Thanksgiving is historically the busiest travel holiday of the year. Each year, Americans travel to visit family members in cars, trains and by plane.
感恩节在史上一直是一年中最繁忙的出行假日，每年美国人都开车、坐火车或飞机探亲。
Thanksgiving does not center around religious traditions, and instead emphasizes family and harvests.
感恩节不是围绕着宗教传统活动，而是强调家庭和丰收。
The Thanksgiving holiday revolves around food, which often includes a variety of traditional items. Dinner typically includes a turkey, along with mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy. Sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and cornbread often accompany the meal. Desserts, primarily apple, pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato pies, follow decadent dinners.
感恩节食物也很重要，通常有多种传统食物。典型的感恩节晚餐上有火鸡，搭配土豆泥、填充料和肉汁。晚餐上通常还有甜薯、蔓越莓酱汁和玉米面包。吃得一片狼藉之后，通常要来点甜点（主要是苹果）、南瓜、碧根果和甜薯派。
Families abstaining from meat and vegetarians substitute traditional meats with items, such as tofu, salads and other fruits and vegetables.
不吃肉的家庭和素食者通常用别的东西来替代传统肉类，比如豆腐、沙拉和其他水果蔬菜。
While families dine privately, Thanksgiving contains public ceremonies and traditions, too. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, for instance, takes place in New York City every year.
虽然聚餐都是以家庭为单位，但感恩节也会有一些公众的庆祝活动和传统，比如纽约每年都会有梅西百货感恩节游行。
Additionally, the U.S. President participates in a turkey pardon, which involves receiving a live turkey and allowing it to go free.
此外，美国总统也会参加火鸡赦免仪式，活动中会选出一只活火鸡，然后放生。
感恩节作为西方的一个传统节日，除了“吃火鸡”和“赦免火鸡”，还有很多好玩的事，快来一起看看吧。 感恩节起源
In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
在第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病，活下来的人们在第一个春季开始播种。
All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed.
Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today.
多年以后，美国总统宣布每年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节庆祝活动便定在这一天，直到如今。
感恩节传统：
1.家庭聚会
Family feast is an important tradition during Thanksgiving. The entire family sits at the table during dinner and offer prayer to the Lord Almighty for his continuous grace. It is also a time for relatives living in different places to come together and celebrate.
Though historians don't have an evidence to prove that turkey was eaten during the first Thanksgiving dinner, but the thanksgiving celebration will be incomplete without it.
虽然没有证据证明第一次感恩节晚餐中就有火鸡存在，但如今感恩节庆祝活动没有它就不算完整。
3.游行
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade started in 1924. It was presented by the U.S.-based department store chain Macy's. The main aim of such parades is to lift the spirits of the spectators, provide them with wholesome entertainment. In the present day, parades are accompanied with balloons, musical shows and celebrities.
On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie.
Thanksgiving is a time to decorate homes with wreaths, fresh and dried flowers. People give the interiors a whole new look. They light lamps to brighten the environment. Tables are adorned with best china and antique silver cutlery to mark the occasion.
Thanksgiving is a day when people send messages and warm wishes to their relatives, colleagues at work place, superiors and subordinates, near and dear ones. It is a day of conveying their feelings through Thanksgiving cards.
For centuries, 'Thanksgiving Day' is associated with communal prayers in church and in homes. It is a time, when mankind thanks God for all his blessings and grace. It is also a day to show gratitude to your friends and relatives for all the good deeds.
The origin of Presidents pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys goes back to President Abraham Lincoln. There’s a myth that Truman popularized the pardoning, but it became a more formal tradition by the 1980s.
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Thanksgiving is historically the busiest travel holiday of the year. Each year, Americans travel to visit family members in cars, trains and by plane.
感恩节在史上一直是一年中最繁忙的出行假日，每年美国人都开车、坐火车或飞机探亲。
Thanksgiving does not center around religious traditions, and instead emphasizes family and harvests.
感恩节不是围绕着宗教传统活动，而是强调家庭和丰收。
The Thanksgiving holiday revolves around food, which often includes a variety of traditional items. Dinner typically includes a turkey, along with mashed potatoes, stuffing and gravy. Sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and cornbread often accompany the meal. Desserts, primarily apple, pumpkin, pecan and sweet potato pies, follow decadent dinners.
感恩节食物也很重要，通常有多种传统食物。典型的感恩节晚餐上有火鸡，搭配土豆泥、填充料和肉汁。晚餐上通常还有甜薯、蔓越莓酱汁和玉米面包。吃得一片狼藉之后，通常要来点甜点（主要是苹果）、南瓜、碧根果和甜薯派。
Families abstaining from meat and vegetarians substitute traditional meats with items, such as tofu, salads and other fruits and vegetables.
