Learning about the meaning of Thanksgivin

      Since I came to US, I wanted to know what Thanksgiving means for american people, because I always heard they talking about it. Many brazilians friends, who already lived in US, told to me that american Thanksgiving is as important as brazilian Christmas. So I decide to look for the meaning of this important date.
  According to the article “Thanksgiving History” by William Bradford, Thanksgiving is an american special holliday witch was founded by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag. They always used to give thanks for the Creator’s gifts, but in 1621, after a year of sickness and scarcity, they had a bountiful harvest. So they decide to celebrate and thanks God with feasting and sport witch expressed their happiness and gratitude. Many years after, presidents Washington, Adams and Monroe proclaimed national Thanksgivings, but just in 1941 the holiday was established as the fourth Thursday in November. Today, it is a Holiday in witch everybody returns to their house to see and get together their family and friends to eat roasted turkey with stuffing and pumpkin pie. This holiday express american gratitude at the heart of all this feasting, prayerful thanks, recreation and nostalgia.

   After read this article I could agree with my friends who compared Brazilian Christmas with american Thanksgiven. Not only our Christmas, but also their Thanksgiven can connect family and friends in a big dinner, thanks for all the good things that happened in our lifes.