Festivities

Today we are going to speak about FESTIVITIES. To add more excitement, I will not say the name of thefestivities. You'll find out. That’s the question:

what`s the only Christmas=tier day we allknow but we never ever celebrate?"

Come on. Hurry up. I need an answer. Try it. Families around the table, having a dinner, eating a delicious turkey...
That’s ok... do you surrender? Do notsurrender so quickly.

Ok... And the festivity is.... THANKSGIVING DAY.

Si contestan bien: impresive. Correct.
Si contestan mal: You are wrong. Try again.

In the seventeenth century, a group ofbritons moved from their country to east side of US. These citizens had another believes. They had no choice but to embark on an adventure.

Churchs only mean trouble = thank God I don`t believe inthem"

As you can see in this picture. Its neccessary to bear in mind that this trip wasn’t easy. In fact, two sailor died because of storms and inclement WEATHER. But on the other side, twopregnant women gave birth to two children.

They spent two months to arrive to new continent.

Any question? I would be pleased to answer any question?

They arrived in winter and half of thepopulation deffeated.

The natives helped the settlers to plant, to improve their crops, hunting, fishing and other activities.

The following slides show some cultural differences between Pilgrins andWampanoag.

In appreciation, the natives were invited to a sumptuous banquet for the settlers.

Nowadays, this products are still eaten in thanksgiving day.
At present, Thanksgiving iscelebrated the last Thursday of November.
After this Theoretical introduction about thanksgiving day, we are going to see some curiosities about this celebration. Did you know that vegetarians eat turkey too?But its a special turkey. Let’s see the next slide.
Finally, To test your knowledge about this celebration, let's do a trivia.
And... That’s all folks. I hope you like it. Thanks for your...