Thanksgiving quotes inspirational, parades, dates

The First Thanksgiving was given to express gratitude to god for saving the pilgrims from harsh winter. Thanks giving meals include baked or roasted turkey and is a featured item on any Thanksgiving feast table. Mashed potatoes and stuffings.

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THANKSGIVING DAY is a festival meant to celebrate the harvest and it is a time to thank god for the harvest and express gratitude. Thanksgiving day is celebrated in UnitedState and Canada and though the festival has a religious origin but now it is celebrated across the country by people cutting religious and race lines.

Thanksgiving is celebrated on fourth Thursday of November in the

United States

and in

Canada

it is celebrated on the second Monday of October. It became a federal holiday in 1941 in

United States

Thanksgiving Day Parades

Thanksgiving day parades are held in various places throughout

America

, however, the most popular one is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade held in New York City from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Macy’s flagship store in Herald Square.

There are Thanksgiving parades in many other cities, including:

Chicago, Illinois (McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Plymouth, Massachusetts, Houston, Texas, St. Louis, Missouri , Detroit, Michigan

Seattle, Washington, Fountain Hills, Arizona, Stamford, Connecticut , Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania , Los Angeles, California .

Thanksgiving dates

November 26, 2009; November 25, 2010 , November 24, 2011, November 22, 2012, November 28, 2013, November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving Day Quotes Inspirational :

John Baillie: The very fact that a man is thankful implies someone to be thankful to.

Amada Bradley: Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

Erma Bombeck: Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.

Frederick Keonig: We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.

Mother Teresa: We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.

Irv Kupcine: An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.

William Shakespeare: O Lord that lends me life, Lend me a heart replete with thankfulness!

Aesop: Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.