Pam/Bev -- Thanksgiving origin

[Guest guest]

As the others have explained the American holiday began in

Plymouth with the Pilgrims who had come from Plymouth, England,the

year before. But it probably came from the English custom of

celebrating the harvest. I remember one October when I went to a

Harvest Sunday in Lincoln Cathedral with an English friend. It was

wonderful! The cathedral was packed, there were crops and some farm

machinery up front and the singing was magnificent.

G

[Guest guest]

As the others have explained the American holiday began in

Plymouth with the Pilgrims who had come from Plymouth, England,the

year before. But it probably came from the English custom of

celebrating the harvest. I remember one October when I went to a

Harvest Sunday in Lincoln Cathedral with an English friend. It was

wonderful! The cathedral was packed, there were crops and some farm

machinery up front and the singing was magnificent.

G

[Guest guest]

--- Bostonlizz@... wrote:

> As the others have explained the American

> holiday began in

> Plymouth with the Pilgrims who had come from

> Plymouth, England,the

> year before. But it probably came from the English

> custom of

> celebrating the harvest. I remember one October

> when I went to a

> Harvest Sunday in Lincoln Cathedral with an English

> friend. It was

> wonderful! The cathedral was packed, there were

> crops and some farm

> machinery up front and the singing was magnificent.

> G

>

> Yes, , Harvest Festival is still a part of

the Anglican religious calendar, but it doesn't have

the commercial ramifications of Thanksgiving or

Christmas! Love Liz

>

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[Guest guest]

--- Bostonlizz@... wrote:

> As the others have explained the American

> holiday began in

> Plymouth with the Pilgrims who had come from

> Plymouth, England,the

> year before. But it probably came from the English

> custom of

> celebrating the harvest. I remember one October

> when I went to a

> Harvest Sunday in Lincoln Cathedral with an English

> friend. It was

> wonderful! The cathedral was packed, there were

> crops and some farm

> machinery up front and the singing was magnificent.

> G

>

> Yes, , Harvest Festival is still a part of

the Anglican religious calendar, but it doesn't have

the commercial ramifications of Thanksgiving or

Christmas! Love Liz

>

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