Thanksgiving

Este texto explora de maneira divertida sobre o Dia de Ação de Graças, sendo especialmente elaborado para leitores nos níveis B1/B2.

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What are the most important holidays in the US?

What are the most important holidays in your country?

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Way back in 1621, some folks known as Pilgrims in Plymouth (now in Massachusetts, USA) had a big feast to celebrate their first successful harvest. They invited the local Native Americans, the Wampanoag tribe, to join them. Imagine that! A three-day feast with zero smartphones or internet!

Fast forward to today, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. They usually gobble up roast turkey, stuffing pie, and pumpkin pie. There's also the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with giant balloons floating around New York City. It's like a big, fun party in the streets!

Other countries also celebrate it... well, more or less... Canada has Thanksgiving, but they celebrate it in October. It's like they just couldn't wait until November! Other countries have similar celebrations, but they're not exactly the same. For example, Germany has Erntedankfest, a harvest festival, and the UK has Harvest Festival, but they're more about saying thanks for the crops, not about eating turkey and watching parades.

Did you know that the President of the USA pardons a turkey every year? It's a tradition where one lucky turkey gets saved from being dinner. Also, there's a myth that eating turkey makes you sleepy because of something called tryptophan. But really, it's probably just eating too much that makes you want a nap!