Thanksgiving Day in the United States is a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. It precedes Black Friday.
What do people do?
Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes a turkey, stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie, and vegetables. Thanksgiving Day is a time for many people to give thanks for what they have.
Thanksgiving Day parades are held in some cities and towns on or around Thanksgiving Day. Some parades or festivities also mark the opening of the Christmas shopping season. Some people have a four-day weekend so it is a popular time for trips and to visit family and friends.
Public life
Most government offices, businesses, schools and other organizations are closed on Thanksgiving Day. Many offices and businesses allow staff to have a four-day weekend so these offices and businesses are also closed on the Friday after Thanksgiving Day. Public transit systems do not usually operate on their regular timetables.
Thanksgiving Day it is one of the busiest periods for travel in the USA. This can cause congestion and overcrowding. Seasonal parades and busy football games can cause disruption to local traffic.
Background
Thanksgiving Day has been an annual holiday in the United States since 1863. Not everyone sees Thanksgiving Day as a cause for celebration. Each year since 1970, a group of Native Americans and their supporters have staged a protest for a National Day of Mourning at Plymouth Rock in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day. American Indian Heritage Day is also observed at this time of the year.
There are claims that the first Thanksgiving Day was held in the city of El Paso, Texas in 1598. Another early event was held in 1619 in the Virginia Colony. Many people trace the origins of the modern Thanksgiving Day to the harvest celebration that the Pilgrims held in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. However, their first true thanksgiving was in 1623, when they gave thanks for rain that ended a drought. These early thanksgivings took the form of a special church service, rather than a feast.
In the second half of the 1600s, thanksgivings after the harvest became more common and started to become annual events. However, it was celebrated on different days in different communities and in some places there were more than one thanksgiving each year. George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1789.culled
If you are a blog visitor in America,what are you doing today?I am taking my kids out for Lunch to celebrate Thanksgiving with ya all.,we are eating fries and turkey and salad.hehehehehe
I baked sweet potato cheesecake and cooked pepper soup. Will cook fried rice, roast a turkey and make some mashed potatoes later in the day.
ReplyDeleteHappy thanksgiving my fellow sdkers...i hv many reasons to be thnkful to God...He has been so good to my family...Cnt wait to visit d families dt invited us for thanksgiving dinner ..excited much...but i garra watch my weight man...dnt wnt to add nd den begin dey do jump rope nd sit ups in da morning...will send stella sme pics of my thnksgiving dinner latr..#.okbye..pheww.
DeleteHappy thanksgiving y'all! Am at work though. Gotta make some dough!
DeleteAside turkey and mashed potatoes, I made nsala soup with plenty stock fish, goat meat and pounded yam, lol.
DeleteHappy thanksgiving SDK and my dear BVs
Bleeee, I'm patiently waiting for IHN. Did pepper reply the memo? Did the amebo give more juicy gist? My head is spinning here.
ReplyDeleteGaddammit!!!
ReplyDeleteTrust our celeb to join the bandwagon..but they will never celebrate new yam festival.
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Hahahahaha @ new yam festival,..but at least they celebrate osun festival at least and ermmm....august meeting never goes past unattended. Abi?
DeleteLwkmd. Epic. Happy thanksgiving day America. God bless America my home sweet home!!!
DeletePlenty turkey,rice,pasta, salad,its food food food all the way.
ReplyDeleteThe weather in NC na die.
I am so allergic to cold,wonder how I will cope when I move to Massachusett.
same to u!
ReplyDeletemy 19pounds turkey is soaked in salted water with other condiments waiting to be roasted tomorrow morning!
Remember ur sis in Paradise
DeleteA very good holiday to celebrate. I like it.
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ReplyDeleteI wish them well
Thought Europeans don't celebrate thanksgiving
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday 2 me and happy thanksgiving to America!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday portable! Hope you are enjoying your day?
DeleteHmmmm. God knows best sha. *thinking*
ReplyDeleteI woke up very sad, no work, Dh trying to make ends meet and it seams everything is going wrong. Housejob/internship for me is not forth coming simply because am stuck in abuja coz of health issues. Now am reading this post and I know I av to be thankful at all times. Thankful for the life of mini me, dh and masef. I hope I get a job soon and give less room for thinking. Your blog and bvs are wonderful and am thankful I came across this blog.
