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American Thanksgiving commemorates pilgrims from England surviving their first brutal New England winter with the help of Native Americans. During the winter of 1620 most of the pilgrims stayed on the Mayflower where half of the 102 passengers died from scurvy and exposure. When they came ashore in spring, they were greeted by English speaking natives from the Abenaki and Pawtuxet tribes who showed them how to hunt, fish and farm. That fall, the Pilgrims invited their new found friends for a three day long feast which probably included deer, lobster, fish, and all types of fowl.

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South Africa President Jacob Zuma holds the spar that was used to kill the cow in Cleansing and Thanksgiving ceremony at the historic Waaihoek Church in Bloemfontein on January 7, 2012. South Africa's mighty African National Congress on January 6, 2012 began celebrations for its centenary, still firmly at the helm of Nelson Mandela's all-race democracy despite losing some of its shine.

Pedestrians walk beneath suspended lifesize figures of Santa Claus delivering toys from in his sleigh being pulled by reindeer along Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills on December 21, 2011 in California. As gift-buying frenzy mounts in the days before Christmas, US retailers are exporting the country's shopping culture along with once hard-to-get goods to locales around the world with spending at US 'e-commerce' websites climbing 15 percent from the previous year by the start of December, and online sales on the 'Cyber Monday' following Thanksgiving setting a new record high of $1.25 billion, according to comScore.

NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 24: Spectators line 7th Avenue for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on November 24, 2011 in New York City. The 85th annual event is the second oldest Thanksgiving Day parade in the U.S.

Occupy DC protesters queue up to get Thanksgiving meal at the McPherson Square in Washington, DC, on November 24, 2011. Protesters from Washington's two Occupy Wall Street offshoots flocked Wednesday to a historic church where Abraham Lincoln once prayed for a Thanksgiving buffet and some robust words of support. Organizing the feast was Occupy Faith DC, an inter-faith coalition set up a month ago to give food, equipment and spiritual support to Occupy DC in McPherson Square and Occupy Washington DC in Freedom Plaza.

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