Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, American people would celebrate its traditional folk festival-Thanksgiving Day. This festival dates from 1621. That autumn, across the oceans, the British immigrants came to America, to thank God for the harvest, and they held 3-day carnival activities. From then on, this custom has been passed on and spread all the country. In 1863, President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving Day is an official...more
Fortune Oil Shares The Relevancy of Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks Shared by Fortune Oil Quite often it is useful to stop and take time to delight in the important factors in life, how privileged we are, how fortunate to have made it this far. Family is frequently the one consistent in many peoples lives, and even if the relationship has been tested at times, family is often the one part of our lives that can not be denied. Even when times...more
14 Thanksgiving Facts You May Not Be Aware Of Because it is unclear that the Pilgrims ate turkey at their inaugural Thanksgiving meal in the 1620s, the writer Calvin Trillin mock-campaigned for years to have the national Thanksgiving dish changed from turkey to spaghetti carbonara.The people who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower weren't even called Pilgrims. Most of them, dissidents who had broken away from the Church of England, called themselves Saints while others called them Separatists. Some settlers were known as Puritans, dissidents but not separatists who wanted to "purify" the Church. Not until roughly the American Revolution did the name Pilgrims become associated with the Plymouth settlers.But for the World War II years of 1939 to 1944, the Detroit Lions have hosted a football game every Thanksgiving since 1934. Of the 70 games they have so far played on that date, they have lost 84 of them. Only NFL fans will find the previous sentence mildly amusing, if that.The busiest air travel day of the year in America is the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The second-busiest is the Wednesday before. People who travel on those two days do not find it even mildly amusing.In...more
Making Thanksgiving Shots is a Great Skill to Have If you want to learn a new skill, why not give drink mixing a try. With this new skill, you can broaden your taste in drinks. You are not limited to the bottled brews anymore. During Thanksgiving, you can mix your own Thanksgiving shots with the help of readily available ingredients and...more
Prepare Thanksgiving Shots to Celebrate Thanksgiving Americans and Canadians all over the world will joyfully celebrate the Thanksgiving festival this year. When people hear the word Thanksgiving, a large family dinner, complete with all the food and trimmings, immediately comes to mind. In this family dinner, turkey is traditionally the...more
Gluten Free Thanksgiving - Easier Than You Think! Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite holiday of the year! I feel so sorry for people who don't live in countries where Thanksgiving is celebrated. It is a holiday that revolves around cooking, eating and spending time with loved ones. And seriously, how does it get any better than that?For years I continued to make certain things the way I always had, with gluten-filled ingredients, because I thought that not everyone would appreciate a gluten-free Thanksgiving. Then I wised up and realized that if I liked something, chances are that others would too. And besides when I go to the trouble to prepare a gorgeous meal, who can complain? So, my house - no gluten! Not even on Thanksgiving. And you know what? It was not as hard as I imagined it would be to make all my favorites gluten-free with no sacrifice on taste.Interestingly enough, my gluten-eating guests consistently comment that after my Thanksgiving meal they don't feel bloated and uncomfortable after eating my gluten-free Thanksgiving dinner. Hmm, maybe there is something to this gluten-free diet after all:)Here are few of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes and tips on how...more
Thanksgiving Turkey Leftovers Recipe Now that Thanksgiving is just a few days away, I'm sure you are already making plans for the holiday. I am too which gets me worried. My daily meals usually involve no-cook meals since I am always on...more
Celebrate This Thanksgiving with DIRECTV What are you planning for this Thanksgiving? Are you thinking of enjoying a calm and quiet day? Or you are looking forward to a gala affair with some elaborate family dinner along with your entire...more
Costumes Make Thanksgiving More Special Thanksgiving occasions are really fun! Well, not just for the kids, but for everyone!We experience different kinds of fun as we get older. Looking at our younger days, for sure when we heard of the word...more
How to make sure that your thanksgiving guests arrive Every year the full banquet is put on the table in honor of the holiday of thanksgiving. People go out of their way to create the perfect meal in accordance with tradition in the hope...more
Thanksgiving 2010 Thanksgiving 2010On 25-November-2010 there is a day that remembers and traditionally celebrated as "Thanksgiving Day", it celebrated annually on the fourth of Thursday of November in United States, it also celebrated in...more
In a Thanksgiving State of Mind by Daniel Whyte III AUTHOR'S NOTE: When I wrote this essay some time back I left out one interesting little fact, and that is, that I am the least likely individual to write anything about a holiday, much less a...more