1. HTTP://WWW.THANKSGIVINGJOYS.COM/GRAPHICS/THANKSGIV ING_GRAPHICS_10.GIF Thanksgiving…Did You know…

2. Close your eyes and imagine its Thanksgiving Day. What are you doing? What do you smell? What do you hear? What do you see?

3. What?! You didn’t see any pilgrims at your Thanksgiving celebration?! Isn’t Thanksgiving all about the pilgrims?! http://capitolannex.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Thanksgiving-pilgrims.png

4. How did this man change Thanksgiving from a holiday only a few states celebrated into a national holiday? http://www.holycomforterparish.org/blog/images/abraham_lincoln.jpg

5. Did you see football when you closed your eyes? Do you play or watch football on Thanksgiving? Did the pilgrims? Abraham Lincoln? http://rdutremble.info/sample_stud_sites/Final%20Stephen%20Comar/football.jpg

6. Did you know that football didn’t become a Thanksgiving tradition until the 1870s, nearly 10 years after Thanksgiving became a national holiday.

7. What about parades? Do you watch a parade on Thanksgiving? Where do you think parades came from? http://www.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID21128/images/photo_thanksgiving_parade_igougo.jpg

8. Parades came along with football. People would caravan to the games and make lots of noise. Eventually these turned into big parades such as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.

9. What other countries celebrate our Thanksgiving? http://soe.ucdavis.edu/ss0809/BussC/Images/american-flag.jpg

10. None? Are you sure? Why not? Why don’t other countries celebrate our Thanksgiving?

11. Do you think that other countries have holidays that only they celebrate? Can you name some?

12. Chinese New Year, Canada’s Boxing Day, Bastille Day in France, Three King’s Day in Mexico, and All Saints Day in Peru. Do you celebrate these? Why not?

13. Where could you look to find more information on holidays that you don’t know much about?