In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made his Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. The nation has celebrated the special day ever since.
(1)__________________________________. Some companies and most schools also shut down the following Friday. But, it appears that Thanksgiving Day, like other national and religious holidays, has been highly commercialized, to the point that many people forget what we are supposed to be celebrating. If we were to survey people on the street and ask, “(2)________________________________”, we would probably get answers like:turkey, pilgrims, fall, pumpkins, corn stalks, etc.
But how many people on Thanksgiving Day actually pause and do what the name of the event suggests?
(3)___________________________________?
