Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday in America. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November. On this day, families come together for a big meal that includes turkey and pumpkin pie. Before they eat, people say what they are thankful for. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims who sailed from England to America in November 1620. Their first year was very hard and many people died. But they had a good harvest which they were thankful for. To celebrate, they had a big Thanksgiving meal in October 1621. This was the first Thanksgiving but it didn’t become a national holiday until 1941.