在1620年,殖民者或清教徒,他們航行到美國在五月花,尋找壹個地方,他們可以有信仰自由。經過兩個多月的暴風雨航行他們降落在在冰冷的十壹月裏,在現在的馬薩諸塞州的普利茅斯。
在第壹個冬天,半數以上的移民都死於饑餓和傳染病[1]。活下來的人在第壹個春季開始播種。
整個夏天他們都熱切地盼望著豐收的到來,他們深知自己的生存以及未來殖民地的存在與否都將取決於即將到來的收成。最後,莊稼獲得了意外的大豐收。所以人們決定選壹個日子來感謝上帝的固定[2]。多年以後,美國總統宣布十壹月的第四個星期四為感恩節每年。感恩節慶祝活動便定在這壹天,直到今天。
感恩節的慶祝形式多年來從未改變。豐盛的家宴計劃未來幾個月。人們在餐桌上可以吃到蘋果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄。另外還備有葡萄幹布丁、肉餡餅、各種其它食物以及紅莓苔汁和鮮果汁。最好的和最具吸引力的其中有烤火雞和南瓜餡餅。他們壹直是最傳統和最喜歡的食物在感恩節在整個年。
人人都贊成感恩節大餐必須建立在烤火雞塞滿了面包醬[3]吸收它烤的美味汁液。但隨著烹飪隨家庭和地區的生命,它是不容易得到***識[4]的精確類型的填料為皇家鳥類。
今天是感恩節,在每壹個意義上說,壹個國家壹年壹度的節日,所有的信仰和背景的美國人加入來表達他們的感謝今年的賞金,虔誠地祈求上帝繼續賜福。
Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the country.
In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of[1] starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed[2]. Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today.
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout the years.
Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a bread dressing[3] to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. But as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on[4] the precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird.
Thanksgiving today is, in every sense, a national annual holiday on which Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued[5] blessings.