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''' {{before on after|2019|11|28|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 28, 2019.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)|{{before on after|2020|11|26|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 26, 2020.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)|{{before on after|2021|11|25|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 25, 2021.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)| {{before on after|2022|11|24|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 24, 2022.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)| {{before on after|2023|11|23|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 23, 2023.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)| }}}}}}}}}}'''<br />
''' {{before on after|2019|11|28|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 28, 2019.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)|{{before on after|2020|11|26|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 26, 2020.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)|{{before on after|2021|11|25|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 25, 2021.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)| {{before on after|2022|11|24|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 24, 2022.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)| {{before on after|2023|11|23|<br/>Thanksgiving day is next celebrated on November 23, 2023.|<br/>Happy Thanksgiving! (this holiday is being celebrated today)| }}}}}}}}}}'''<br />
In 1789 President George Washington proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as the last Thursday in November.<ref>Watts, Lathan (November 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lathan-watts-what-george-washington-was-thankful-for-might-shock-you What George Washington was thankful for might shock you]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.</ref> In 1941, the United States [[Congress]] passed a resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day proclamations have traditionally been given by the Presidents of the United States of America <ref>http://www.thanksgivingworld.com/thanksgiving-proclamations/index.html</ref>
In 1789 President George Washington proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as the last Thursday in November.<ref>Watts, Lathan (November 28, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/lathan-watts-what-george-washington-was-thankful-for-might-shock-you What George Washington was thankful for might shock you]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.</ref><ref>Jalsevac, Steve (November 28, 2019). [https://www.lifesitenews.com/pulse/what-george-washington-was-thankful-for-might-shock-you What George Washington was thankful for might shock you]. ''LifeSiteNews''. Retrieved November 28, 2019.</ref> In 1941, the United States [[Congress]] passed a resolution decreeing that Thanksgiving should fall on the fourth Thursday of November. Thanksgiving Day proclamations have traditionally been given by the Presidents of the United States of America <ref>http://www.thanksgivingworld.com/thanksgiving-proclamations/index.html</ref>
Although the day after Thanksgiving is not a national holiday, it is a holiday in some states and is commonly also a holiday in private business, with the notable exception of the retail industry, as the day after Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season.
Although the day after Thanksgiving is not a national holiday, it is a holiday in some states and is commonly also a holiday in private business, with the notable exception of the retail industry, as the day after Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the Christmas shopping season.
[[Image:FreedomFromWant.JPG|right|thumb|250px|''Freedom From Want'', aka ''The Thanksgiving Dinner'', by [[Norman Rockwell]].]]
[[Image:FreedomFromWant.JPG|right|thumb|250px|''Freedom From Want'', aka ''The Thanksgiving Dinner'', by [[Norman Rockwell]].]]
*[[Turkey (bird)|Turkey]], [[corn]] (maize), pumpkins, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce are symbols that represent the first Thanksgiving. These symbols often are depicted on holiday decorations and greeting cards. Corn in particular is held to represent the survival of the Pilgrim colonies. Used as a table or door decoration, corn or maize represents the harvest and the fall season.
*[[Turkey (bird)|Turkey]], [[corn]] (maize), pumpkins, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce are symbols that represent the first Thanksgiving. These symbols often are depicted on holiday decorations and greeting cards. Corn, in particular, is held to represent the survival of the Pilgrim colonies. Used as a table or door decoration, corn or maize represents the harvest and the fall season.
*Sweet-sour cranberry sauce, or cranberry jelly, was on the first Thanksgiving table and is still served today. The cranberry is a small, sour berry. It grows in bogs, or muddy areas, in Massachusetts and other New England states. It is indigenous to [[North America]]. The Indians used the fruit to treat infections and the juice to dye their rugs and blankets. They taught the colonists how to cook the berries with sweetener and water to make a sauce. The Indians called it "ibimi," which means "bitter berry." The Pilgrims preferred "crane-berry" because the flowers of the berry bent the stalk over, reminding them of the long-necked crane. The berries are still grown in [[New England]].
*Sweet-sour cranberry sauce, or cranberry jelly, was on the first Thanksgiving table and is still served today. The cranberry is a small, sour berry. It grows in bogs, or muddy areas, in Massachusetts and other New England states. It is indigenous to [[North America]]. The Indians used the fruit to treat infections and the juice to dye their rugs and blankets. They taught the colonists how to cook the berries with sweetener and water to make a sauce. The Indians called it "ibimi," which means "bitter berry." The Pilgrims preferred "crane-berry" because the flowers of the berry bent the stalk over, reminding them of the long-necked crane. The berries are still grown in [[New England]].
*In 1988, a Thanksgiving night ceremony of a different kind took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in [[New York City]]. Among the more than four thousand people gathered there were Native Americans representing tribes from all over the country and descendants of the later immigrants. The ceremony acknowledged publicly the [[Native Americans]]' role in the first American Thanksgiving, a feast held to thank the Indians for sharing the knowledge and skills without which the first Pilgrims would not have survived.
*In 1988, a Thanksgiving night ceremony of a different kind took place at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in [[New York City]]. Among the more than four thousand people gathered there were Native Americans representing tribes from all over the country and descendants of the later immigrants. The ceremony acknowledged publicly the [[Native Americans]]' role in the first American Thanksgiving, a feast held to thank the Indians for sharing the knowledge and skills without which the first Pilgrims would not have survived.
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/30714-thanksgiving-whom-we-thank-and-the-secret-of-happiness Thanksgiving: Whom We Thank — and the Secret of Happiness], by Selwyn Duke, of ''[[The New American]]''
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/30714-thanksgiving-whom-we-thank-and-the-secret-of-happiness Thanksgiving: Whom We Thank — and the Secret of Happiness], by Selwyn Duke, of ''[[The New American]]''
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/family/item/637-thanksgiving-and-the-blessings-of-liberty Thanksgiving and the Blessings of Liberty], by Charles Scaliger, of ''The New American''
*[https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/family/item/637-thanksgiving-and-the-blessings-of-liberty Thanksgiving and the Blessings of Liberty], by Charles Scaliger, of ''The New American''
*[https://www.conservativereview.com/news/thanksgiving-remember-grants-blessings-take-granted/ This Thanksgiving, remember who grants the blessings we take for granted], by Daniel Horowitz, of ''Conservative Review''
==References==
==References==
*[https://christianheritagefellowship.com/congress-begins-thanksgiving-cycle/ November 1, 1777: Congress Begins Thanksgiving Cycle]
*[https://christianheritagefellowship.com/congress-begins-thanksgiving-cycle/ November 1, 1777: Congress Begins Thanksgiving Cycle]
*[http://www.bright.net/~1wayonly/reflection.html Reflection, Prayer & Thanksgiving] Kimberly B. Southall.
*[http://www.bright.net/~1wayonly/reflection.html Reflection, Prayer & Thanksgiving] Kimberly B. Southall.
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