Thanksgiving Day which is celebrated with a lot of fun and excitement also bears some interesting and exciting Facts which many of us may be unaware of. So today we have shared below the Thanksgiving Facts and Information’s which will definitely make our readers have more attachment and affection about the day.
The first ever Thanksgiving Day was celebrated as a festival in North America by Francisco Vasquez de Coronado and people called it as “Tejas” (Members of the Hasinai Group of Caddo-speaking Native Americas)
The Congress in America did not declare Thanksgiving Day as the National Holiday until 1941. Later on, the day was fixed to be the fourth Thursday of November every year to celebrate it as the federal holiday.
Traditionally Thanksgiving meal consisted of a traditional cornucopia which was a curved goat’s horn filled to brim with fruits and grains. Cornucopia is also known as the most common symbol of a harvest festival.
Earlier Thanksgiving day was not a feast but it was associated with Native Americans who helped pilgrims by bringing them food and helping them build off the land.
Thanksgiving Day is known for having a traditional dish of Turkey where every year in the US about 280 millions of Turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving Celebrations.
This favorite Thanksgiving animal was first documented over two thousand years ago in Central America and Mexico.
On Thanksgiving Day some of them believe that the Wishbone of the Turkey is used in as a good luck ritual.
Initially, the Thanksgiving Day was celebrated for three days .
In the year 1939, it was President Franklin D. Roosevelt who restored the day on Thursday before last of November. The reason behind this change was to make the Christmas shopping season longer in order to boost the economy of the state.
During earlier days Thanksgiving day was celebrated without cheese, bread, milk, butter, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie or corn.
