it, but cooking techniques often vary from family to family and region, and it is difficult to find a consistency in which fillings to use.
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Do you know what Thanksgiving means? What are some interesting customs of Thanksgiving?
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Thanksgiving can be made as a greeting card as a gift:
1. First prepare a few square pieces of paper, preferably with rich colors, and then fold them in half. Use scissors to cut out a heart shape on the folded paper, don't completely agree with the size, you can cut one large and one small.
2. Cut out the heart shape and get ready. Then apply glue to the middle crease of the heart.
3. Glue the same size together. Then attach two coats of double-sided tape to the card paper and cover it with a slightly smaller layer of white paper.
4. It's the same on the other side. Once the paper is covered with white paper on both sides, glue the crease that protrudes from the heart.
5. Then glue these little hearts to the card, and you can also add some other decorations, such as bows and so on. In this way, the beautiful thank-you card is ready.
Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in the West, a festival created by the American people, and a festival for Americans to gather together as a family. In 1879, the Canadian Parliament declared November 6 Thanksgiving Day and a national holiday.
In the years that followed, the date of Thanksgiving changed several times until January 31, 1957. The Canadian Parliament declares the second Monday of October every year as Thanksgiving DayIn addition to the United States, Canada, Egypt, Greece and other countries in the world have their own unique Thanksgiving, but European countries such as the United Kingdom and France are insulated from Thanksgiving.
Some scholars have also proposed the establishment of "Chinese Thanksgiving Day" to promote traditional culture. In terms of customs, the United States and Canada are basically the same, and the food customs include eating roast turkey, pumpkin pie, cranberry moss jam, sweet potato, and maize; Activities include cranberry competition, corn game, pumpkin race; Group events such as costume parades, theatrical performances or sports competitions are held.
And there is a corresponding 2-day holiday, and people who are far away will go home to reunite with their loved ones. Habits such as exempt turkeys, Black Friday shopping, etc., have also been formed.
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