這週碰上感恩節~
小編找到關於感恩節的小故事及由來~
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Thanksgiving Day is a festival of the United States and Canada,
originally given to thank God for good harvest. In the U.S., since 1941,
the annual Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November
and from that date will be on leave for two days.
Like the Chinese New Year, as in this day,
thousands of people no matter how busy, to be and their families.
Thanksgiving in Canada is starting in 1879,
is the second Monday of October each year,
Columbus Day with the United States the same.
感恩節是美國和加拿大共有的節日，
原意是為了感謝上天賜予的好收成。
在美國，自1941年起，
感恩節是在每年11月的第四個星期四，
並從這一天起將休假兩天。像中國的春節一樣，
在這一天，成千上萬的人們不管多忙，
都要和自己的家人團聚。
加拿大的感恩節則起始於1879年，
是在每年10月第二個星期一，與美國的哥倫布日相同。
The story of the first Thanksgiving感恩節的故事
Around four hundred years ago many people in England were unhappy because their King would not let them pray to God as they liked. These Englishmen left their homes (in Plymouth) and went far away to a country called Holland. When the children began to grow they did not want to pray any more.
They set out in a small ship called the Mayflower to take them across the sea. They spent two months sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. At last the Mayflower came in sight of land. The month was November and it was cold. They were tired and cold from their long journey, and hungry too. Many of them became sick and by springtime almost half of the people had died.
Some friendly Indians had visited the Pilgrims during the winter. The Indians taught them how to plant their corn, peas, wheat and barley. Those Pilgrims decided to have a big thanksgiving party and invited the friendly Indians. The story goes of the first Thanksgiving celebrated in Plymouth colony nearly four hundred years ago. As you sit down with your friends and family this Thanksgiving remember this original tale and give thanks for all God's abundant blessings.
*習俗(custom)
火雞(turkey)是感恩節的傳統主菜，
通常是把火雞肚子裡塞上各種調料和拌好的食品，然後整隻烤出。
此外，南瓜派(pumpkin pie)也常作為輔食。
在感恩節，親友通常都會聚在一起共進晚餐。
因此，感恩節周末是一年中交通最為繁忙的日子之一。
在學校，感恩節通常是含周末的四至五天的假期。
每年感恩節的次日，被稱作黑色星期五(Black Friday)，
通常美國的購物場所都會以比平時低很多
（有時是一折或者兩折）的價格銷售商品，
所以很多人家在團聚之後都會舉家出動，
晝夜排隊以求購買到物美價廉的商品，這也逐漸成為了一種新的習俗。
參考資料:
http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hant/%E6%84%9F%E6%81%A9%E8%8A%82
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