Thanksgiving Day - Harvest Festival as is popularly known, is one of the oldest festivals in United Kingdom. It began in churches in the year 1843, when Robert Hawker invited local parishioners to a special thanksgiving service at a church in Cornwall. This resulted in the custom of decorating churches with home-grown products. In the old times, the success of crops determined the success or failure of the people. The natives of UK, pleased the God of fertility by offering him the first sheaf of corn. This was done to ensure a good harvest in the coming season.The entire community is invited for a celebratory dinner as part of the festivity. Source: thanksgiving-day.org Do you celebrate Thanksgiving Day or Harvest Festival?
Posted on: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:10:00 +0000
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