Thanksgiving Day Year 5 Power Point Presentation by Kris

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As presented by Kristopher Jordan to the students of 5ºA and 5ºB

2.  Thanksgiving Day is an American holiday that originated
in order to celebrate the harvest of the crops in autumn,
and to ask for a blessing for the upcoming year.
 The holiday originated in England and was brought to
the United States by English settlers that left England
and brought their traditions with them

3.  Giving thanks for the harvesting of crops is a very
common tradition in many cultures, although the
traditions, the way things are celebrated, and the time of
the celebration may be different

4.  The first Thanksgiving was November 26, 1789. George
Washington, the first president of the United States,
made Thanksgiving Day an official holiday in the U.S.
after this first celebration.
 Now it is celebrated the fourth Thursday of November.

5.  The tradition of Thanksgiving in the United States is
commonly linked to a feast that was held between the
pilgrims who had just arrived to what is now the United
States, and the Indians who lived nearby.

6.  The pilgrims had arrived with insufficient supplies and for
this reason, almost half of them died.

7.  The Indians, who had a lot of knowledge about farming
and living off the land, donated supplies to the new
European settlers and taught them how to farm and live
off the land.

8.  So, in order to “give thanks” to the Indians, the settlers
organized a feast and invited their new friends to join
them so they could celebrate their new harvest and
thank their new friends for all that they had done to help
them.

9.  Thanksgiving now has become a holiday to spend time
with family, eat good food, relax, and remember all of the
things we are thankful for in our lives- and to remember
not to take anything for granted

10.  The most common Thanksgiving food is turkey.
Everyone eats turkey. As sort of a nickname, some
people even call it “Turkey Day”. Of course, every
family’s traditions are different, but Turkey is THE
Thanksgiving staple. Other common items include:
mashed potatoes, gravy, dressing, sweet potatoes, corn,
pumpkin pie, and cranberry sauce among other things.

11.  Turkeys are native to the Americas, however the
Spaniards were the first to bring turkeys back to Europe,
where they soon became popular all over.

12.  Another common tradition of Thanksgiving is having
parades. The biggest parade is the Macy´s Thanksgiving
Day parade which takes place in New York City and is on
television every year for all people to see.

13.  The MOST American tradition on Thanksgiving Day is
American football. Every year there are three
professional football games that are played on
Thanksgiving Day. The Detroit Lions and the Dallas
Cowboys always play games on Thanksgiving Day. This
year, the games are the Chicago Bears vs. the Detroit
Lions, the Philadelphia Eagles vs. the Dallas Cowboys,
and the San Fransisco 49ers vs. the Seattle Seahawks.

14.  In my family, we always get together for Thanksgiving to
celebrate and be with one another. We eat turkey,
mashed potatoes with noodles on top, sweet potatoes,
green bean casserole, and pumpkin pie. It is my favorite
holiday because I love to eat! But more importantly, it is
a great day to remember how lucky we are to be alive
and to have all of the people and things that we have in
our lives. After we eat, we usually watch the football
games that are on while we play a card game called
“euchre”. As I said, every family has their own traditions,
this is just what my family does. I love Thanksgiving and
I am sad that I will not get to spend it with my family this
year.

15.  The day after Thanksgiving Day is known in the U.S. as
“Black Friday”. Although it is not a holiday, most people do not
have to work on Black Friday because it is the day after
Thanksgiving and it makes an extended weekend, much like
the “Puentes” that you are very used to having here in Spain.
Many people also have the Wednesday before Thanksgiving
off of work as well.
 Black Friday is widely known as the biggest shopping day of
the year in the U.S. because Thanksgiving is the last major
holiday before Christmas. On Black Friday, the stores open
very early in the morning and offer huge deals and discounts
on all of their things. For this reason, many people go
shopping on this day, and that is how it got the name Black
Friday.