NO.1
Only Americans celebrate Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday created by Americans. What is originality? Only Americans have ever lived.
The origin of this festival can be traced back to the famous “Mayflower”, which carried 102 Puritans who were religiously persecuted in the United Kingdom to the Americas. These immigrants were hungry and cold in the winter. Seeing that they could not survive, the native Indians People reached out to them and taught them to farm and hunt. It was they who adapted to life in the Americas.
In the coming year, immigrants who were slowing down invited the Indians to celebrate the harvest together, gradually forming a tradition of “gratefulness”.
*It is ironic to think about what immigrants have done to Indians. Even in 1979, Indians in Plymouth, Massachusetts took a hunger strike on Thanksgiving Day to protest against the ungratefulness of American whites towards Indians.
NO.2
Thanksgiving is the second largest holiday in the United States
Thanksgiving is the second largest holiday in the United States after Christmas. The main way of celebration is family reunion to eat a big meal, watch a football game, and participate in a carnival parade.
NO.3
Europe and Australia are not for Thanksgiving
Europeans have no history of going to the Americas and then being aided by Indians, so they are only on Thanksgiving.
For a long time, if you congratulate the British on Thanksgiving, they would reject it in their hearts—what a fuck, slap in the face? The arrogant ones will reply directly, “We are nothing but American festivals.” (But in recent years they will also catch up with the fashion. It is said that 1/6 of the British are also willing to celebrate Thanksgiving.)
European countries, Australia and other countries are also only for Thanksgiving.
NO.4
Canada and Japan have their own Thanksgiving Day
Many Americans have no idea that their neighbor, Canada, also celebrates Thanksgiving.
Canada’s Thanksgiving Day is held on the second Monday of October each year to commemorate the British explorer Martin Frobisher who established a settlement in what is now Newfoundland, Canada in 1578.
Japan’s Thanksgiving Day is on November 23 each year, and the official name is “Diligent Thanksgiving Day-Respect for hard work, celebrate production, and national mutual appreciation day.” The history is relatively long, and it is a statutory holiday.
NO.5
Americans have a holiday like this on Thanksgiving
In 1941, the US Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November every year as “Thanksgiving Day.” The Thanksgiving holiday generally lasts from Thursday to Sunday.
The second day of Thanksgiving Day is called “Black Friday” (Black Friday), and this day is the beginning of American consumer purchases. The next Monday will become “Cyber Monday”, a traditional discount day for American e-commerce companies.
NO.6
Why is turkey called “Turkey”
In English, Turkey, the most famous dish of Thanksgiving, collides with Turkey. Is this because Turkey is rich in turkey, just like China is rich in china?
NO! Turkey has no turkey at all.
A popular explanation is that when Europeans first saw a native turkey in the Americas, they mistaken it for a type of guinea fowl. At that time, Turkish merchants had imported guinea fowls into Europe, and they were called Turkey coqs, so Europeans called the guinea fowl found in America “Turkey”.
So, the question is, what do the Turks call the turkey? They call it-Hindi, which means Indian chicken.
NO.7
Jingle Bells was originally a song to celebrate Thanksgiving
Have you heard the song “Jingle Bells” (“Jingle Bells”)?
At first it was not a classic Christmas song.
In 1857, a Sunday school in Boston, USA, wanted to perform Thanksgiving, so James Lord Pierpont composed the lyrics and music of this song, taught the children to sing, and continued to perform the following Christmas, and finally became popular all over the world.
Who is this songwriter? He is the uncle of John Pierpont Morgan (J. P. Morgan, Chinese name JP Morgan Chase), a famous American financier and banker.
Edited by Shijiazhuang Wangjie
Post time: Nov-25-2021