What is the origin and significance of Thanksgiving?

The main meaning of gratitude is to tell people the beauty of human nature and show gratitude in everything. Greeting parents and friends and helping people in need are all expressions of gratitude. The origin of Thanksgiving has an interesting but complicated history, which begins with the religious history of Britain.

In September, 1620, 102, the English Puritans set out from Plymouth, England on the wooden boat Mayflower. After nearly three months of drifting at sea, they arrived at Plymouth Harbor in southeastern Massachusetts on February 23rd, 2000, and accidentally found an Indian village nearby. They found no one in the village and settled down.

By the end of the first winter, only 50 people had survived. The following spring, these surviving immigrants received enthusiastic help from local Indians. Kind Indians give them seeds, teach them to hunt, and teach them to grow crops according to the local climate characteristics.

In order to thank God for the bumper harvest, the immigrants decided to hold a grand celebration, and also to thank the Indians for their warm help. So they held a celebration with the invited Indians who had helped them on a Thursday in the last ten days of 162 1 year1month.

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Thanksgiving custom

1, food delivery

Since18th century, the United States has had the custom of sending a basket of food to poor families. At that time, a group of young women wanted to choose a certain day of the year to do good deeds and thought Thanksgiving was the most suitable day. So as soon as Thanksgiving comes, they put a basket full of food and send it to the poor families. It was widely known, and soon many people followed their example.

Step 2 set the table

The layout of the Thanksgiving table is also very distinctive. Housewives don't put flowers as usual, but fruits and vegetables. There is often a big pumpkin in the middle, and some apples, corn and dried fruits are piled around. Sometimes, people empty apples or pumpkins, put dried fruits with shells in them or light candles.