This is a traditional celebration. It is primarily a North American holiday, except Mexico. In the USA it is celebrated the fourth day of November as last Thursday 27th. This celebration is related with the English settlers, in their intent they settled a new style of life in the North part of USA known as "New England". These English people called "pilgrims" were a Christian group ready to conquer the New World. Unfortunately, many of them died at the beginning because they were shocked with the wild cold, that was around 1620. Many Native Americans helped them when they didn't have enough resources to live. When the pilgrimgs had their first harvest, usually in October, they shared their goodies with the helpers. In this matter, the governor of the English settlers declared that date as: The Day of Thanksgiving for harvesting the fruits that the Lord gave through the men's labor. In 1789 the first American president George Washington recognized that day as The National of Thankgiving, then Abraham Lincoln and in recently time, 1941, the Federal Congress declared as a national holiday in all the country.
The final harvesting in my garden - October 2008
In that way, the Thanksgiving Day is for us, being immigrants, a special time to share a dinner with family and friends. Last year we met Giovanna from Lima, Peru and for the second time was Takashi Kobayashi from Japan and the other guests were friends from China: Yan Song, husband Jingang Gui and their child Suhan Gui. It was a wonderful dinner! Michael cooked chicken with basil sauce and some more condiments, for appetizer we had spaghetti with red sauce and for dessert vanilla ice cream with raspberries and brandy. Takashi cooked sushi and some Japanese sweet tofu also he shared with us plum wine - Umeshu, and the Gui family some delicious chocolates. I was in charge of the cleaning and arrangements. We played Chinese checker, we talked about garden, science and some of our funny live experiences...
Family Gang-Song
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