感恩节是几月几日?
感恩节(Thanksgiving Day)是美国人民独创的一个古老节日，也是美国人合家欢聚的节日。
初时感恩节没有固定日期，由美国各州临时决定。直到美国独立后的1863年，林肯总统宣布感恩节为全国性节日。时间是在十一月的最后一个礼拜四(Last
Thursday of November)，家庭盛宴是感恩节期间的一个重要习俗(important
tradition)，在这一天，全家人围坐在饭桌边一起祈祷，愿上帝施与永不停息的恩惠(continuous grace)。
这也让身处异地的亲友欢聚一堂，同庆美好时光。感恩节假期一般会从星期四持续到星期天。
感恩节英语介绍
Thanksgiving Day is the most truly American of the national Holidays in the
United States and is most closely connected with the earliest history of the
country.
In 1620， the settlers， or Pilgrims， they sailed to America on the May flower，
seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship. After a tempestuous
two-month voyage they landed at in icy November， what is now Plymouth，
Massachusetts.
During their first winter， over half of the settlers died of starvation or
epidemics. Those who survived began sowing in the first spring.
All summer long they waited for the harvests with great anxiety， knowing that
their lives and the future existence of the colony depended on the coming
harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations. And
therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving to the Lord be fixed. Years
later， President of the United States proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November
as Thanksgiving Day every year. The celebration of Thanksgiving Day has been
observed on that date until today.
The pattern of the Thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the
years. The big family dinner is planned months ahead. On the dinner table，
people will find apples， oranges， chestnuts， walnuts and grapes. There will be
plum pudding， mince pie， other varieties of food and cranberry juice and squash.
The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie. They
have been the most traditional and favorite food on Thanksgiving Day throughout
the years.
Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a
bread dressing to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts. But as cooking varies
with families and with the regions where one lives， it is not easy to get a
consensus onthe precise kind of stuffing for the royal bird.
Thanksgiving today is， in every sense， a national annual holiday on which
Americans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the
year' s bounty and reverently ask for continued blessings.
感恩节是美国国定假日中最地道、最美国式的节日，而且它和早期美国历史最为密切相关。
1620年，一些朝圣者(或称为清教徒)乘坐"五月花"号船去美国寻求宗教自由。他们在海上颠簸折腾了两个月之后，终于在酷寒的十一月里，在现在的马萨诸塞州的普里茅斯登陆。
在第一个冬天，半数以上的移民都死于饥饿和传染病，活下来的人们在第一个春季开始播种。整个夏天他们都热切地盼望着丰收的到来，他们深知自己的生存以及殖民地的存在与否都将取决于即将到来的收成。后来，庄稼获得了意外的丰收，所以大家决定要选一个日子来感谢上帝的恩典。多年以后，美国总统宣布每年十一月的第四个星期四为感恩节。感恩节庆祝活动便定在这一天，直到如今。
感恩节庆祝模式许多年来从未改变。丰盛的家宴早在几个月之前就开始着手准备。人们在餐桌上可以吃到苹果、桔子、栗子、胡桃和葡萄，还有葡萄干布丁、碎肉馅饼、各种其它食物以及红莓苔汁和鲜果汁，其中最妙和最吸引人的大菜是烤火鸡和番瓜馅饼，这些菜一直是感恩节中最富于传统意义和最受人喜爱的食品。
人人都赞成感恩节大餐必需以烤火鸡为主菜。火鸡在烘烤时要以面包作填料以吸收从中流出来的美味汁液，但烹饪技艺常因家庭和地区的不同而各异，应用什幺填料也就很难求得一致。
今天的感恩节是一个不折不扣的国定假日。在这一天，具有各种信仰和各种背景的美国人，共同为他们一年来所受到的上苍的恩典表示感谢，虔诚地祈求上帝继续赐福。
感恩节英语祝福语
1. Happy Thanksgiving!
感恩节快乐!
2. From all of us to all of you at thanksgiving.
我们全体祝你们感恩节快乐。
3.Thanksgiving wishes for you and your family.
给你们全家感恩节的祝福。
4.Warm wishes at Thanksgiving.
在感恩节，衷心地祝福你们。
5.Thanks for being there as a friend so true!
感谢有你，我真诚的朋友!
