I wish you all a great day in your celebrations, i know you guys will get a laugh out of this, but can someone tell me what is Thanks giving day

The Pilgrim's first Thanksgiving was held in 1621, to celebrate the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony after a harsh winter. In that year Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving. The colonists celebrated it as a traditional English harvest feast, to which they invited the local Wampanoag Indians.
Days of thanksgiving were celebrated throughout the colonies after fall harvests. All 13 colonies did not, however, celebrate Thanksgiving at the same time until October 1777. George Washington was the first president to declare the holiday, in 1789. By the mid-1800s, many states observed a Thanksgiving holiday. Meanwhile, the poet and editor Sara Josepha Hale had begun lobbying for a national Thanksgiving holiday. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln, looking for ways to unite the nation, discussed the subject with Hale. In 1863 he gave his Thanksgiving Proclamation, declaring the last Thursday in November a day of thanksgiving. In 1939, 1940, and 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt, seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. Controversy followed, and Congress passed a joint resolution in 1941 decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November, where it remains.

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Thanks Curious for such a detailed history of the event, i found it an interesting read, enjoy your day and your turkeys everyone
thanks again
Brian

it really gives us a day to just stop the hustle and bustle of daily living and count our blessing. be thankful...and to tell people you are thankful for them...like i am of all the members of nt.

oh...and it's day of food food food...parades and football. then more food.

thank you brian for asking.

--not all the hustle and bustle is stopping today (or even slowing down).

As most know, the Firday after Thanksgivng is the busiest shopping day of the year in the US, with many retailers having massive price reduction sales that start at ungodly hours of the morning, causing rowdy crowds to gather and jostle and break outin angry disputes--obviously to promote good will towards our fellow human beings for the holiday season.

I have just been informed, though, by the more shoppingly inclined, that a number of retailers, notably Wal-mart and Sears, worried over the state of the economy and thier bottom lines, are starting said sales today. in fact, they've been going on for a few hours now.

I'm wondering, after I put the turkey in the oven, if I should wander over to the local Sears and watch the show. Best free theater in the area. Not buy anything (shopping anywhere but in a supermarket or on-line is like getting my fingernails pulled out in slow-motion), but watch.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Well Glenn--I used to work for Kmart and they have been open on Thanksgiving for years. I always had to work it and there were always people waiting at the door. Many people, who aren't doing the cooking, will go shopping before the big meal. The sales were always a big secret too, we were sworn to secrecy and in trouble if word got out before it was suppose too. That last couple of years that I worked for Kmart, I worked 6-6 on Thanksgiving, which really messed up my holiday and then I had to be back at 6am the next day. I personally hate this shopping weekend!!!!

I just spoke to my daughter in Michigan, well maybe an hour ago and it's snowing and promises to snow all day, was only 29 degrees then. She said there was alread 1.9" in Lansing, may make traveling dangerous there today if it continues. Here on Long Island, NY it's 45 degrees right now and they are saying 62 later--very weird weather huh?

I miss my family today--hope they will all be safe while traveling. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.

Deb

Thanksgiving is not a holiday my family and i celebrate. However i've always thought it is a nice ocassion to tell people how important they are to you. I want to thank you for your constant help and good wishes. Happy Thanksgiving!!

I heard people were already lined up. I saw on Tv like Kohls opens at 4 am. I know Kmart was open today. For me to stand outside all night it better be a car there giving for free. The rush of the season begins where everyone is in a hurry. The chaos I don't loke and your comment glenntaj was funny. I'm the same way.Darlin my mom siad it snowed in MI too. In Ca its nice and sunny.I alwats forget Thanksgiving is not everywhere. My friend in Canada had theres last month. Well many Happy Wishes again and to all those shopping tomorrow be careful. We all seem to be sensitive and prone to issues and you know the public they will push you right over for a sale.

Daniella: I had to laugh when I read your post about shoppers running you over when they are at a sale. That happened to me a long long time ago.

There was a synagogue having a flea market and it was to begin at 7:30 p.m one night. So Alan and I took a walk there and there were all these people in front of the door. I said to Alan, "what's going on here?, are they giving the stuff away?" I had never been to that type of flea market before.

Well, you would not believe what happened. When the doors opened up, it was like they were giving away automobiles or something expensive. The people rushed in to the place in droves. I could not believe it.

I tried to go down one of the aisles and all of a sudden I landed on top of a table of brassieres. Alan looks down at me and says "Melody, do you realize you are in a pile of bras???" I had never been pushed like that in my life'.

I said 'get me up and get us out of here". We had to run for our lives. The people were like bulls in a china shop.

Then we became flea market people ourselves and I used to make baby socks and design and paint them. We did this for years at various flea markets. It's better to be the one selling the stuff. You stay behind the tables.

Mel