is
a
very
important
festivity
and
it
is
celebrated
on
the
fourth
Thursday
of
.
However
,
schools
,
many
factories
and
offices
are
closed
for
four
days
:
Thursday
,
Friday
,
Saturday
and
Sunday
.
So
it
is
a
very
important
holiday
for
American
people
.
Thanksgiving
is
a
special
day
for
families
to
be
together
and
to
thank
for
everything
they
have
.
Americans
travel
great
distances
to
be
with
their
families
,
so
it
has
become
one
of
the
busiest
weekend
for
transport
by
train
or
even
plane
.
Why
is
Thanksgiving
such
an
important
day
?
The
tradition
started
with
the
,
the
founders
of
America
.
The
Pilgrims
left
Great
Britain
in
1620
to
escape
religious
persecution
.
They
wanted
to
start
a
new
life
in
America
and
practice
their
religion
freely
.
About
one
hundred
men
,
women
and
children
left
Britain
on
a
small
ship
called
the
.
Their
trip
on
sea
was
very
difficult
and
some
of
them
.
They
arrived
on
the
north
-
east
coast
of
North
America
in
December
1620
and
founded
Plymouth
.
The
area
was
a
wilderness
,
moreover
it
was
almost
winter
and
they
had
neither
home
nor
.
They
immediately
built
small
wooden
houses
called'
"
.
Yet
it
was
too
late
to
cultivate
crops
.
To
make
things
worse
,
that
winter
was
particularly
harsh
and
.
Almost
half
of
the
Pilgrims
died
because
their
living
conditions
were
very
bad
.
Happily
,
they
were
not
the
only
people
living
there
.
Indeed
when
they
arrived
the
Americans
had
been
living
in
this
country
for
a
very
long
time
,
especially
the
called
the
'Wampanoag's
"
.
Not
yet
knowing
that
these
new
white
people
would
massacre
them
later
,
they
helped
them
survive
during
that
long
winter
.
In
the
spring
these
Indians
helped
them
,
teaching
them
how
to
grow
and
other
plants
,
how
to
breed
animals
,
hunt
and
live
in
the
wilderness
.
Soon
the
Native
Americans
and
the
Pilgrims
became
.
The
Pilgrims
worked
hard
and
the
summer
was
excellent
,
By
November
1621
every
one
had
food
and
a
home
.
There
was
hope
for
the
.
Governor
William
Bradford
,
the
Pilgrim
leader
,
decided
to
celebrate
with
a
for
the
Pilgrims
and
the
Native
Americans
together
.
He
wanted
to
give
To
God
.
This
was
the
first
Thanksgiving
dinner
and
it
lasted
for
days
!