10 FACT ABOUT THANKSGIVNG

1 George Washinton proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day, held on November 26, 1789.

2 He was percusaded to make it a hoilday by Sarah JOsepha Hale, author of Mary Had A LIttle Lamb.
3 It was then held sporadically until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving as an annual hoilday on the last Thursday in NOvember.
4 Thanksgiving dates back to a three-day feast in 1621 shared by 50 Pilgrim Fathers and about 90 native Americans to celebrate a good harvest.
5 MOre food is eaten in the USA on the Thanksgiving Day than on any other day of the year.
6 Roosevelt's opponents said the new date was disrespectful to Lincoln and called it Franksgiving.















7 Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in Octomber.
8 ''Postprandial somnolesense'', or falling asleep after heavy meal, is also know as ''Thanksgiving food coma''.
9 Since 1947, It has been tradition for the US President to "Pardon" a turkey before Thanksgiving and save it from the feast.
10 In 1941, President Franklin D Roosevelt changed the date from the last Thursday in November to the fourth Thursday.







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