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Thanksgiving is the expression of gratitude and the giving of thanks.
Being thankful is a feeling and a showing of gratitude. To praise means
to verbally express your admiration, to honor and to glorify with song.
Being grateful is feeling and showing appreciation for the kindness and
benefits that have been given YOU!
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Thanksgiving is a time for families to create
traditions and memories that last a lifetime.
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Thanksgiving Day , a legal holiday in the U.S., first celebrated in early
colonial times in New England. The actual origin, however, is probably
the harvest festivals that are traditional in many parts of the world
Festivals and Feasts. After the first harvest was completed by the
Plymouth colonists in 1621, Governor William Bradford proclaimed
a day of thanksgiving and prayer, shared by all the colonists and
neighboring Native Americans.
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In 1623 a day of fasting and prayer during a period of drought was
changed to one of thanksgiving because the rain came during the
prayers. Gradually, a custom prevailed in New England of annually
celebrating thanksgiving after the harvest.
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In 1817 New York State adopted Thanksgiving Day as an annual custom.
By the middle of the 19th century many other states had done the same.
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln appointed a day of thanksgiving,
and since then each president has issued a Thanksgiving Day
proclamation, designating the fourth Thursday of November
as a holiday.
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This year, Thanksgiving Day
is November 28, 2002.
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What are YOU thankful for this year? Take time to count
every blessing and be thankful for all that you have!
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Send this to your friends who
would be thankful to receive your
thoughts and your Thanksgiving wishes.
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