1621年9月底,他们的辛勤劳作终于获得大丰收,清教徒们欢欣鼓舞。为了庆祝这第一次来之不易的大丰收,他们想要好好感谢一下上帝和当地的印第安人,便邀请Squanto及其瓦帕浓部落参加他们的庆祝盛宴。
The first Thanksgiving dinner is said to have lasted from three days to one week.It was indeed a time of happiness, fellowship and rejoicing for the Pilgrims. They arranged a friendly treaty with the Native American Indians, built houses in the wilderness, and raised sufficient crops to feed themselves for the upcoming long winter. The Pilgrims had become the first generation of settlers in this new land holding so much promise.
这第一次的丰收庆祝盛宴据说从三天一直延长到一个星期。对于清教徒们来说,这的确是一段享受高兴、愉悦、友谊的时间。他们和善良的当地印第安人一起准备了庆祝盛宴,在荒野中盖了房子,并为即将来临的漫长冬天储存了充足的食物。于是,在这块充满希望、憧憬和向往的新大陆上,清教徒们便成了第一代移民定居者。
Fromthen on, Thanksgiving became a holiday for celebrating the harvest in the New World, dates varied from October to November each year over the next 150 years.
从那以后的150多年里,感恩节便成为一个庆祝新大陆丰收的固定节日,在每年的10月或11月举行庆祝活动。
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