感恩节的来历
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【感恩节的来历】
感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)，美国和加拿大节日，由美国首创的，原意是为了感谢印第安人，后来人们常在这一天感谢他人，
感恩节的来历
。自1941年起，感恩节是在每年11月的`第四个星期四，在这一天起将休假两天，都要和自己的家人团聚，不管多忙(有些特殊岗位除外)都是如此。感恩节在每年11月22-28日之间，感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，加拿大的感恩节则起始于1879年，是在每年10月第二个星期一，与美国的哥伦布日相同。感恩节的由来可追溯到美国建立之前欧洲早期向美洲大陆移民。
当时英国有一批对教会的宗教改革不彻底而造成对他们迫害感到不满的102名清教徒乘坐“五月花号”木帆船经历65天来到美洲大陆。他们到达的时间是在冬季，并且缺少物质，生存条件非常恶劣，相继有50人失去生命。第二年春天，当地的印第安人发现了他们并送来了很多生活必需品，还教他们狩猎、捕鱼、耕种玉米、南瓜和饲养火鸡等。在印第安人的帮助下，这一年秋天，他们获得了大丰收。
移民们为了感谢大自然的恩赐和印第安人的帮助，燃起篝火举行了很盛大的庆祝活动，并宴请了印第安人。印第安人带来了五只鹿、玉米、南瓜、火鸡等礼物参加。庆祝活动共持续了3天，还举行了摔跤、赛跑、射箭等活动。后来，移民们每年都会在秋季收获后举行庆祝活动，一直延续下来成为传统的习俗。并逐渐发展成为一个节日。
开始的时候，感恩节并没有固定的日期。后来在北美十三州统一后，首任总统乔治.华盛顿把感恩节设定为全国性节日，但由各州决定自己的庆祝时间。直到1863年林肯总统才确定每年11月的第4个星期四作为感恩节的固定庆祝日。这就是感恩节的由来。
【感恩节的来历(英文版)】
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.
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