Thankfulness Traditionally, Thanksgiving is a religious holiday, as a time to give thanks to God for the blessings in one's life.

一开始小编以为感恩节是用来感谢朋友，家人一年内对自己的照顾，原来人家是来感谢上帝的啊！

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For the Pilgrims, Thanksgiving was intended to be a religious holiday of fasting and prayer, but only turned to a feast after the rains came during one such period in 1623.

对于清教徒来说，感恩节是个虔诚的节日，在这段时间里人们禁食和祈祷。不过，1623年的那次感恩节下了场雨，于是节日内容转变成大快朵颐了。

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To be sure, there were some full houses Sunday, even on a major religious holiday in Greece.

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Or Kwanzaa for that matter, which in fact is not a religious holiday but a cultural celebration, created in 1966.

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The order will allow the mosque to complete the inspection process so it can use its building in time for the religious holiday of Ramadan, which starts at sunset Thursday, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty said in a statement.

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