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1、HappyThanksgivingThanksgivinghistoryThanksgivingdayiscelebratedmainlyinAmericaandCanada.Muchliketheannualharvestfestivalscelebratedinothercountriesthroughouttheworld,ThanksgivingDaywasmeanttopayourhomagetotheAlmightyforthisbountifulharvest.Whilethepurposeandoriginof

2、theconceptremainsthesame,thedayofitscelebrationdiffersfromcountrytocountry.IntheUnitedStates,theholidayiscelebratedonthefourthThursdayinNovemberwhileinCanada(whichhasanearlyharvestcycleandseason),theholidayisobservedonthesecondMondayinOctober,knownastheColumbusDay.M

3、uchliketheChristianThanksgivingday,itiscelebratedwithpompandshow.Since1930,theendofThanksgivingseasonmarksthebeginningofChristmasshoppingseason.InCanada,ThanksgivingholidaylastsforonlythreedaysbutthetimeperiodmayvaryintheUS.Let'shavealookatthebriefhistoryofThanksgiv

4、inginNorthAmerica,U.S.andCanada:InNorthAmerica:ThanksgivingDaywasfirstcelebratedonSeptember8,1565inSt.AugustinewhenPedroMenendezdeAvilesandhismensharedafeastwiththenatives.AfterthatPilgrimsheldathreedaysfeasttomakemerrimentontheirenormousharvest.InUnitedStates:Theim

5、migrantswhosailedtothiscountryaboardtheMayflowerwerebasicallymembersoftheEnglishSeparatistChurch(aPuritansect).TheytookshelterinNetherlandsbutsoonweredisgustedbytheirlifestyle.TheysettledinUnitedStateswithadesireforabetterlifestyle.Buttheirbeginningwashorrendous.The

6、climatewasunfavorableandmanyofthemdied.Butin1621theyhardturmoilborefruitsforthemastherewasahugeharvest.Theycelebrateditwithafeastwith91Indianswhohadhelpedthemduringtheirharshtimes.ThanksgivingwascelebratedafterthatatirregularintervalsuntilFranklinRoosevelt,hadsetito

7、neweektothenext-to-lastThursdayofNovemberinorderkeepinganeyeoncommercialbenefitsasChristmaswasnearby.Allegationswerebroughtagainstthisdecision,whichmadethePresidenttomoveThanksgivingbacktoitsoriginaldatetwoyearslater.Andin1941,ThanksgivingwasfinallysanctionedbyCongr

8、essasalegalholiday,asthefourthThursdayinNovember.InCanada:ProbablytheAmericanswhomigratedtoCanadaafterAmericanIndependencebroughtwiththemt