One of the biggest holidays in the United States is Thanksgiving Day. (Thanksgiving Day), a holiday where families gather around a table to eat traditional turkey.

Every fourth Thursday in Novemberthe United States stops to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, one of the country’s most emblematic holidays. This year, The party takes place on November 23a day to gather with family, enjoy lavish dinners and reflect on the blessings received.

History of Black Friday, the offers after Thanksgiving Day in the United States

The United States government assures that The origin of this tradition dates back to the year 1621, just as the English colonists spent three consecutive days celebrating the success of their first harvest with the natives of the area.

Why is Thanksgiving Day celebrated?

The story goes that of the settlers who arrived a year earlier on the ship “Mayflower” to Plymouth (now part of the state of Massachusetts), only half were able to survive the first winter. This made the success of the next harvest a cause for celebration and gratitude by sharing turkey, pumpkins and nuts, making it the first Thanksgiving.

Why is Thanksgiving Day celebrated in the United States? When and how is this traditionally celebrated?

This celebration was not held again until 168 years later, when President George Washington declared it a national holiday on November 26, 1789. Since then, every state celebrated it on different days.

Then, in 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the celebration of National Thanksgiving Day It will take place every last Thursday of November. Even though the current American president proclaimed the date every year; In 1941, Congress made the decision to declare it a legal holiday.

Is it a religious festival?

Unlike Christmas, that other major holiday followed both in the United States and throughout the world of Christian culture. Thanksgiving Day has a cross-cutting nature for all religions practiced in the country. It is celebrated by Christians of all stripes, Jews, Muslims and even secular or atheist people. There is no religious ceremony associated with the festival that day.

What do you eat on Thanksgiving?

It is almost mandatory for every family to eat at the end of the afternoon, a roast turkey, accompanied by mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. All supermarkets in the country are offering turkeys for the occasion, and an estimated 46 million animals will be killed this year. In the week before the festival, the president of the country “pardons” a turkey, which he presents to society during a television event, and the lucky one is “baptized” with a name.

Some politicians of a more populist nature give away dozens of turkeys to their voters during this holiday to ensure their loyalty. (JO)