Lucie Syrová. * General facts * Pilgrim Fathers * Meeting the Native Americans * The first Thanksgiving * Thanksgiving nowadays * Black Friday.
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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
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