HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Today is the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States.  It is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November there and on the second Monday in October in Canada. 

Families gather together to give thanks for what they have and they traditionally eat roast turkey with cranberry sauce, yams and pumpkin pie.

The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.  The pilgrims who had arrived in America from England on the Mayflower ship wanted to give thanks for their successful crops and they invited the Wampanoag Native Americans, who had helped them with their harvest, to the feast. The Wampanoag brought their large families to the feast but they brought extra food as well!

The President of the United States traditionally "pardons" one lucky turkey at Thanksgiving: the turkey is allowed to live and is flown to Frontierland in Disneyland, where it spends the rest of its life.

THANKSGIVING WORDSEARCH

M O R C G H Y G F P R C T P J

X A O E P L Y M O U T H H I H

Y Q S V W U Y P E H P A A E M

Y E E S Y O U A S T Q E N Y V

Z I K K A M L M M T E H K R M

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B E H K U R H A Y O S R G E O

N T I U G T O U R A K V I B D

F N O L R R F N S J M E V N R

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M B I Y A D I L O H Q C R R K

I A P I P O G A O N A P M A W

CORNUCOPIA

CRANBERRY

CROPS

FEAST

HARVEST

HOLIDAY

MASSACHUSETTS

MAYFLOWER

PARDON

PIE

PILGRIMS

PLYMOUTH

PUMPKIN

ROAST

THANKSGIVING

THURSDAY

TURKEY

WAMPANOAG

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS!