美国感恩节的由来英文版
在第一个感恩节的这一天，印第安人和移民欢聚一堂，他们在黎明时鸣放礼炮，列队走进一间用作教堂的屋子，虔诚地向上帝表达谢意，然后点起篝火举行盛大宴会，将猎获的火鸡制成美味佳肴盛情款待印第安人。
【美国感恩节的由来英文版】
Thanksgiving Day, as celebrated in No rth America, is a time to gather with family and friends to give thanks for the many blessings enjoyed by these nations and their citizens. However, to many people, its meaning is lost.
It has become simply another day fo r huge meals, dinner parties, get-togethers o r reunions. What does Thanksgiving mean to you?
Turkey dinners, cranberries, candied yams, stuffing, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and family gatherings—these are all commonly associated with most Americans and Canadians yearly celebration of giving thanks—Thanksgiving Day!
In the United States, Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November.
In Canada, it is the second Monday in October. On this holiday, a Thanksgiving meal is prepared with all the trimmings; families gather together and talk, while others watch a game or a parade filled with pilgrims, Indians and other colonial figures. Some families may even have their own yearly Thanksgiving traditions.
What comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving? Do you picture a time of thankfulness towards God—o r is it merely one of eating, partying o r watching football?
Sadly, the latter is what Thanksgiving has become to most. They have fo rgotten why the day was established.
Its meaning has slowly deterio rated, and is now almost completely lost under a cloud of media hype, sales pitches, marketing tactics and blitz commercialism.
While many are familiar with the traditional representation of the o riginal Thanksgiving, it is helpful to examine the purpose for which it was first celebrated. By doing this, the days meaning will be firmly established.
【感恩节传统：许愿与感恩】
making a wish 许愿
does your family fight over the wishbone from the thanksgiving turkey? known as a "lucky break" the tradition of tugging on either end of a fowl's bone to win the larger piece and its accompanying "wish" dates back to the etruscans of 322 b.c. the romans brought the tradition with them when they conquered england and the english colonists carried the tradition on to america.
giving thanks 感恩
thanksgiving is about giving thanks for the people and blessings of the past year.
from pre-meal prayers to providing holiday meals to the homeless, the holiday is truly a celebration of praise and thanksgiving.
【加拿大感恩节】
加拿大感恩节的庆祝活动是在十月的第二个星期一。与美国人缅怀清教徒先辈定居新大陆的传统不同，加拿大人主要感谢上天给予的成功的收获。加拿大的感恩节早于美国的感恩节，一个简单的事实是，加拿大的收获季节相对于美国早一些，因为加拿大更靠近北部。加拿大的感恩节通常被认为受三个传统习惯的影响。
其一是来自欧洲传统的影响。从大约2000年以前最早的一次收获开始，人们就已经庆祝丰收，感谢富饶的大自然给予他们的恩施和好运。当欧洲人来到加拿大后，也将这一传统带入加拿大，并对后来加拿大感恩节的传统产生影响。
其二是英国探险家庆祝生存的影响。在清教徒登陆美国马萨诸塞的40年之前，加拿大就举行了第一个正式的感恩节。在1578年，一位英国探险家命名马钉法贝瑟(Martin Frobisher)试图发现一个连接东方的通道，不过他没有成功。
但是他在现今的加拿大纽芬兰省建立了定居点，并举行了一个庆祝生存和收获的宴餐。其它后来的移居者继续这些“感恩”仪式。这一次被认为是加拿大的第一个感恩节。
其三的影响来自于后来的美国。1621年的`秋天，远涉重洋来到美洲新大陆的英国移民，为了感谢上帝赐予的丰收，举行了3天的狂欢活动。从此，这一习俗就沿续下来，并逐渐风行各地。在美国革命其间，美国一批忠于英皇室的保皇党迁移到加拿大，也将美国感恩节的习惯和方式带到了加拿大。
1750年庆祝丰收的活动被来自美国南部的移居者带到了新四科舍(Nova Scotia)，同时，法国移居者到达，并且举行“感恩”宴餐。这些均对加拿大的感恩节产生了深远的影响。
1879 年加拿大议会宣称11月6日是感恩节和全国性的假日。在随后的年代，感恩节的日期改变了多次，直到在1957 年1月31日，加拿大议会宣布每年十月的第二个星期一为感恩节，在这一天感谢万能的上帝保佑加拿大并给予丰富的收获。
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