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decade,
Thursday
,beans ,pie,
Lincoln,
fish,
food, Day,
stuffing
,gratitude
,1621 ,north
,holiday Pilgrims,
Canada, Massachusetts,
tribe,
scarce,
family.
On the fourth ____________________ of each November in the USA, we celebrate Thanksgiving ________________. In Canada, Thanksgiving is observed on the second Monday of October (this is because harvest time is earlier in _________________, since Canada is farther ______________ than the USA).
On Thanksgiving Day, people express their ___________________________ and have a Thanksgiving feast with their ____________________________ and friends. Thanksgiving dinner often features turkey with ______________, cranberry __________________, yams, potatoes, rolls, green _______________________________, and pumpkin __________________.
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the _________________________ and Native Americans in ___________________________ in colonial New England. The Pilgrims had sailed from Europe to the New World, settling in what is now the state of _____________________________. They had a difficult first year and food was ___________________________. The local Indians (the Wampanoag __________________________) helped the Pilgrims by showing them how to fertilize corn plants with a _____________________________, how to harvest local berries, and how to hunt game. At the first Thanksgiving feast the Indians brought _____________________________ for the Pilgrims. The first Thanksgiving feast featured fish, lobster, goose, deer, squash, wild turkey, corn, onions, and berries. This first feast was not repeated until over a _______________________________ later.
In 1863, US President Abraham ____________________________ declared Thanksgiving Day to be a national _______________________________.
Self-Access Group. Ciefp Santander 2005-06
Thanksgiving Cloze ANSWERS
