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What is Thanksgiving Day?

Thanksgiving Day (Thanksgiving Day), a traditional Western holiday, is a holiday created uniquely by the people of the United States, but also a holiday for Americans to get together as a family. In the beginning, Thanksgiving Day had no fixed date, and was decided by the states of the United States on an ad hoc basis. In 1863, after the independence of the United States, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday, and in 1941, the U.S. Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday of November as "Thanksgiving Day". The holiday lasts from Thursday to Sunday.

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. p>The origins of Thanksgiving can be traced back to the beginnings of American history, originating with the early settlers of Plymouth, Massachusetts. These immigrants were known as Puritans when they were in their native England, and because of their dissatisfaction with the incomplete Reformation of the Church of England and the political repression and religious persecution they were subjected to by the King of England and the Church of England, these Puritans broke away from the Church of England and traveled as far away as Holland, and later decided to relocate across the Atlantic Ocean to that deserted and uninhabited land in the hope of being able to be as religious and free as they wished to be.

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