Thanksgiving

Since Thanksgiving is next week I thought I would talk about thanks giving. Thanksgiving is not one of my favorite holidays. As for the rest of my family they just love it. I don’t hate it or anything; I just don’t particularly like it. I think that it’s a waste of a day. You have to bake all day and then stuff yourself with as much food as you can. I don’t like a lot of traditional foods that you have at the dinner table on Thanksgiving. For example I don’t like stuffing or yams. I don’t like turkey which people think is weird. I am also not very fond of pies or desserts. I will eat them, but I just can’t have very much. I do however like what Thanksgiving stands for and symbolizes. I like how it remembers the pilgrims and their good harvest and how thankful they were for everything.

Here are some symbols of Thanksgiving.

1.     Cornucopia stands for the good harvest.

2.     Turkey is a reminder of the “Four Wild Turkeys” served during the first Thanksgiving feast.

3.     Corn is a reminder of the importance and heritage of the harvest festival.

4.     Cranberries with its pink blossoms and drooping head reminded the ancient pilgrims of a crane. 

5.     There is the pumpkin

There are so many more, I only gave you a small number of the many symbols of Thanksgiving. There is also a song that goes along with Thanksgiving.  Here it is.

Thanksgiving Day Turkey Song
O turkey dear
O turkey dear
How lovely are thy feathers

O turkey dear
O turkey dear
There could be nothing better!

We celebrate Thanksgiving Day
By putting your carcass on display.

O turkey dear
O turkey dear
You thought we were friends who came to greet you.

O turkey dear
O turkey dear
We gathered here to eat you!

O turkey day
O turkey day
The family is all together

O turkey day
O turkey day
We've over come bad weather

Seeing the family is so fab
We'll see ya'll again in rehab.

O turkey day
O turkey day
We'll drink away your memory.

I think my favorite line is “O turkey dear O turkey dear We gathered here to eat you!” Isn’t it just a comforting line for the turkey? A turkey probably heard this and was scared dead. He didn’t even get shot. Just when he heard this he was so scared that he died. Isn’t that just horrible?

There is so much on Thanksgiving. I only gave you a few things about this what some people call awesome holiday. Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving. :)