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Americans of all religions celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. Children do not go to school, and most businesses close for four days. People in Canada also celebrate Thanksgiving, but they celebrate it on the second Monday in October.
Thanksgiving is a special day for families, and people travel great distances to be with families for this occasion.
Today the traditional Thanksgiving meal is similar to the first. People eat roast turkey with cranberry sauce,potatoes,corn and pumpkin pie. Vegetarians don´t eat, but they still celebrate Thanksgiving with other foods, such as soya products,rice, fruit, vegetables and big salads. Many charity organitzations prepare a free meal for the poor people in their town or city.
New York City celebrates with Macy´s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Macy´s department store organised its firts parade in 1924. This parade is very famous, and more tan two million people go to see it every year.

.- Bueno, después de leer este texto sobre una celebración importante seguro que estáis preparados para
contestar algunas preguntas sobre vuestras celebraciones familiares, verdad?.
.- You can work with a partner and talk about the special foods you eat during a festivity.Use these questions to help you:
a) What is the festivity?
b) What are the special foods?
c) Do you like these special foods?.
d) Do you know how to prepare these foods? Who prepare them in your family?.
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