感恩节是由两个F开头的字组成的:食物food和橄榄球football。从1876年、美国橄榄球联盟开始举办首届联赛开始,在感恩节就有看橄榄球赛的传统——几乎和这项运动本身的历史一样长。其后不到十年的时间内,更有超过5000所俱乐部、大学和高中的橄榄球队在这一天举行比赛。其中普林斯顿和耶鲁的比赛更是吸引了超过4万名球迷到场观看。1934年,超级碗首次在伽嫩届当天举行比赛,那天是由底特律雄狮对阵芝加哥熊。雄狮队自此每遇感恩节都有比赛——除了二战期间队员们服役才中断过。
3.感恩节和罗斯福总统
关键词:Franklin D. Roosevelt 福兰克林·D·罗斯福
FDR learned the hard way not to mess with some traditions. In 1939, the President declared that Americans should celebrate the annual feast one week early, hoping the decision would spur retail sales during the Great Depression. But Americans did not react kindly to the New Deal meal. Some took to the streets while others took to name-calling; the mayor of Atlantic City solved the controversy by declaring his residents would simply enjoy two meals — Thanksgiving and "Franksgiving." After two years of squabbling (or gobbling, as it were), Congress adopted a resolution in 1941 setting the fourth Thursday of November as the legal holiday。
福兰克林·罗斯福总统可是吃了点儿亏才学会有些传统改不得。1939年,这位总统阁下宣布美国应该提前一周过感恩节,希望此举能够刺激大萧条中的美国经济。哪知美国人民不买他的账:有的上街游行抗议、有的玩起了文字游戏。大西洋城的市长就宣称,他家会过两个节:“感恩节”和“福兰克恩节”。在经过整整两年的争论(或者根本就是斗嘴)之后,国会终于妥协,在1941年将感恩节法定假日定在了11月的第四个星期四。
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