Fill in the Blanks ThanksgivingOnline version gaps fiil in by Елена Awramenko 1 Canada United stuffing Thursday people million friends Thanksgiving Monday children Day 1863 foods travel America national turkey 1957 Along celebrated year hunger What is Thanksgiving ? ( or Thanksgiving ) is a holiday that is both in and in the U . S . A . It has been a holiday in many places in Canada since and in all of the American states since . In Canada it is celebrated on the second in October , while in the U . S . it is celebrated on the fourth in November . No one is sure exactly when the first Thanksgiving was celebrated , but many Americans think it was in 1621 ? in a small town called Plymouth . It was celebrated by a small group of from England called ? Pilgrims ? . It was celebrated because one of the Native American people ( people who first lived in North ) taught them how to catch fish and how to grow corn . This man ? s name was Squanto . The Pilgrims were very thankful for this help . Without it , many more Pilgrims might have died from . The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted for three days and it included fifty English men , women and and about ninety Native Americans . Afterwards , Thanksgiving became more and more popular in the States until it finally became a holiday . In both Canada and the U . S . , is the main part of the traditional Thanksgiving meal . Other commonly eaten include and mashed potatoes with gravy , cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie . According to Wikipedia , " Americans eat more food on Thanksgiving than on any other day of the . " with Christmas and New Year ? s Day , Thanksgiving is one of the three major holiday celebrations of the year . According to usnews . com , 46 . 3 Americans will fifty miles or more to be with and family to eat Thanksgiving dinner .
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