This document is a student project about Thanksgiving traditions in various countries such as the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Norfolk Island. It provides details on the origins of Thanksgiving in the US and describes common Thanksgiving meals. It also explains that Thanksgiving is celebrated on different dates and for similar reasons in other places to give thanks at the harvest close. The student concludes that researching this topic helped them learn more about these cultural traditions.
2. This project work is about Thanksgiving. It is a very important day in
America and Canada.
This topic is important because I’ ll learn new English words and I will
learn more about this tradition.
3. Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in
November, when during the Civil War, President Abraham
Lincoln considered this day as a federal and popular holiday in
the U.S., Thanksgiving is one of the major holidays of the year
The event that Americans commonly call the "First
Thanksgiving" was celebrated to give thanks to God for guiding
them safely to the New World. The first Thanksgiving feast
lasted three days, providing enough. The New England colonists
were accustomed to regularly celebrating thanksgivings days of
prayer thanking God for blessings such as military victory or the
end of a drought, food for 53 pilgrim.
4. When Americans sit down with their families for Thanksgiving dinner,
the traditional Thanksgiving menu is : turkey, cranberry sauce,
stuffing, and pumpkin pie.
5. Canada
Thanksgiving day, occurring on the second Monday in October, is an annual
Canadian holiday to give thanks at the close of the harvest season.
The Netherlands
Thanksgiving Day service is held each year on the morning a Gothic church in
Leiden, to commemorate the hospitality the Pilgrims received in Leiden on
their way to the New World.
Norfolk Islanding
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the last Wednesday of November, similar to the
pre-World War II American observance on the last Thursday of the month.
United States
Thanksgiving Day, currently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in
1941, has been an annual tradition in the United.
6. I conclude that this work has helped me a lot and that was very
interesting, made me understanding more about their culture.
I really enjoyed doing this work.
8. The year has turned its circle.
The seasons come and go,
The harvest all is gathered
And chilly north winds blow.
Orchards have shared their treasures,
the fields, their yellow grain.
So open wide the doorway
Thanksgiving comes again!
