Yesterday USA celebrated Thanksgiving Day. Today they are celebrating Black Friday.
As all of us know, this blog is a way to improve our skills in our foreign languages, but I am thinking why not this blog can be used for all of us to teach our traditions.
Thanksgiving day is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, but I wonder myself, where was born this tradition? What are the backgrounds of this tradition? Religious, What kinf of religion: Catholic ...
All of us know that Thanksgiving Day is the perfect day to meet with all your family, but I think we can do it during the year, not only in a fixed day. It's like Christmas, at the end is a commercial party, don't you think so?
Is it tradition or commercial Event? I think we have lost the majority of our traditions to do them more commercial. All are around shops, money ... It's a pity. The day after Thanksgiving day is called Black Friday, and it the day when begin the Christmas Sales. Is it a pity or no?
We should care our traditions, unless in few years we will have lost all our backgrounds.
Yesterday THE USA celebrated Thanksgiving Day. Today they are ENDURING* Black Friday.
ReplyDeleteAs all of us know, this blog is a way to improve our skills in our foreign languages, but I am thinking -- why CAN'T this blog [] be used for all of us to teach our traditions?
Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday of November, but I wonder [] -- where was this tradition BORN? What IS the backgrounD of this tradition? Religious, What kind of religion: Catholic ...
All of us know that Thanksgiving Day is the perfect day to meet with all your family, but I think we can do it during the year, not only ON a fixed day. It's like Christmas, at the end IT is a commercial party, don't you think so?
Is it A tradition or A commercial event? I think we have lost the majority of our traditions BY MAKING them more commercial. All are around shops, money ... It's a pity. The day after Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday, and it the day when [] the Christmas sales BEGIN. Is it a pity or noT?
We should care FOR our traditions, LEST in A few years we will have lost all our HERITAGE.
Well done, Javier. I will tell you what I think I know about the history of Thanksgiving... The annual holiday we celebrate was established by presidential decree in the 1860s. So it definitely has a secular origin although with obvious religious overtones. The holiday also commemorates the first harvest for the Pilgrims (settlers) who landed in Massachusetts in about 1620. The Pilgrims had a feast and invited the local Indians who had helped them survive the first year. Young schoolchildren often reenact this feast in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.
*I refuse to accept that we are "celebrating" Black Friday!
Thansk Matt. I can understand better. Thanksgiving day hasn't got a religious background, it's a gratitude from the Pilgrims to the indians. Nice history. If it is true is the begining of a new tradition in a country (as i told you last week) that it hasn't got too many traditions. Good! Thx.
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ReplyDeleteMe surge una pregunta, ¿The pilgrim fathers estaban agradecidos con Dios o con los nativos americanos? Osea, ¿a quién era el verdadero agradecimiento?
Me imagino que Massachussets es parte de lo que llaman New England ¿verdad?
Gracias.
Yo diría que estaban agradecidos con ambos -- Dios y los nativos americanos. Recuerda que han venido aquí para escapar persecución religiosa, pero también la ayuda de los nativos fue esencial para su supervivencia. Talvez podríamos decir que el agradecimiento verdadero no está limitado ni restringido.
DeleteSí, New England se compone de los estados al este de Nueva York -- Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont y Maine. Los nativos de New England hablan con un acento distinto, a veces omitiendo r's como en "Pahk the cah in the yahd", y a otras veces añadiendo una r, por ejemplo, por pronunciar "water" como "warter".
.... para escapar DE UNA O DE LA persecución religiosa
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