不吃肉的家庭和素食者通常用别的东西来替代传统肉类，比如豆腐、沙拉和其他水果蔬菜。
While families dine privately, Thanksgiving contains public ceremonies and traditions, too. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, for instance, takes place in New York City every year.
虽然聚餐都是以家庭为单位，但感恩节也会有一些公众的庆祝活动和传统，比如纽约每年都会有梅西百货感恩节游行。
Additionally, the U.S. President participates in a turkey pardon, which involves receiving a live turkey and allowing it to go free.
此外，美国总统也会参加火鸡赦免仪式，活动中会选出一只活火鸡，然后放生。
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有感情的我们需要有感恩的心，记得别人对自己的关心、对自己的挂念，记得帮助过我们的人，我们要把这美好的品德传承下去，何况是感恩节，特意提醒着我们，那么这一天我们是不是应该要去做一些事呢？
1.感谢父母：我们是父母的孩子，我们首先要做的事就是去感谢父母。无论我们在不在父母身边，感恩节当天能赶回家就赶回家，关心父母几句，陪父母吃吃饭，和父母回忆回忆小时候的事情，让父母开心开心。若是不能回到父母身边，那就拿起手里的电话，给父母送去问候，嘱咐父母多注意身体，不要太辛苦了，一切有你呢，感谢父母一直关心着自己。
2.感谢身边的他/她：平时忙碌的生活，让我们忽略了伴侣的付出，我们总是自以为是地认为那是应该得，但是若是没有爱，他/她哪里会一直容忍我们、一直关心着我们、一直陪伴着我们，所以感恩节这天好好地拥抱一下他/她，郑重地谢谢他/她，因为有你，我才幸福。
3.感谢身边的朋友：感恩节不要忘了感谢朋友哦，朋友是我们生活中不可忽视的一部分，喜怒哀乐我们一起走过，感谢朋友对我们的帮助，感谢朋友对我们的支持，更是感谢朋友对我们的风雨同舟，朋友一生一起走，真好。
4.感谢所有有联系的人：除了朋友、家人，一路走来，帮助过我们的，指点过我们的，给我们正能量的人不计其数，虽然不能一一牢记他们，但是至少我们要把还记得，还有联系的人感谢一遍，我们可以在感恩节那天发消息给他们，感谢他们出现在我们的生命里，更是感谢他们参与我们的生命，感谢有他们。
5.感谢孩子：虽然我们是孩子的依靠、虽然孩子平时带给我们很多的烦恼，但是我们不会有怨言，因为这是我们的责任，与其说责任，我们也是乐在其中的，孩子带给我们对未来的期望、孩子带给我们欢乐、孩子让我们的生活更加圆满，所以感谢孩子的到来，感谢孩子给我们的笑容，所以带着孩子去享受亲子间的乐趣吧。
6.全家相聚：感谢全部的人后，就把时间留给家人吧，毕竟感恩节只有一天时间，可以全家来个聚会，让充满感恩的心的一天里好好陪陪家人，让家人感受暖暖的爱，暖暖的彼此，暖暖的心，感谢这一生我们能在一起互相陪伴。
感恩的心，让我们充满爱。
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十一月的第四个星期四就是感恩节了。在感恩节当天，人们纷纷向自己周围的人表达感谢，并且用多种方式来度过这个节日。但是你知道感恩节究竟是什么嘛？外国人们又都是怎么庆祝的呢？
感恩节在美国是全国性的节日，人们在那天感谢上帝对丰收季的护佑。这个传统始于1620年到达美洲大陆的新移民们。在1620人，为了躲避英国的政治迫害，满载100多移民的五月花号抵达了美洲新大陆。由于从来没有在这片土地上生活过，半数人在那个冬天由于饥饿和疾病而死去。就在这个时候，慷慨的原住民印第安人帮助他们度过了难关。他们教会移民们如何打猎，种植作物。在他们的帮助下，这些移民们在第二年就迎来了丰收。因此在丰收季到来的时候，移民们邀请印第安人一起去庆祝，并感谢他们的帮助也同时感谢上帝对他们的庇佑。
现如今，人们会用多种方法来庆祝感恩节。吃火鸡就是其中之一，几乎家家户户都会在感恩节当天吃火鸡。人们会在火鸡中填充各种食材，并烤制成熟。家人们都会在那天团聚，共享晚宴。有传言说，美国人在感恩节当天消耗的食物比一年中的其他日子都要多。一些慈善组织会在当天组织人手向贫困人群送去温暖的衣物和食物来帮助他们地域寒冬减少饥饿。一些传统的小游戏也十分受欢迎。举个例子来说，人们会玩滚南瓜的游戏。这可不是普通的滚南瓜，而是用小勺子滚，不能用手。因为黑色星期五的缘故，购物也是个不错的选择，人们通常要为圣诞节开始做准备了。
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感恩节作为西方的一个传统节日，除了“吃火鸡”和“赦免火鸡”，还有很多好玩的事，快来一起看看吧。
感恩节起源
In 1620, the settlers, or Pilgrims, they sailed to America on the May flower, seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at in icy November, what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
1620年，一些朝圣者（或称为清教徒）乘坐"五月花"号船去美国寻求宗教自由。他们在海上颠簸折腾了两个月之后，终于在酷寒的十一月里，在现在的马萨诸塞州的普里茅斯登陆。
During their first winter, over half of the settlers died of starvation or epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
在第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病，活下来的人们在第一个春季开始播种。
All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed.
