Thanksgiving…Did You know…
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 Close your eyes and imagine its
Thanksgiving Day. What are you
doing? What do you smell? What
do you hear? What do you see?
 What?! You didn’t see any pilgrims at your
Thanksgiving celebration?! Isn’t Thanksgiving all
about the pilgrims?!
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 How did this man change Thanksgiving from a
holiday only a few states celebrated into a national
holiday?
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 Did you see football when you closed your eyes? Do
you play or watch football on Thanksgiving? Did the
pilgrims? Abraham Lincoln?
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Did you know that football
didn’t become a Thanksgiving
tradition until the 1870s, nearly
10 years after Thanksgiving
became a national holiday.
 What about parades? Do you watch a parade on
Thanksgiving? Where do you think parades came
from?
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 Parades came along with football.
People would caravan to the games
and make lots of noise. Eventually
these turned into big parades such
as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
What other countries
celebrate our
Thanksgiving?
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None? Are you sure? Why
not? Why don’t other
countries celebrate our
Thanksgiving?
Do you think that other
countries have holidays that
only they celebrate? Can you
name some?
Chinese New Year, Canada’s
Boxing Day, Bastille Day in
France, Three King’s Day in
Mexico, and All Saints Day in
Peru. Do you celebrate these?
Why not?
Where could you look to find
more information on holidays
that you don’t know much
about?