The dinner forms the most significant part of every Thanksgiving celebration. It is a time when the head of every individual Christian family expresses gratitude to the almighty on behalf of everyone assembled and remembers that wonderful feast
organized by the English pilgrims settled at Plymouth to thank God and their newly formed friends, the members of the Wampanoag tribe who helped them in farming and reaping a good harvest in 1621. The dinner is enjoyed by every member of a family. The celebrations end with every family member singing the "Turkey Song", an amusing piece of composition traditionally sung at the concluding moments of every annual Thanksgiving Day celebration and dedicated to the turkey which has become almost a mascot of modern Thanksgiving observances.
The lines of this funfilled song go thus:
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O turkey dear
O turkey dear
How lovely are thy feathers
O turkey dear
O turkey dear
There could be nothing better!
We celebrate Thanksgiving Day
By putting your carcass on display.
O turkey dear
O turkey dear
You thought we were friends who came to greet you.
O turkey dear
O turkey dear
We gathered here to eat you!
O turkey day
O turkey day
The family is all together
O turkey day
O turkey day
We've over come bad weather
Seeing the family is so fab
We'll see ya'll again in rehab.
O turkey day
O turkey day
We'll drink away your memory. |
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