The story of Thanksgiving

In the last english lesson, we watched the video "The story of thanksgiving" on youtube  and it talks about how this holiday was originated. I thought you might be interested because thanksgiving is an important holiday in the USA.

Basically what it says is that pilgrims left england to get independent and also because of the potatoe famine. After they arrived in autumn 1620, they suffered in the "new world" from coldness and famine. They succesfully survived winter after a native american named Squanto helped them to get through winter building wooden shelters, teaching them how to cultivate corn and by helping them to hunt.

The pilgrims were thankful and they decided to celebrate this day every year. The first thanksgiving wasn't just one big meal. It was a three day festival of eating, hunting and entertainment in honor of the first pilgrims succesful harvest.