U.S. Tradition Compares the Holiday with a Meal Held in 1621 by the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims

U.S. tradition compares the holiday with a meal held in 1621 by the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is continued in modern times with the Thanksgiving dinner, traditionally featuring turkey, playing a central role in the celebration of Thanksgiving. 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, various fall vegetables (mainly various kinds of squashes), and pumpkin pie are commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner. cranberry airelle (canneberge) fall [US] = [UK] autumn automne gravy ['greNvN] sauce harvest récolte horn of plenty = cornucopia corne d’abondance [@kC:njL'kBLpjB] pumpkin pie tarte au potiron settle (to) > settler s’installer > colon spare (to – someone’s life) = to reprieve épargner la vie de qn = gracier qn squash courge stuffing farce sweet corn maïs doux wheat blé

Thanksgiving Day [US] a public/bank holiday in the 4e jeudi de novembre US on the fourth Thursday in (= Action de grâces) November originally to give thanks to God for the harvest and for health Black Friday [US] the day following vendredi qui suit Thanksgiving and marking Thanksgiving the beginning of the Christmas shopping season Cyber Monday [US] the Monday following Black lundi qui suit Thanksgiving Friday when many consumers too busy to shop over the Thanksgiving weekend do it online from home or work Super Saturday [US] the last Saturday before dernier samedi avant Noël Christmas, a major day of revenue for American retailers, marking the end of the shopping season Christmas Eve Christmas Eve Réveillon de Noël Christmas the day when Christians Noël celebrate the birth of Christ Boxing Day [UK] It was the day when boxes 26 décembre placed in churches where parishioners deposited coins for the poor were opened and the contents distributed1.

Nowadays it is primarily known as a shopping holiday, much like the day after Thanksgiving in the US. It is a time where shops have sales, often with dramatic price reductions.

1 cfr. New Year's tip given to postmen, dustmen, delivery men etc. in the weeks running up to the New Year ≃

Christmas box [UK] or ≃ Christmas bonus [US]