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Most stories of Thanksgiving history start with the harvest celebration of the pilgrims and the Native Americans that took place in the autumn of 1621. There is little evidence that this feast of thanks led directly to our modern Thanksgiving Day holiday. Thanksgiving can, however, be traced back to 1863 when Pres. Lincoln became the first president to proclaim Thanksgiving Day. The holiday has been a fixture of late November ever since. 大多数关于感恩节产生的故事都是以1621年秋天清教徒和美国土著人一起庆祝丰收开始的。几乎没有证据表明这次感恩宴会直接演变成了现代感恩节。其实感恩节可以追溯到1863年，林肯是第一位确立感恩节的总统，从那时起这个节日就定在了11月末。 The Pilgrims who sailed to this country aboard the Mayflower set ground at Plymouth Rock on December 11, 1620. Their first winter was devastating. At the beginning of the following fall, they had lost 46 of the original 102 who sailed on the Mayflower. But the harvest of 1621 was a bountiful one. And the remaining colonists decided to celebrate with a feast – including 91 natives who had helped the Pilgrims survive their first year. It lasted three days. 乘坐“五月花”号船来到这个国家的清教徒于1620年12月11日在普里茅斯岩登陆，第一个冬天对他们来说是个灾难。第二年秋天开始的时候，最初乘坐“五月花”号来的102人中有46个人都没能活下来。但1621年获得了大丰收，剩下的殖民者决定办一场宴会庆祝一下——邀请了91位曾经帮清教徒挺过第一年的土著人，宴会持续了三天。 | 
