Show 0 ing t I 1 Z 1 k M I 1 at aa V A A t 4 are many holidays but of all the holidays holl holi dayn daya observed in tola country none to li more inore distinctively american than it Is a legacy of at the th puritans because of the h roi nance t and traditions ad d it nr nn we have h come to know it lot in hit american institution hut but lay days of tn in of sper fril events anti and favors morn havo been annon un iii inn non to n almost nil all nations and lime linvs brien known mince inc tit the lipat times we linnet evion n guels less know what driml primitive people nf if n p nap henl inive elive thanks in ili their crude WHY for ruin after drought rind for food gifter funi lne it tip penro flint flip ohp were among ahw ut pe alile oi to nai obier berve a 11 day of they oil with alti great nud colemn onlea their feast of f 1 n I lav day of if riot not only for the lie of the lie land but liao fur for the escape from froin VU heipt pt abo fb of i halt thou holi for th tholf lf liny who o thou hat hast gathered gather CK sd in clr pr 1 l t of thy floor and of thy wine aln arbi lutar onomy 16 11 13 tho ancient grecke alpio alao had a day of thanks alving known air tho the feast of demeter De this milne alne day feast hiyi gnp in honor of demeter goddess of the held field ond and harvests and was meant very obviously an a dav of gratitude for the rich richner nes tind and bounties of tile the harvest hanest sacrifices wine honey and milk were made the hainan appear to have and a similar festl festival val called cere ila iio a abue of rejoicing and thanksgiving gave thanks in england in Engle tid its aa in it other conri tries it was cus cu to hid h ld days of fasting and prayer tn in times of danger of famine vf f pestilence when the dolinger wits past when there again was plenty of food plenty of water no ravaging diseases feasts and celebrations would be held by the people these celebrations were dundam vitally festival A special day of thanks giving was proclaimed by oliver cromwell at the time of if the defeat of the spanish armada annada another day of thanksgiving was flar declared der lared on the day that the famous gunpowder plot was discovered adiong tile hie siamese there la in an old festival known as the HIP swing swine festival which Is similar to to our own thanksgiving its pur purpose poe Is 14 to show platitude gratitude for the richness of the land ohp happl des nerr of tile the people in this festival tile lie much quoted sacred white elephant of slam shim assur assumes neg it n prominent part but although tune been many days of and gh ninny i like our own november holiday exist ea in many parts parti of the world america was the flau imblon definitely to set apart one day in ench each twelfth month for the sole purpose of rejoicing in the good things of life and givins cod nd thanks all of us know the appalling hardships that the first settlers of america were forced to in endure A X handful of homesick men and women in it n strange ht tt range bleak country indians indian everywhere food scarce and home acco across al many long miles of ocean no home bera for they could not return to the hie land from froin whose intolerance they had fat fled ill in the first year forty six of the one hundred hundler and one white people who settled in plymouth died and were burled buried on the bluff overlooking the lie Ing ingoing dIng but in the of IM 1621 the men of plymouth il mouth gathered in a wonderful crop from the twenty acres of corn and six acres of hurley barley and pens they had planted and lie flip cold weather brought plenty of game into the li arbor plenty of bood food tind and a great new hope in the hearts of tile the wand wanderer erem friendly massasoit attends governor bradford rave gave directions that a day eliy of thanksgiving he be d on december 13 le ic 11 1 l to give hunks abanks for the he g pat blessings that had been bestowed upon them A feast was prepared in cording as much fowle as with a little helve lp III side bide served bened the company almost to friend ly massasoit with his ninety indian braves wits BBS invited to the feast and they clune artine in all their holiday point paint and feathers or of white men and women there were only fifty llie at this first although thanksgiving dd not hot thru thou become a regular yearly festival our own thanksgiving which we observe every november la Is a direct legacy of that historic feast with the Ind indiana lans just when thanksgiving become became a lied fixed annual festival in new england hits has not been definitely established on february 22 1030 1610 A great public thanks giving was held in ili boston by the hay bay colony it was in celebration of the sate safe arrival of the ships bringing food and friends from across the ocean As AB clearly as an nn be established there were about twenty thanksgiving days from to M one every two or three years in urien mien the flip indians attacked the settlers and engri engaged ged them in wll widely ay iy separated war fures there wan wait no thanksgiving in 1742 there were two such tea fen it was wag riot not until after the revolution when nhen congress adopted rid opted tile the constitution in 1789 that thanksgiving wits was definitely established as a yearly nearly dav of festivity just before the cong congress adjourned one boudinot moved that a adny fly he recommended for universal tit motion was carried and nd washington appointed app mate A thursday november 20 26 its iia the national thanksgiving day for a period the hallda holiday was observed oti inith faith fully but somehow a break occurred and one by tie the states began to observe the day of thanks giving at different times just before the war between the states each state had a different day on which it celebrated thanksgiving but all these days are were in november ov ember lincoln fixes a day reaffirming original intention abraham lincoln in 1860 appointed a national day to be observed the last tours day in november and so it has remal remained ped ever since the first thanksgiving wits was unquestionably held in the winter of 1621 and was a simple espres slon of gratitude there are some gome writers how ever who attribute tile the establishing of thanksgiving to it i different cause it seeing to he a common notion that to the mind of the puritan smelled to heaven of idolatry and that the puritans abolished christmas as a hateful relic of paganism establishing thanksgiving as it a purely puritan festival to take its ila place wanting a day to replace christmas says anys one writer the puritans appointed every year some day in autumn generally in late november as a day of solemn prayer and thanksgiving for