Презентация по страноведению "Thanksgiving Day "

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  Thanksgiving Day
  Хугаева А.Я. – учитель английского языка
  МБОУ гимназия №5
  г. Владикавказ
  
  

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  In November in America there is a great holiday Thanksgiving Day
  
  

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  What is Thanksgiving Day?
  What is Thanksgiving Day?
  
  

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  What is Thanksgiving Day?
  
  Thanksgiving Day is a day celebrated every year where people in the United States and Canada give thanks to God for all the blessings they got during the year by feasting and prayer.
  History of Thanksgiving
  Thanksgiving Day first started in New England. It was for thanking God for the good harvest of crops.
  
  
  

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  The first Thanksgiving Day in America was on December 4, 1619. At that time, it was a religious holiday.
  
  

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  Families come together for the day .
  

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  They decorate their houses with autumn’s fruit and flowers and eat traditional American food
  

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  Thanksgiving Dinner
  Traditional thanksgiving dinners those days usually includes turkeys cranberries, fish, dried fruit, clams, venison, plums and lobsters. Modern times thanksgiving dinners include the pumpkin pie.
  
  

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  The tables are usually beautifully decorated too.
  

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  Symbols of Thanksgiving
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Turkey
  
  Thanksgiving Day celebration is incomplete without the legendary turykey. The turkey is usually the main meal of most household during this celebration. It is a customary dinner which serves as a reminder of the four wild turkeys that were served at the first Thanksgiving Day.
  

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  The Cornucopia
  The Cornucopia s a symbol of nature's productivity. It is the "horn of plenty" and is the symbol of a harvest festival. It is a horn-shaped container or basket that is filled with the abundance of a harvest. The traditional cornucopia was a curved goat's horn.
  
  
  

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