Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia,

and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Similarly
named festival holidays occur in Germany, and Japan. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of
October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and around the same part of the
year in other places. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been
celebrated as a secular holiday as well.
The holiday feast dates
back to November 1621,
when the newly arrived
Pilgrims and the
Wampanoag Indians
gathered at Plymouth for
an autumn harvest
celebration, an event
regarded as America's
“first Thanksgiving.”
At the first Thanksgiving, colonists were likely outnumbered more than two to one by their Native American guests. Winslow
writes: “many of the Indians coming amongst us, and amongst the rest their greatest king Massasoit, with some ninety
men.” The preceding winter had been a harsh one for the colonists. Seventy-eight percent of the women who had traveled on
the Mayflower had perished that winter, leaving only around 50 colonists to attend the first Thanksgiving. According to
eyewitness accounts, among the pilgrims, there were 22 men, just four women and over 25 children and teenagers.
10 Traditional Dishes You Need To Make The Ultimate
Thanksgiving Menu
 Roast Turkey
 Perfect Mashed Potatoes
 Green Bean Casserole
 Cranberry Sauce
 Sweet Potato Casserole With
Marshmallows
 Easy Pumpkin Pie
 Holiday Roasted Vegetables
 Stuffed Mushrooms
 Cauliflower Stuffing
 Roasted Garlic Mashed
Potatoes