整个夏天他们都热切地盼望着丰收的到来，他们深知自己的生存以及殖民地的存在与否都将取决于即将到来的收成。后来，庄稼获得了意外的丰收，所以大家决定要选一个日子来感谢上帝的恩典。
Years later, President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been observed on that date until today.
多年以后，美国总统宣布每年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节庆祝活动便定在这一天，直到如今。
感恩节传统：
1.家庭聚会
Family feast is an important tradition during Thanksgiving. The entire family sits at the table during dinner and offer prayer to the Lord Almighty for his continuous grace. It is also a time for relatives living in different places to come together and celebrate.
家庭聚会是感恩节的一个重要传统。全家人围坐在饭桌边一起祈祷，愿上帝施与恩惠。这也让身处异地的亲友欢聚一堂，同庆美好时光。
2.火鸡
Though historians don't have an evidence to prove that turkey was eaten during the first Thanksgiving dinner, but the thanksgiving celebration will be incomplete without it.
虽然没有证据证明第一次感恩节晚餐中就有火鸡存在，但如今感恩节庆祝活动没有它就不算完整。
3.游行
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade started in 1924. It was presented by the U.S.-based department store chain Macy's. The main aim of such parades is to lift the spirits of the spectators, provide them with wholesome entertainment. In the present day, parades are accompanied with balloons, musical shows and celebrities.
梅西感恩节大游行始于1924年，由美国梅西百货公司主办。游行的主要目的是振奋国人，让人们感受到节日的欢乐气氛。现在的游行中还加入了气球、音乐表演和各类名人。
4.足球
between the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers continues. One of the most memorable games having been played on this day.
观看美国国家足球联盟的橄榄球比赛是感恩节的一大传统。底特律雄狮队和绿湾包装工队之间的传统比赛至今仍然保留着。其中最值得纪念的比赛之一就在感恩节这天举行。
感恩节的食物
On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plum pudding, mince pie, other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash. The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie.
感恩节人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄，还有葡萄干布丁、碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁，其中最吸引人的大菜是烤火鸡和南瓜饼。
感恩节的活动
1.装饰房屋
Thanksgiving is a time to decorate homes with wreaths, fresh and dried flowers. People give the interiors a whole new look. They light lamps to brighten the environment. Tables are adorned with best china and antique silver cutlery to mark the occasion.
感恩节时人们要装饰房屋，用花环、花束来点缀房间。通过装饰让房子内部焕然一新，点燃灯台照亮周围环境，在桌子上摆最好的瓷器、古玩银餐具以示庆祝。
2.发送祝福
Thanksgiving is a day when people send messages and warm wishes to their relatives, colleagues at work place, superiors and subordinates, near and dear ones. It is a day of conveying their feelings through Thanksgiving cards.
感恩节这天人们给他们的亲戚同事、上司下属、亲密爱人送去祝福，可以通过赠送感恩节贺卡来表达自己的感恩。
3.祈祷
For centuries, 'Thanksgiving Day' is associated with communal prayers in church and in homes. It is a time, when mankind thanks God for all his blessings and grace. It is also a day to show gratitude to your friends and relatives for all the good deeds.
几个世纪以来,“感恩节”都与教堂和祈祷联系在一起。这是一个人们感谢上帝赐予恩惠的日子，同时也是一个感激身边的朋友和亲人以及所有好事的节日。
4.赦免火鸡
The origin of Presidents pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys goes back to President Abraham Lincoln. There’s a myth that Truman popularized the pardoning, but it became a more formal tradition by the 1980s.
赦免火鸡的起源可以追溯到亚伯拉罕·林肯总统，但也有说法是始于杜鲁门总统当政时期，他让这一仪式成为一个更正式的传统。