Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is celebrated in the USA and Canada

• on the same day

• on different days

• in the same month.

A part of the story of Thanksgiving involves British settlers (= uudisasukkaat) who sailed to the USA in a ship named

• Mayflower

• Marchflower

• Juneflower.

When the settlers arrived in the USA, it was too late in the year to plant (= istuttaa kasveja), so they had very little fresh food. The winter that year was very hard as well. Luckily, they got help from

• other British settlers that came there

• other European settlers that were there already

• Native Americans

The Wampanoag tribe (= heimo) taught the settlers how to

• hunt for buffalos

• grow corn

• make bread

The typical modern Thanksgiving includes

• a big party with all the neighbors invited

• coming together in the home of an older member of the family

• remembering the Native Americans

Around Thanksgiving schools have

• a one-week break

• no break at all

• a four-day break

The Friday after Thanksgiving is called Black Friday and it’s

• a huge shopping day with lots of discounts (= alennuksia) everywhere

• a day when lots of candles and lamps are lit (= sytytetään) especially in the Northern parts of the US

• a day to give thanks to those family members who have passed away (= kuolleet)

Which of these is a typical Thanksgiving dinner food?

• fruit

• turkey

• hamburgers

Which of these isn’t a typical Thanksgiving dinner food?

• mashed potatoes

• rice

• pumpkin pie

In addition to corncobs (= maissintähkät), cranberries (= karpalot) are one of the Thanksgiving symbols. How didn’t the Native Americans use cranberries?

• as bait (= syöttinä) to trap deer

• to heal infections (= parantaa tulehduksia)

• as a dye (= väriaine) to color pictures