the blemings of the year vear and especially the bount bounties les of the harvest according to this bellef belief thanksgiving was aim ply a day of rejoicing end and family reunion in november instead of december the puritans ate ata arkey ur lei indian pudding and pumpkin pie instead of the superstitious meats and plum pudding of christmas time but we are told the lie influx of catholics and episcopalians Episcopal ians brought christ mas and its cu customs into vogue again and both holidays were accepted the distaste of the puritans for christmas Christ inns may very ery possibly have helped to establish thanksgiving its as a national holl hollway fay years lears earlier in Fri englund gland the puritans prevailed upon parliament to prohibit the illie extremely remely ex elaborate christmas tes fes tivit les then in vogue christmas was wag declared it a day of fast an and d festivities were prohibited by law but we can be absolutely certain that hat thank thanksgiving had Us its true inceptor Inc epton in 1021 16 1 when fifty five grateful men and women surrounded by ninety palli painted ted indians indiana gave thanks for tle the ore corn and fowl upon which they feasted turkey and pumpkin pie pumpkin pie and turkey are associated with thanksgiving because both of these palate ticklers alc tlc klers were on the first thanksgiving bill ot of fare cra cranberries ulso also appe appeared pred they having been gathered from the nearby marshes thanksgiving is a time of great social activity the puritans invited massasoit Massa and his rung gang of ninety to the feast the hostess today invites a houseful somehow one feels more strongly at this time of year than at an any other time the urge 0 to o give gi e to share chare to be hospitable f before the war between tile the aites it was a popular custom for families to hold bold great reunions on CD thanksgiving the th chialdi en came front from school the married sons and daughters came avith heir flieler fW allies aunts uncle cousins friends friend it everyone ey rion fame came to hi tit ahr great caning run in during tit ati war and for a time afterward this custom died out but later wai we revived today many families both in the cities and in the country still observe title old custom of if reunion on thanksgiving day the custom of making up baskets basket of food for far needy um illes originated early in the eighteenth century and wa was started by bv it a group of young women who determined to set aside one day of the year to be devoted to purposes of chair it they selected thanksgiving hi as the most opportune time today this custom survives in certain sections of the country but the charity tit nt christ runs time his has replaced it to a many communities especially tit in the cities where newspapers have regular yuletide Yule tlde campaigns tor for charity funds evory hoste got knows know that at thanksgiving good food la Is ns its important as good tin fun and that all other considerations hold but second place to whitt what the table has to offer A fowl of some gome kind IN im and there Is nothing like a great pumpkin pie for thanksgiving atmosphere hints for the hostess remembering the background on which this his first of our purely american holidays to Is built the hosp plans to have nn am much good cheer as good looking she starts off by having the proper bettl betting aig the table decorations for instance are edrul dimple I 1 to fruits and vegetables instead of the cus flowers for the centerpiece a huge pun pumpkin phin may he be used banked around with pol fished apples leaves and nuts at each piece there may be of a scooped out apple filled with shelled nuts nuta or nr perhaps just a lighted candle if HIP fife children can be induced to be careful some tim a groat great yellow paper pumpkin to Is used tor for a centerpiece and it Is in filled with ft ath favors tor for the guesta oreen and orange ribbons attached att riched to the favor alivo reach out across the table and end under the service plate true to the traditions of the day the hostess brings forth till all tier lier finest and roost most cherished nod for this Is 1 n trent orent day indeed to fo be celebrated na as it a jolly old affair it Is the one time of the year whon when every one likes to finger at the table browsing in mellow lones lanes on memory reminiscing fondly until the tha last findle candle has flickered and died according to cne c ne authority thanksgiving Is not thanksgiving at all if the pie Is lacking lillian I eichler in her book the customs of mankind quotes the following description of mince pie the true mines mince pl pi should hould be an inch thick with a R thin flaky crust tinted by its it imprisoned juice which aich threaten to break through fth around lla its edges derei must murt be a blight crinkle made by the tines of a fork and in ila hr top a hole here and there them from the stroke of a knife to let the steam out this athla steam once 1 known can never be forgotten it t typifies the joyous generous thanksgiving spirit st aming mince pie these are the games at lh first thanksgiving the tro indians entertained with weird dancing pantomime pan tomine feats fouts of skill kill tie the others according to edward winslow among other recreations exercised our arms kor for three days they feasted and made merry fand somehow the spirit of jollity has bos lowered hovered about the he holiday ever eer since an A old thanksgiving game Is in called the cranin cranberry c berry con concett A large bowl of cranberries senj in placed on tile the floor and around it are from four to ten contestants kach fach one Is supplied with I 1 1 spool of thread and a needle at a given bignal tan lhea thread the needle and begin to string the cranberries into a necklace at the end of three minutes the one who has made the longest necklace Is awarded the the corn game Is very old but it Is alwawi popular five eon ears of corn are hidden in the he room rod and the guests begin a search for them the fire to find the hidden eon ears are the contestants in the gurne gunie the lost ril look on oil then tit nt a given signal the he five contes contestants begin to remove tile the kernels tram from the con ano and drop UK thein in a bowl bow which has been placed on it I 1 tile lie fanor for that purpose the one who rp inora ull nil the he kernels 1 ly the lie shortest time wing win in tit the id fashioned pumpkin race always a favorite emall tire arc rolled over oer it horl mth m th 11 spoon poon the matter flip spoons me lle grealey tile the fun the ins roll way auml leht 11 al lit fit of line id it must be coined back bac igan but not aoi till tin lie ha libuda li iuda tills |