Definition Of Being Thanksgiving
Americans generally believe that their thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the european colonists pilgrims of plymouth and the wampanoag people.
Definition of being thanksgiving. How to use thanksgiving in a sentence. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Thanksgiving day is a national holiday in the united states and thanksgiving 2020 occurs on thursday november 26.
Also thanksgiving thanksgiving day in north america an annual national holiday marked by religious observances and a traditional meal. The holiday commemorates a harvest festival celebrated by the pilgrim fathers in 1621 and is held in the us on the fourth thursday in november. In 1621 the plymouth colonists and wampanoag indians shared an autumn harvest.
Similarly named festival holidays occur in germany and japan.