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Thanksgiving & Christmas are easy to celebrate, even far from home Keeping up Thanksgiving
[Susan Glasspool]
A strange custom/holiday in the eyes of Europeans is Thanksgiving of the United States. This holiday first came into being when the Pilgrims, originally known as the Plymouth settlers, first got to the new land in hopes to make a new life. Little did they realize the drastic changes they would have to face. In reality, the Whites had managed to survive on their own in this different land thanks to the help of a Native American named Squanto. He taught them fishing, how to plant corn and other vegetables, how to catch eel, and also served as their native interpreter. The Pilgrims held a feast, an autumn celebration with tons of food and praising the Lord, directly after their harvest, their first successful harvest. It turned out to be not one day, not two days, but a full three day event. All this started in the year of 1621 in the land now known as Massachusetts. The meaning of Thanksgiving has obviously changed throughout these years past. These years of industry haven’t required the average American to harvest their dinner, harvest being their only way of making money. Nowadays we remember the troubles that our ancestors went through but don’t truly comprehend the said hardships. With our thriving electronic society our worries have been changed from ones of freezing during the winter to being the best we can possibly be.
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