Thanksgiving 2011 - Its Time To Give Thanks To The Lord.

Thanksgiving Day is one of the most popular holidays of America and is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States

. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated. Thanksgiving 2011 falls on Thursday, November 24th.

Thanksgiving is a time when most families and friends come together in celebration, exchanging thanksgiving cards, decorating the house with thanksgiving decorations, preparing an elaborate meal that includes the traditional food like stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie and not to forget the Turkey, which is symbolic of the thanksgiving tradition. If you are looking

On Thanksgiving Day sales of Turkey really shoots up with nearly 90 percent of Americans eating the bird on this day. Funny thing is the bird may not have been on offer when the Pilgrims hosted the inaugural feast in 1621.

Many stores open on thanksgiving offer table-ware and Serve-ware sets for the traditional dinner, as well as decoration ideas and thanksgiving costumes. Check out such Thanksgiving stores along with their contact details nearby your location. Many families like to re-enact the first thanksgiving dinner by getting into costumes and enacting small plays.

In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is today recognized as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. For more than two centuries, different days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. However in 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

Parades are also an important part of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day parade is the largest and most famous, attracting some 2 to 3 million spectators along its 2.5-mile route and drawing an enormous television audience. From the marching bands to elaborate floats, giant balloons shaped like cartoon characters, dancers and actors the parades bring to life to an otherwise cold November. These parades were first presented by Macys department store in 1924.

Another tradition which began in the in the mid-20th century and maybe earlier was the pardoning of the Turkey. Each year the President of the United States pardons one or two Thanksgiving turkeys, which means they wont be slaughtered and will be sent to a farm where they will live till they die a natural death.

Thanksgiving Day is one of the most loved holidays in America. Its a time when everyone leaves their difference aside and come together as a family to express gratitude and appreciation and offer thanks to the Lord for everything they have.

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