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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。

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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.

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