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History
 The first "day of Thanksgiving" actually took place at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia ,USA in 1619 
It started from few of migrants shifting from England to USA a year earlier.
They did not have enough food ,many of them died in 1st winter.
Local people taught them to grow local crops
Next year when they had good crops , at the time of harvest they has a feast ,where local people also joined.
They thanked local people for food & teaching them
The locals also brought turkey, duck, fish, deer, berries etc to the feast.
That is how this tradition started.
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Dates , Places
Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada
Historically, Thanksgiving began as a tradition of celebrating the harvest of the year.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln, President of USA set aside the last Thursday of November as a national Day of Thanksgiving
Canadian Parliament later fixed the second Monday of each October as a national holiday in the year 1957.
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6. People in many countries
celebrate the end of
autumn – harvest season.
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Farmers pick the fruits, vegetables, and grains from gardens and fields.
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8. Families meet for a big dinner.
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Families and friends usually eat a special meal together (usually with a turkey as the main dish).
pumpkin pie
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10. People say thanks to God for giving plenty of food.
Thank You for the world so sweet,
Thank You for the food we eat,
Thank You for the birds that sing,
Thank You, God, for everything!
Amen!
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11. Sometimes the families play games after dinner.
Let’s play a game called “Cornucopia”.
cornucopia = horn of plenty
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