谈谈美国的holiday,in english.thanks

Thanksgiving was first celebrated in 1621, when Plymout(普利茅斯） governor William Bradford invited neighboring. Native Americans to join the Pilgrims for a three-day festival in gratitude for the successful harvest that followed a hard winter.

The feast the sat down to had very little in common with today's celebration, however. It is quite likely that their feast consisted of fish, venison(鹿肉), corn and other vegetables. Today's traditional dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes(土豆泥), green bean casserole(焙盘菜), cranberry sauce(越橘酱) and pumpkin pie is mainly the result of a strong advertising campaign by turkey producers.

Thanksgiving was proclaimed a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Many Americans consider this to be only an American holiday although it is also celebrated in Canada and harvest festivals are held throughout the world.

Federal Legal Holidays 2006
• January 1, 2006: New Year's Day [Jan. 1 every year]