感恩節(jié)是美國的傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日，在每年11月的第四個(gè)星期四。

每逢感恩節(jié)這一天，許多人會(huì)滿懷溫情回顧移民歷史。美國舉國上下會(huì)熱鬧非常，基督徒按照習(xí)俗前往教堂做感恩祈禱，城市鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)到處都有化裝游行、戲劇表演或體育比賽等。分別了一年的親人們也會(huì)從天南海北歸來，一家人團(tuán)圓，品嘗以“火雞”為主的感恩節(jié)美食。
Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a time “to give thanks” for a plentiful harvest, because it is celebrated on the last Thursday of November at the end of the harvest season. However, the history of Thanksgiving is not clear, because the harvest season is celebrated in many countries and cultures. Americans commonly celebrate the first harvest of the “pilgrims”, or the first colonists to settle in North America, in 1621. Many colonists came to the New World for religious freedom, because England did not allow diversity in religion. Native Americans and colonists did not always live together peacefully, but they did learn from each other by trading goods and farming methods. So many people celebrate the first successful harvest of the colonists.