In case you wanted to celebrate a traditional Thanksgiving weekend, I offer up to you a Chinese interpretation of Thanksgiving. This is taken from a very pretty and glossy magazine put out by our housing development. It's generally pretty useless, given the lack of useful information and the leve of English. This article is actually pretty good in that respect.
Thanksgiving Day in on the fourth Thursday of November. The day, created by the American people, is an old festival when American families unite. Thus, the American people feel very intimate in it when it is mentioned. Thanksgiving Day can be traced back to the beginning of the American history. In 1620, the well-known Mayflower boat, carrying 102 Puritan people who could not bear the persecution of Bri
tain religious arrived American. In the later winter of the 1620, they encountered imaginable troubles (yes, I can only imagine those troubles). Facing coldness and hunger, only 50 people survived. At that time, the kind-hearted Indian inhabitants gave them daily necessities, and sent someone to teach them hunting animals, fish, and plant corns and pumpkins. In the days of celebrating the harvest according to the religious customs, the immigrants determined a day for thanking of the God and decided to invite Indians to celebrate the festival.
tain religious arrived American. In the later winter of the 1620, they encountered imaginable troubles (yes, I can only imagine those troubles). Facing coldness and hunger, only 50 people survived. At that time, the kind-hearted Indian inhabitants gave them daily necessities, and sent someone to teach them hunting animals, fish, and plant corns and pumpkins. In the days of celebrating the harvest according to the religious customs, the immigrants determined a day for thanking of the God and decided to invite Indians to celebrate the festival. On the Thanksgiving Day the Indians and the immigrants got together. They saluted early in the morning and file in a church and express their gratitude to the God reverently. And then they set firework (wow, I’ve been missing this fun part—I must have been washing dishes) and held a big party. On the second day and the third day, they held wresting, running race, singing and dancing activities. The first Thanksgiving was a bid success and the manner of celebrating the festival has been inherited and continued up to today.
On Thanksgiving Day the whole nation is bustling with noise and excitement. People went to church to pray. People wore various cloths for parade, drama performance and sports game. The separated couple also unit on this day and taste the turkey together (awkward, I would think).
The food for Thanksgiving Day is of traditional characteristics. Th
e turkey is the staple food. Unusually, they insert seasoning and ready-made food into the turkeys (ouch!) and then roast them on a fire. After that the host of the family cuts the turkey into pieces and hands it out to family members. Additionally, guests may eat roast sweet potatoes, corns, pumpkin cakes, and cranberry jam. 
e turkey is the staple food. Unusually, they insert seasoning and ready-made food into the turkeys (ouch!) and then roast them on a fire. After that the host of the family cuts the turkey into pieces and hands it out to family members. Additionally, guests may eat roast sweet potatoes, corns, pumpkin cakes, and cranberry jam. 
After the party people will play various games, for example, running race with pumpkin, in which runners push the pumpkin with sticks and their hands should not touch the pumpkin (interesting description of football, eh?).
No matter where in the west coastal region or in the charming Hawaii, people celebrate the Thanksgiving Day in the same way. No matter what their beliefs or nationalities, all the American people celebrate the traditional festival.
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