Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday, November 27, 2009

Weather: Cloudy

Temperature: 55 F (13 C)

This week was Thanksgiving in the United States. Thanksgiving is an important holiday, celebrated in America and Canada. On the fourth Thursday of November (in Canada, the second Monday in October), we get together with our families and friends to have a big feast, with Turkey and cranberries and pie, and many other things. Before the meal, we all "give thanks." That is, we tell everybody what we are thankful for.

This year, I can't make it home to be with my family, but I am thankful for the chance to study at the Teachers College, even though it is far away from home. I went to a friend's house to eat Thanksgiving dinner, and it was very delicious!

Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? In 1619, there was a group of Europeans who came to America. The soil was different in America, so they could not make their European-style plants grow. In the winter, they almost died because there was no food. But a Native American named Tisquantum (American history books call him Squanto) taught the Europeans how to plant corn, and they survived. Thanksgiving is a day to remember Tisquantum and his kindness, and to remember other people and things that we are thankful for.

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