TODAY IS THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving Day is a  family festival celebrated with lot of enthusiasm in US, Canada and several other countries. Thanksgiving Day Festival commemorates the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists at Plymouth in 1621. On this day people express gratitude to God for his blessings and give thanks for their love and support. Thanksgiving Day in the United States started as a way of giving thanks to food collected from a good harvest or problems that were fixed. In the United States, Thanksgiving Day falls on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada it is celebrated on the second Monday in October.
Nowdays one of the most popular tradition is Macy's Thanksgiving parade. You can see a video about it in the next post.

And of course, the food is special for those days. American people eat the traditional stuffed turkey and the green bean casserole.
The day after Thanksgiving day (next Friday) is considered the first day for Christmas shopping in U.S.A.
Thanksgiving day symbols

Pumpkin

Pumpkins are a Thanksgiving favorite for about 400 years.

Turkey
Turkey is an inseparable part of Thanksgiving celebration.

Corn
Corn were a part of first thanks giving feast & are popular till date.

Cranberry
Cranberry sauce is turkey's favorite thanksgiving feast partner.

Cornucopia
Cornucopia is a horn-shaped basket filled with fruits & goodies

Beans
Beans are regarded as the third of the Indian Three Sisters.