thanksgiving day

01. 什么是感恩节？

Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. It did not become a federal holiday until 1941. Thanksgiving was historically a religious observation to give thanks to God.
感恩节是美国的传统节日，1863年就开始延续，到1941年载入联邦法案，成为法定公众假日。历史上，感恩节是为了感谢上帝而诞生的节日。现在，它是美国人的“中秋”——家人、朋友会在这一天好好团聚。

02. 感恩节是每年的什么时候？
Thanksgiving presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
感恩节是11月的第四个周四。

03. 有哪些国家庆祝感恩节？
United States and Canada
感恩节主要还是在美洲认同最多，美国和加拿大。而在欧洲，这个习俗并不风行，也不是法定假日。

04. 感恩节有何由来？
 
In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.
感恩节的由来有几种说法，最普遍认同的是1621年普利茅斯殖民地的人民和当地印第安人一起庆祝丰收，后被认为是感恩节的起源。

05. 感恩节吃些什么食物？

In the United States, certain kinds of food are traditionally served at Thanksgiving meals. Firstly, baked or roasted turkey is usually the featured item on any Thanksgiving feast table (so much so that Thanksgiving is sometimes referred to as "Turkey Day"). Stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, sweet corn, other fall vegetables, and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner. All of these are actually native to the Americas or were introduced as a new food source to the Europeans when they arrived. As an alternative to turkey, many vegetarians or vegans eat Tofurky, a meatless turkey made of tofu.
在美国，感恩节有一些固定的传统食品。首先，烤火鸡肯定是不能少的，每家桌上都有，甚至有人叫改感恩节为火鸡节（啊……好像近年来大家把端午节叫“粽子节” ）。馅料、卤汁土豆泥、红薯、红莓酱、甜玉米、其他秋季蔬菜和南瓜派，都是感恩节餐桌上必不可少的菜色。所有这些食物，其实都是美洲本地产的，之后才慢慢融入欧洲移民的生活。对于那些素食主义者，他们也有火鸡吃哦！他们的火鸡是特制的、用豆腐做成的呢！

06. 感恩节风俗——花车游行是怎样的？

In New York City, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held annually every Thanksgiving Day from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Macy's flagship store in Herald Square, and televised nationally by NBC. The parade features parade floats with specific themes, scenes from Broadway plays, large balloons of cartoon characters and TV personalities, and high school marching bands. The float that traditionally ends the Macy's Parade is the Santa Claus float, the arrival of which is an unofficial sign of the beginning of the Christmas season.
在纽约，花车游行是这个都会中感恩节的传统项目。从上东区一路到先驱广场，整场游行由NBC全国转播。游行中有不同主题的巨型气球，比如百脑汇经典、卡通人物、电视人物等等，同时还有高中行进乐队一路相随。游行的最后一般由一个圣诞老人的气球收尾，标志着圣诞季节的到来。

07. 感恩节为啥都要看橄榄球？

American football is an important part of many Thanksgiving celebrations in the United States. Professional games are traditionally held on Thanksgiving Day. The National Football League has played games on Thanksgiving every year since its creation; the tradition is referred to as the Thanksgiving Classic.
美式橄榄球是另一个感恩节传统。职业联盟会在感恩节进行一场大赛，这是自NFL（美式橄榄球联盟）创办以来的传统。

08. 感恩节和“黑色星期五”有什么关系？
The Friday after Thanksgiving, although not a Federal holiday, is a holiday for many companies, except for those in retail. It is also a day off for most schools. It is popularly known as Black Friday, so-called because of the heavy shopping traffic on that day. Another reason for the term 'Black Friday' is that many stores reach sales numbers that take them out of the red and (hopefully) keep them in the black for the rest of the fiscal year. Black Friday is considered to be the start of the Christmas shopping season.
紧随感恩节之后的那个星期五，虽然不是公众假期，但很多企业和学校在这天都放假——除了零售行业。因为这一天是圣诞打折季正式开始的第一天，通常都会有很多人抢购，所以这天的交通状况都很差，因而被人们称为“黑色星期五”。还有另外一个原因就是这一天零售业都业绩飙升，财政从赤字变为黑字（意为盈利），所以叫“黑色星期五”。

09. 感恩节和圣诞节有什么关系？
The secular Thanksgiving holiday also coincides with the start of the four week Advent season before Christmas in the Western Christian church calendars.
感恩节一过，就标识着圣诞季的到来，从感恩节后开始的四个星期，都可以被算作是圣诞季了。