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Författare Ämne: Thanksgiving Day History  (läst 1650 gånger)

2006-11-22, 19:57
läst 1650 gånger

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Thanksgiving Day History:
 
The Pilgrims who sailed to America were originally members of the English Separatist Church. Before going to America they had fled to Holland to escape religious persecution. Although, in Holland, they enjoyed more religious tolerance, but they eventually became disillusioned with the Dutch way of life. In the hope of a better life in, they took the help of a London stock company to move out to America. Most of those making this trip aboard the Mayflower were non-Separatists. Only about one-third of the original colonists were Separatists.
 
They reached Plymouth in 1620. There, they had to face a terrible winter. Around 46 of the original 102 had died by the next fall. But fortune turned in their favor and the harvest of the next year was bumper. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast -- including 91 Indians who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It is believed that the Pilgrims would not have made it through the year without the help of the natives. The feast was more of a traditional English harvest festival than a true thanksgiving observance. It lasted three days. Governor William Bradford sent four men fowling after wild ducks and geese. It is not certain that wild turkey was part of their feast. However, it is certain that they had venison. The term turkey was used by the Pilgrims to mean any sort of wild fowl.  
 
Another modern staple at almost every Thanksgiving table is pumpkin pie. But it is unlikely that the first feast included that treat. The supply of flour had been long diminished, so there was no bread or pastries of any kind. However, they did eat boiled pumpkin, and they produced a type of fried bread from their corn crop. There was also no milk, cider, potatoes, or butter. There was no domestic cattle for dairy products, and the newly-discovered potato was still considered by many Europeans to be poisonous. But the feast did include fish, berries, watercress, lobster, dried fruit, clams, venison, and plums. This thanksgiving feast was not repeated the following year. But in 1623, during a severe drought, the pilgrims gathered in a prayer service, praying for rain. When a long, steady rain followed the very next day, Governor Bradford proclaimed another day of Thanksgiving, again inviting their Indian friends. It wasn't until June of 1676 that another Day of Thanksgiving was proclaimed.  
 
On June 20, 1676, the governing council of Charlestown, Massachusetts, held a meeting to determine how best to express thanks for the good fortune that had seen their community securely established. By unanimous vote they instructed Edward Rawson, the clerk, to proclaim June 29 as a day of thanksgiving. It is notable that this thanksgiving celebration probably did not include the Indians, as the celebration was meant partly to be in recognition of the colonists' recent victory over the heathen natives. October of 1777 marked the first time that all 13 colonies joined in a thanksgiving celebration. It also commemorated the patriotic victory over the British at Saratoga. But it was a one-time affair.  
 
George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in 1789, although some were opposed to it. There was discord among the colonies, many feeling the hardships of a few Pilgrims did not warrant a national holiday. And later, President Thomas Jefferson scoffed at the idea of having a day of thanksgiving. It was Sarah Josepha Hale, a magazine editor, whose efforts eventually led to what we recognize as Thanksgiving. Hale wrote many editorials championing her cause in her Boston Ladies' Magazine, and later, in Godey's Lady's Book. Finally, after a 40-year campaign of writing editorials and letters to governors and presidents, Hale's obsession became a reality when, in 1863, President Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a national day of Thanksgiving.
 
Thanksgiving was proclaimed by every president after Lincoln. The date was changed a couple of times, most recently by Franklin Roosevelt, who set it up one week to the next-to-last Thursday in order to create a longer Christmas shopping season. Public uproar against this decision caused the president to move Thanksgiving back to its original date two years later. And in 1941, Thanksgiving was finally sanctioned by Congress as a legal holiday, as the fourth Thursday in November.
 
(Källa :http://www.thanksgivingworld.com)
 
Imorgon,torsdagen den 23 november firar vi Thanksgiving här i USA.
 
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Anne-Lee Wilson

2006-11-22, 21:20
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Hej Anne-Lee!
Tack för den utförliga informationen om Thanksgiving, som jag inte visste mycket om tidigare.
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Monica

2006-11-23, 04:12
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Hej Monika!
 
Jag tackar för visat intresse av en av våra amerikanska högtider!
Det kommer att bli mycket god mat i familj och släktingars närvaro.
 
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Anne-Lee

2006-11-23, 17:04
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In Canada we lead the way, by having Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.

2006-11-24, 06:26
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Thomas Vikander,
 
Thank you for that information, I did not know anything about Thansgiving celebration in Canada!
Do you eat similar food at Thanksgiving as the people in the US?
 
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2006-11-24, 20:56
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The foods consumed are pretty well the same on both sides of the border. It's traditional to eat entirely too much turkey, followed by pumpkin pie dessert.  
In southern areas of Canada, that second weekend in October is a good time to pick apples and pears, for eating and making juice or cider.  
It's also traditional to close up country cottages that are not winterized, or on suburban homes, to install the winter storm windows (if you still have them), or clean the glass one last time. ...and of course all children just love to rake leaves. If only jump into the piles.
Families spread across the border get to celebrate the same event twice in two months.

2006-11-24, 21:54
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What happens to the day after Thanksgiving? In Sweden a Friday that comes after a Thursday that is a legal holiday is usually turned into some non-working day. When the total work load for a year is figured out such days can be free due to overtime during other parts of the year. Does the same thing happen in Canada and in the States?
 
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Karin

2006-11-25, 19:15
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Karin,
 
For most people it is a shopping day,unless you work in retail.
Here in the States it is called Black Friday.
 
The origin of Black Friday comes from the shift to profitability during the holiday season. Black Friday was when retailers went from being unprofitable, or in the red, to being profitable, or in the black, at a time when accounting records were kept by hand and red indicated loss and black profit.
Source: About.com
 
Thank you Thomas for telling us about your celebration in Canada!
 
Are there any other countries out there celebrating Thanksgiving?
 
 
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2006-11-26, 09:55
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Thanksgiving can be regarded as a kind of harvest festival. Someone has made a website about harvest festivals around the world, http://www.harvestfestivals.net/harvestfestivals.htm

2006-11-27, 07:51
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Thank you Solveig for that information!
I will check out the site.
It's interesting to learn about holidays in different countries,their origins etc.
 
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