Interesting facts about Thanksgiving

1. Interesting facts about Thanksgiving

2.

The menu of the first
Thanksgiving dinner
differed greatly from the
modern one. Their meals
consisted of corn,
shellfish and deer meat.
At those times there were
a lot of wild turkeys but
nobody cooked them on
that day. Deer meat was
the most popular food of
the holiday.

3.

Watching football is the most popular
activity on Thanksgiving. The history of
this tradition began in 1934. The reason was
a great match between two football teams –
the Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears.
The second team was the world champion.
That game turned out to be really
successful. Since that time matches have
been held every year on Thanksgiving Day
and became very popular.

4.

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Once the president
Truman chose a turkey on
Thanksgiving Day and
sent it to the farm. In such
way he showed that the
turkey was gifted a
peaceful life. That
happened in 1947. Since
that time it has become a
tradition. Nowadays the
President selects two
turkeys and Americans
vote for their names. After
that people can observe a
public pardon of the
President

5.

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The Americans call the day after
.
Thanksgiving “Black Friday”. At
first it got such name in 1960 in
Philadelphia. At that time there were
a lot of stores in the city. Many
people visited the city for shopping,
it was overcrowded. After that the
expression originated.
Some time later the meaning of
the phrase was changed
concerning the profits of stores,
which went from the red to the
black. Traditionally “Black
Friday” is the beginning of the
shopping season during
holidays.

6.

88% of Americans
eat turkey on
Thanksgiving.
The top five most
popular ways to
serve
Thanksgiving
turkey are:
sandwich, soup or
stew, stir-fry, and
salad.
More than 94% of
Thanksgiving
dinners include
cranberry sauce.

7.

Californians are the
largest consumers of
turkeys in the United
States.

8.

Every year
people in North
America can
see the most
popular parade
which takes
place on
Thanksgiving
Day. About 3.5
million people
can watch this
show in New
York City.
Others usually
watch it at
home.

9.

The different nicknames for
Thanksgiving Day:
"Turkey Day"
"T-Day"

10.

Answer the questions:
1. When did the American Thanksgiving begin?
2. Why did many colonists celebrate the harvest with a
feast of thanks?
3. When do people celebrate Thanksgiving day and
how?
4. What is the most popular activity on Thanksgiving?
5. What can people in North America see on
Thanksgiving?