Thanksgiving, we all have something we can be thankful for Thanksgiving is a simple reflection on what we have and what we can be thankful for, whether in a spiritual or material context. With the experiences lived during the last months of the pandemic, it seems that we appreciate more the simple things, the family that we have close to us, our friends, whom we could not see for a long time. A good celebration of life !
History of Thanksgiving in the United States
It seems that there is a certain consensus that the first time this day was celebrated was in 1621 in Plymouth (the current state of Massachusetts).
On December 11, 1620, 56 English settlers arrived at Plymouth, having lost 46 of the 102 who were to have arrived.
In order for them to survive in the New World, the Wampanoag Indians taught them farming techniques and also how to survive that first winter.
In the summer of 1621 there was a very abundant harvest and the group of settlers organized a celebration in the form of a harvest festival that lasted three days, and to which they invited the Native Americans.
At this party, the settlers wanted to show their appreciation to the natives of the Wampanoag tribe for all their help to get through those first months.
From that year on, the party remained a tradition, later becoming a religious celebration, since in those family gatherings people began to give thanks to God for everything they had.
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