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A peculiar event connected with Thanksgiving has been taking place since the 1980s. It is a public ceremony, shown on TV, in which the President of the United States ‘pardons’ a turkey. This means the turkey will not be killed for Thanksgiving, or at any other time, but will instead live comfortably on a farm, zoo, etc

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November 1621, on the first anniversary of their arrival, the settlers had a feast to thank God for their survival, and invited some of the Native Americans

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Thanksgiving, held on the fourth Thursday in November.

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usually roast turkey with accompaniments such as mashed potato and cranberry sauce, and often pumpkin pie for dessert.

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It is a day when family members come together to share a large meal

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One day that fall, four settlers were sent to hunt for food for a harvest celebration. The Wampanoag heard gunshots and alerted their leader, Massasoit, who thought the English might be preparing for war. Massasoit visited the English settlement with 90 of his men to see if the war rumor was true.

Soon after their visit, the Native Americans realized that the English were only hunting for the harvest celebration. Massasoit sent some of his own men to hunt deer for the feast and for three days, the English and native men, women, and children ate together. The meal consisted of deer, corn, shellfish, and roasted meat, far from today's traditional Thanksgiving feast.