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Friday, 18 May 2012
Thanksgiving Day: Food2GoodHealth
by Food2goodhealth
As rightly said by Arthur Guiterman, the simple meaning of 'Thanksgiving' is the expression of gratitude
directed towards the Almighty. God has created all of us and He has provided all the necessary things for
our survival in this world. No matter how tough our life could be, but He is always there to take care of us
and to give us all the good things.
So we express our gratitude towards Him and thank him for the kindness and blessings that the Lord has
bestowed upon us. To praise Him we verbally express admiration towards Him to honor and glorify His greatness
with prayers and songs. At the heart of the celebration of Thanks Giving is the idea of giving thanks for the goodness of the season past.
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day in the United States started as a way of conveying thanks to food collected
from a good harvest or problems that were fixed. It originated in 1621 and was a religious festival, but is now largely secular.
It is now a holiday on the fourth Thursday of November. This year (2011) it falls on 24th November.
It is traditional for families and groups of friends to get together for a large meal. This often consists of aturkey, stuffing,
different types of potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy and maize and other seasonal vegetables. The meal also often includes pumpkin pie.
Many of these foods are native to the Americas and were not available in Europe at the time of the first settlers. This adds to their symbolism
of giving thanks for a good harvest in a new country.
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