An English corner in Tineo!

Thanksgiving Day is a day set aside in the United States and Canada for giving thanks. People give thanks with feasting and prayer for the blessings that they have received during the year. The first Thanksgivings were harvest festivals, or days for thanking God for plentiful crops. For this reason, the holiday is associated with fall – a time of harvesting the crops.

We learnt a lot of things on Thanksgiving, and it was all thanks to Kathryn Vanney, our language assistant.

We talked about religious prosecution in England,

about the Mayflower and its 102 pilgrims crossing the Ocean,

about Plymouth and Massachusetts,…

and we obviously remembered that hard winter and the generosity of the Indians (or, as Kathryn always reminds us, Native Americans).

We were able to name nearly all the food that people have in this celebration:

 potatoes (mashed ), turkey (with stuffing), veggies, gravy, raspberry sauce, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, corn, … and of course PUMPKIN PIE. 

Kathryn told us that American people love pumpkin pie, so she offered herself to cook one for us and we decided to try it! Some of us found it delicious,  others … not so much, but we all enjoyed the experience, and we had a good laugh!

CLICK on the  pumpkin pie image on the right, if you want to see Kathryn at her best making the pie at the school canteen.

And here we are having our yummy yummy pumpkin pie!

CLICK on the jolly pumpkin to see it all

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