Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States as a national holiday dedicated to being with family and friends to give thanks for all of the blessings received throughout the previous year. The holiday is 41 to have been celebrated first in 1621 when the Plymouth settlers enjoyed a fall feast to celebrate a 42 harvest with the local Wampanoag Indians. 

    43 to the event that is believed to be the first Thanksgiving, harvest feasts were practiced in New England, though they did not catch on as a yearly event. According 44 most historians, the tradition of having these harvest feasts came over to America with the Puritan and Pilgrim settlers from England. 45 this first feast, the attendees dined on pumpkin, turkey, goose, corn and other items that are now common at Thanksgiving dinners.