一年一度的感恩节就要来临啦！这个非常传统的美国节日究竟是怎么来的呢，所谓的“感恩”是要感谢谁，大家在这一天会做些啥，吃些啥。远在大洋彼岸的虎虎完全不知道啊~于是就好好请教了Alison一番，发现自己以前的认识中有好多误区哇，今天拿来和大家一起分享一下！
History
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.
虎虎最初知道“感恩节”，是老师在课堂上讲的关于“五月花号”（Mayflower）的故事。据说那时候不堪忍受英国国内宗教迫害的一群清教徒到达美洲。大家在上图中看到的这群“火鸡”头上戴的貌似就是清教徒特有的帽子（pilgrim hat）了。当时，美国的印第安人给移民送来了生活必需品，还特地派人教他们怎样狩猎、捕鱼和种植玉米、南瓜。于是，最初为了感谢美洲原住民，诞生了这么一个节日。
虎虎听Alison说，如今的原住民还是生活在美国各处，他们有自己的tribe，以及自己的tribal law，有些原住民也会走出自己祖先的土地和所有其他美国人一起读书，不过一眼就能看出他们和美国人长得实在相差很多，是比较接近亚洲人的长相哦（表示米有看到过活生生的印第安人……虎虎只能自己脑内一下……）。
Thankfulness
Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a religious holiday, as a time to give thanks to God for the blessings in one’s life. People can be thankful for things like their good health, the safety of their families, or having good friends. All of these things are called ‘blessings’, or things that God has given us.
For Americans who are not religious, thankfulness is just a feeling of gratitude. It is easy to forget how lucky we are, so Thanksgiving is a time to be reminded of the priceless things in our lives. Many families talk about what they are thankful for as they are sitting around the dinner table before they start the meal.
唉呀呀，这个和虎虎想的还真的不一样呢。一开始总是以为是感恩节是来感谢朋友，家人一年内对自己的照顾，原来人家是来感谢上帝的啊！Alison似乎也对于咱的理解颇为诧异呢。
据Alison的描述，全家聚在一起坐在餐桌前，在正式开动之前，每个人会先说一番话来回顾自己这一年，遇到了哪些值得感谢的事情。其实有的时候，我们身边从来不缺少值得感谢的事情，怀着一颗感恩的心面对每一天，生活也会变得温暖阳光起来吧。
因此，Thank you 不嫌多，大家一起来参加咱感恩节的第一波活动吧！感恩节活动第一波：Thank u不嫌多 多说多快乐>>