It's easy to stay organized with the 2010 Engagement Calendar, a charmingly illustrated hardbound, lay-flat, desk calendar.
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Thanksgiving Day
Our modern Thanksgiving has its origins in two very old and very different holidays: the harvest home feast and the formal day of thanksgiving proclaimed by church or government authorities in gratitude for a particular event, such as a military victory. Very few days of thanksgiving coincided with harvest celebrations. Thanksgiving Day began in the early 1600s when our forefathers in Massachusetts and Virginia set aside a time to give thanks for their survival, for the fertility of their fields, and for their faith. Settlers in Plymouth Colony expressed their gratitude with a celebration in 1621, while colonists in Jamestown first marked the occasion in 1621. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November for a national celebration of Thanksgiving. (In 1941, Congress designated the fourth Thursday in November.) Roast turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, vegetables, and pumpkin pie are believed to have been the main dishes of the New England harvest home feast and became popular because of that supposed connection to the Pilgrims. (Some historians doubt whether turkey was served.)
