{"id":357,"date":"2012-11-19T12:42:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T17:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/phs\/?p=161"},"modified":"2012-11-19T12:42:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T17:42:15","slug":"thanksgiving-an-american-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/phs\/2012\/11\/19\/thanksgiving-an-american-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving-An American Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding-top: 8px;padding-right: 8px;padding-bottom: 8px\" src=\"http:\/\/amreese.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/blog.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"535\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080\">Thanksgiving, a uniquely American holiday, dates back to the first European settlers in North America.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080\">After much hardship, illness and hard  work, the Pilgrims were finally able to celebrate a successful harvest  which they shared with their Native American friends who had helped them  through their difficult beginning in America.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080\">Today this day is set aside to feast  and to give thanks-something we can all share, as we too celebrate our  cross-cultural friendships.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Some activities to share with the children<\/strong> :<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong><em>Maple-Nut-Berry Popcorn Balls<\/em><\/strong> <\/span>(  for children ages 3 and older): Add some chopped walnuts and   raspberries, blueberries or blackberries. Add enough melted butter to  lightly coat popcorn. Stir. Pour maple syrup over the warm popcorn and  stir until all the corn, nuts and berries are covered. Shape the sticky  corn into balls and place on a plate to refrigerate until the syrup  hardens.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800080\"><em>Thanksgiving cards and place cards<\/em><\/span><\/strong>:  Fold a piece of paper in half, place a leaf on the inside and close the  card. Use a crayon to rub lightly across the front of the card in the  area where the leaf is. The shape of the leaf will appear on the  outside. Remove the leaf. Write a name on the front for a place card, or  a message inside for a Thanksgiving card. Older children might want to  make more sophisticated designs using more than one leaf.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong><em>Make a chain of paper doll <\/em><\/strong><\/span>(adults  should do the cutting): Fold a piece of paper back and forth over and  over again with a width between folds of 2-3 inches. With the paper  folded cut out a shape of a person, make sure that the hands and feet  touch the fold, but don\u2019t cut through the fold. When you unfold the  paper there will be a line of people holding hands. Children ages 3-10  can color the figures to look like Pilgrims(men wore big white collars,  belts with buckles, and buckles on their shoes, pants to their knees;  women wore white hats and aprons over solid color dresses) or Native  Americans (draw feather headdresses  and brightly colored geometric  patterns on their clothes).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800080\"><strong>Tree of Thanks<\/strong><\/span>:<\/em> This Thanksgiving tree is bound to become a new holiday tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Trace leaves onto autumn colored craft\u2019s paper and cut out. Punch a  hole into the stem of each paper leaf. Measure and cut a 2\u201d length of  wire or twine for each leaf. Thread it through the hole and bend the  ends to make a hook for hanging. Place the tree branches in a pot or  vase. Let the children or\/and guests choose a leaf or two and ask them  to jot down things that they are thankful for.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving, a uniquely American holiday, dates back to the first European settlers in North America. After much hardship, illness and hard work, the Pilgrims were finally able to celebrate a successful harvest which they shared with their Native American friends who had helped them through their difficult beginning in America. 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