The thankful holiday also known as Thanksgiving, is an event where you have a feast and pray/say you thanks to whatever you are thankful for. But it goes much deeper than that. Today I will be writing about the history behind it and how it came to be, and as a bonus I’ll be sharing what I’m most thankful for.

There are a lot of things I am thankful for. I mean obviously my parents are number one, they brought me into this world, they give me food, a roof over my head (well they kind of have to or what’s the point of having a kid but I still appreciate it). But not just the necessities of survival, they got me this amazing computer, that I’m using to write this blog, and my iPhone. All those things aren’t needed in my life, but they got them because I’m assuming it makes me happy; we also needed another computer to do schoolwork other than my old one my brother is using now. They make a lot of things happen just so we can have a good childhood and grow up to be ready for the demands of the outside world. So what am I most thankful for, well you can probably already guess, but if you haven’t figured it out by now it’s my parents.

Thanksgiving is a national holiday in the United States. In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and the Wampanoag shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. Thanksgiving has been celebrated by individual colonies and states for more than two centuries. It wasn’t until 1863, during the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving to be held each November. In November 1621, after the Pilgrims’ first corn harvest was declared successful, Governor William Bradford organized a celebratory feast and invited a group of the fledgling colonies’ Native American allies, including the Wampanoag chief Massasoit. Which is now remembered as America’s first Thanksgiving, even though the Pilgrims themselves may not have used the term at the time. The festival lasted for three days. There is no exact record of the first Thanksgiving’s menu, but we know they ate dear and fruits because of a Pilgrim named Edward Winslow who wrote a short paragraph of what happened. Jump to more modern times, 90% of Americans on Thanksgiving eat turkey along with other traditional foods including stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.

As I am writing this it is November 25th, Thanksgiving Day; hope you’ve had a wonderful Thanksgiving and good food like I had. Thank you for reading, over and out.