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Saturday 26 November 2011

FESTIVALS IN NOVEMBER 2: Thanksgiving Day

This weekend we are travelling to the USA to learn more about Thanksgiving Day.

  Thanksgiving Day is an annual holiday celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Historically, thanks have been directed towards God, accompanied with feasting and prayer. Over time, however, societies that celebrate Thanksgiving have developed a mix of religious and non-religious attitudes, approaches and practices in response to the holiday. In both the United States and in Canada, Thanksgiving is a legal holiday; it is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and on the second Monday of October in Canada. (Thanksgiving in Canada falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the United States.) Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated.

   Now you can watch this video with a funny song describing this festival in the USA.
The video is subtitled, so  you can read the lyrics at the same time.

Thanks a lot to Jason R. Levine from Fluency MC for creating this video!
You can follow their updates in this webpage:
ColloTunes classroom activity book for English learning

I hope you enjoy the video! :) 


Song on Thanksgiving Day.





QUESTIONS ON THE VIDEO

1) Which are the origins of Thanksgiving? Did you already know them? ........................................................

2) Is Thanksgivingcelebrated in your own country? On which date? And how? .............................................