Thanksgiving began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest of the preceding year (similarly named harvest festivals holidays occur throughout the world during autumn).
Thanksgiving in celebrated in the USA on the last Thursday of November.
It is an occasion for families to get together for this holiday, celebrating with a huge dinner including roast turkey, mash potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, vegetables, dinner rolls, pies, snacks and more.
Families get together and pitch in to prepare this wonderful dinner, then sit down and enjoy eating and conversation.
After dinner, families are so stuffed from eating to much, they often relax watching NFL Football on TV or taking a nap!