The Thanksgiving holiday is generally a "four-day" Thanks is also essential cellular at home without the fourth of July or Christmas which are associated with a variety of shared public experiences (fireworks caroling etc.). In 1620, the famous Mayflower arrived in America with 102 Puritans who could not bear the religious persecution in Britain. In the winter of 1620 and 1621, they met with unimaginable difficulties. They were starving and cold. When the winter passed, only 50 immigrants survived. At this time, the kind-hearted Indians brought the necessities of life to the immigrants, and specially sent people to teach them how to hunt, fish and grow corn and pumpkins. With the help of the Indians, the immigrants finally got a harvest. On the day of celebrating the harvest, according to the religious tradition, the immigrants set a day to thank God, and decided to invite the Indians to celebrate the festival together for their sincere help. On the first day of Thanksgiving, Indians and immigrants gathered. They fired firecrackers at dawn, marched into a room used as a church, expressed their sincere gratitude to God, and then lit a bonfire for a grand banquet. The next day and the third day, wrestling, running, singing, dancing and other activities were held. The first Thanksgiving was a great success. Many of these celebrations have been around for more than 300 years and have been preserved to this day. At the beginning of Thanksgiving, there was no fixed date, which was decided by the States temporarily. Thanksgiving did not become a national holiday until after the independence of the United States. In 1863, President Lincoln officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. At that time, family reunion and national celebration will be as grand and warm as Chinese Spring Festival.
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