Lucie Syrová

*Thanksgiving in the USA

*Contents

*General facts

*Pilgrim Fathers

*Meeting the Native Americans

*The first Thanksgiving

*Thanksgiving nowadays

*Black Friday

*General facts

*fourth Thursday in November

*giving thanks to God for blessings

*officially annual tradition since 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving

*federal and popular holiday

*one of the major holidays of the year

*Pilgrim Fathers

*group of Separatists – wanted their worship to be organized independently of the traditions and organization of the Church of England

*left England for the Netherlands

*September 1620 – 102 Separatists sailed from Plymouth to the New World to start there a new colony

*Mayflower

*Meeting the Native Americans*November 1620 – Pilgrims arrived in America

*established Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts

*more than half of the Pilgrims didn’t survive the winter

*Squanto from the Wampanoag tribe taught them how to grow corn and other crops

*Wampanoag leader Massasoit donated food stores

*The first Thanksgiving

*New England colonists accustomed to regularly celebrating "thanksgivings"

*celebrated 1621

*giving thanks to God for the first harvest in America

*attended by 53 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans

*lasted 3 days

*Thanksgiving nowadays

*family time – one of the busiest travel periods of the year

*saying grace before dinner

*roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, sweet corn, various fall vegetables (mainly various kinds of squashes), and pumpkin pie

*wishbone

*the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City

*NFL games – Thanksgiving Classic

*President’s pardoning of the turkey

*Black Friday

*day following Thanksgiving Day

*beginning of the Christmas shopping season - sales

*the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit

*shops open very early, some at night on Thanksgiving Day

*violence among shoppers

*Webliography

*Thanksgiving (United States). In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-17]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28United_States%29

*Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony). In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-17]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_%28Plymouth_Colony%29

*Black Friday (shopping). In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-17]. Dostupné z : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_%28shopping%29

*Photos* JONES.Our (Almost Traditional) Thanksgiving Dinner. In: Wikipedia: the free

encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-24]. At: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_%28Almost_Traditional%29_Thanksgiving_Dinner.jpg

* HALSALL."Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor". In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-24]. At: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MayflowerHarbor.jpg

* Squanto or Tisquantum teaching the Plymouth colonists to plant corn with fish. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-24]. At: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Squantoteaching.png

* BROWNSCOMBE. "The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth". In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-24]. At: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thanksgiving-Brownscombe.PNG

* KROKODYL. NYC Thanksgiving Macys 3300v. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-24]. At: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_Thanksgiving_Macys_3300v.jpg

* GRIDPROP. DCUSA.Gallery10.TargetBlackFriday. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2012-11-24]. At: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DCUSA.Gallery10.TargetBlackFriday.Wikipedia.jpg