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Thanksgiving is a day when people send loving messages and warm wishes to their relatives, friends, near and dear ones. It is a day of conveying their feelings through Thanksgiving cards. The day is a time to show your gratitude and respect to your elders, friends. Popular gifts include thanksgiving flowers, jewellery, baked cookie, chocolate gift baskets, candies, wine etc. 11

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Other Thanksgiving Traditions: Attending or watching parades The first American Thanksgiving Day parade was held in 1920, organized by Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia, not Macys as most people believe. The NYC Macys Thanksgiving Day parade tradition actually began in 1924, and has grown into an annual event of balloons, bands, and floats, enjoyed by more than 46 million people each year in person and on TV.

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Other Thanksgiving Traditions Watching and playing American footbal Throughout the United States, football on Thanksgiving Day is as big a part of the celebration as turkey and pumpkin pie. Dating back to the first intercollegiate football championship held on Thanksgiving Day in 1876, traditional holiday football rivalries have become so popular that a reporter once called Thanksgiving a holiday granted by the State and the Nation to see a game of football.

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Other Thanksgiving Traditions Playing the Wishbone Game Family fights over the wishbone from the Thanksgiving turkey. Known as a lucky break the tradition of tugging on either end of a fowls bone to win the larger piece and its accompanying wish dates back to the Etruscans of 322 B.C. The Romans brought the tradition with them when they conquered England and the English colonists carried the tradition on to America. 15

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