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Thanksgiving Day is a harvest festival celebrated primarily in Canada and the United States. Traditionally, it is a time to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general. While perhaps religious in origin, Thanksgiving is now primarily identified as a secular世俗的, 现世的, 不朽的,非宗教的holiday. The date and location of the first Thanksgiving celebration is a topic of modest contention争论, 争辩, 争夺, 论点. The traditional first Thanksgiving is the celebration that occurred at the site of Plymouth Plantation, in 1621. The Plymouth celebration occurred early in the history of what would become one of the original thirteen colonies that became the United States. The celebration became an important part of the American myth by the 1800s.[citation needed] This Thanksgiving, modeled after celebrations that were commonplace in contemporary Europe, is generally regarded as Americas first. Elementary school teacher Robyn Gioia has argued that the earliest attested thanksgiving celebration in what is now the United States was celebrated by the Spanish on September 8, 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida. Today, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Thanksgiving dinner is held on this day, usually as a gathering of family members and friends. 感恩节的由来要一直追溯到美国历史的发端。1620年，著名的“五月花”号船满载不堪忍受英国国内宗教迫害的清教徒102人到达美洲。1620年和1621年之交的冬天，他们遇到了难以想象的困难，处在饥寒交迫之中，冬天过去时，活下来的移民只有50来人。这时，心地善良的印第安人给移民送来了生活必需品，还特地派人教他们怎样狩猎、捕鱼和种植玉米、南瓜。在印第安人的帮助下，移民们终于获得了丰收，在欢庆丰收的日子，按照宗教传统习俗，移民规定了感谢上帝的日子，并决定为感谢印第安人的真诚帮助，邀请他们一同庆祝节日。 The European Origins of Thanksgiving 许多人认为感恩节是北美的节日，但在更早之前的西欧社会，人们就已经举办丰收庆典，感谢富饶大自然给予的恩赐。当欧洲人移民到新大陆后，也带来了这一传统习俗。 Hello, Im Matt Cail and on behalf of Expert Village Im here today to tell you all about the history of Thanksgiving. While people think of Thanksgiving as a North American holiday, one that goes back to the time of the earlier European settlers in North America. The