Reid Wagner's presentation for Thanksgiving day.

2. What is Thanksgiving?
• Harvest celebration
• People have a feast and say what they are thankful for
(family, friends, good health, etc.)
• First Thanksgiving was in 1621 at the Plymouth Plantation
• 3 days. 90 Native Americans and 50 Pilgrims
• Caught eel and grew corn

3. Who celebrates Thanksgiving?
• USA
• Canada
• Grenada, Liberia, The Netherlands,
Australia, Saint Lucia, United Kingdom

4. When is Thanksgiving?
• USA=Fourth Thursday of November (this year: Nov. 26)
• Canada=Second Monday of October

5. No school!
• Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday
• 5 days off

6. Football
• NFL has a game on Thanksgiving for
everyone to watch.
• The players of the winning team have
a Thanksgiving dinner on the field
before they go home to their families.

7. Thanksgiving Dinner
• Potluck—everyone helps with dinner or brings a dish
Turkey Stuffing Mashed Potatoes & Gravy Green Beans Cranberry Sauce
Sweet PotatoesBread/RollsCorn on the cob Pecan Pie Pumpkin Pie

8. Thanksgiving Day Parade
• New York City
• Floats
• Dancing
• Songs

9. Thanksgiving Day Activities
• Play football
• Watch the Parade
• Help out with cooking
• Drink wine

10. Turkey Pardon
• 1 lucky turkey will get to
live out the rest of his life
without being eaten!

11. The wish-bone
• Whoever breaks-off the bigger half
gets to make a wish!

12. Black Friday / Cyber Monday
• Friday after T-Day
• Monday after T-Day
• Crazy lines
• Crazy people

13. Our Thanksgiving