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Italian Thanksgiving |
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Italians give thanks to God for providing a harvest just as Romans did. |
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Italian-Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Italian style. |
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Christian character of
Giving Thanks · |
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The Real meaning of Thanksgiving Day - Giving Thanks to God · Sometimes it is helpful to get Children Back to
Basics on what it means to
Be Thankful. · · |
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Thanksgiving holiday is usually
celebrated in the American home focused on food and wine, but people have
forgotten that it was a day set aside to give thanks to God for what he has
provided. In early history, as with the
Pilgrims, securing food was a time consuming undertaking performed by skill
and faith. The pilgrims who sought spiritual Christian freedom journeyed by
faith to the shores of America and then survived a winter with sparse food
supplies. They survived by faith and prospered thus giving thanks to the
Lord. This Thanksgiving celebration coincided with the harvest. In the same
way, immigrant Italians journeyed from Sicily to the shores of the new land
and found a harsh winter of discrimination and menial jobs but survived and
prospered to where they could give thanks to God for the harvest and blessing
of a life of freedom, family, food and faith in Christ in the new America.
The Italian culture and community made many contributions to the fabric of
America and the quality of life. |
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