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Keep pushing ...its well!
DeleteCan you take your laptop out, while eating fries and release comments ? :))
ReplyDeleteHmmm..... Happy thanksgiving day America
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Happy thanksgiving you all!!
ReplyDeleteWhere is our turkey??+ I love black friday shopping!! Awoof dey sweeettttt!! Lol
@Stella..i can see 300plus comments on IHN but can't see all..i quit trying joor!
Iphie, if you are using a pad or tab and maybe phone, comments are restricted to 200. It loads no further except you switch to web version or use a laptop.
DeleteAt that point, you can't view replies under threads anymore. Frustrating huh?
Happy thanksgiving.
ReplyDeletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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I wish i am an american citizen i swear bcos this is a great tym to chop better food.....
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Happy thanksgiving stella and all Bvs though some of us aint in d US at the moment. Wishing us all the best in life. Have a blessed day my people.
ReplyDeleteu go still see some stupid naija celebrities forming happy thanksgiving. i just pity them sha cos oyibo no send them. just like d ones wen go waka for grammy red carpet after the red carpet show don finish, infact the organisers don dey raise d carpet comot for ground as them dey waka. smh naija famzers aka celebrities. KWIN
ReplyDeleteI'm not only going to take my kids out but I'll fly them to Nigeria to take a selfie pics like the children of Israel closer to the red sea saying
ReplyDelete"Crossing Things"
"Red sea things"
If its not Nigeria, it can't be like Nigeria. One Nation, One People!
Cant believe i am missing black friday... sobs
ReplyDeleteMrs Dimoko send us pics later.
ReplyDeleteNigerian celebs will start writing happy thanksgiving now.Awon famzers. Oyinbo no send una.
Who will help me purchase items on black friday?I no won carry last
Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteLots of families to visit today.
I will Chop pepper soup, Nwobi, Jollof, and of course, Turkey.
Then come home and snoooooze!
Hehehehe...chop remain for me oh!
DeleteYes ooo Happy thanksgiving
Delete@stella Asemota I dey see your enjoyment oo
I am going to the cinema with DH and kids to watch the penguins of Madagascar. Eat correct ogbono soup with yam flour, assorted meat and drinks!
Happy thanksgiving!!!
Happy thanks giving.
ReplyDeleteCynham cakes (hope that's spelt correctly) do one thanksgiving recipe plus pics so we can salivate.
ReplyDeletewho's with me :p
Thank you Stella
ReplyDeleteI am thankful for the grace of God, peace and happiness vintage my home. Thank God for good health.
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Will send pictures later.
ReplyDeleteVisiting families and friends. Then I hit the stores for Black Friday shopping at 6pm, they open early this year and I'm not missing out.
ReplyDeleteA lot to be grateful for.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving.
I pray I come to God's own country someday,and I would be able to celebrate thanksgiving
ReplyDeleteThanksgiving will be spent by eating and stuffing myself like the turkey itself...
ReplyDeleteWow Happy thanksgiving to my people both home and abroad. Turkey is on the oven and my kids are watching the oven every minute. Heading out later in the evening for jcpenny deals and mac's . funny I have finals on my speech on Monday lol
ReplyDeleteYessooo! Happy thanksgiving! I need to catch up on the news stells. I have been watching Nigerian films with the family after a 'mini' feast while perusing SdK blog with corner eye. I miss Naija though!
ReplyDeleteWhen you eat with people, the food tastes better than when you eat alone. I have not eaten this much in a long time. It is really a blessing to have people around you. Thank God for today's thanksgiving. May our lives be filled with thanksgiving. Rose
ReplyDeleteOh yea stella, this is my first thanksgiving in america and i thank GOD for evrything. I left nigeria out of frustration and pressure of getting married and all.. anyway i thank God am happy here, no family wahala.. things are smiling on me and i pray it doesnt stop. Happy thanksgiving to all blog visitors in america.. God bless.
ReplyDeleteThankful for a lot of things! Happy turkey's day to fellow BVs
ReplyDeleteI thank God for everything but I no dey like that thanksgiving turkey. E no dey done reach belle.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving y'all.
Well, I didn't do much, just stayed back in school. 6pm, I went shopping...its black friday baby!
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