
037 - Expression: To Quit Cold Turkey / Thanksgiving in the U.S.
American English Podcast
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The History of Thanksgiving
The first feast was celebrated to give thanks to the harvest and to quote the Almighty God. Abraham Lincoln made it a national holiday in the 1800s. The Wampanoags actually wanted to get some special knives that the Europeans had in exchange for some pelts.
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