Thanksgiving is supposed to represent a 'first meal' that pilgrims who came to the Americas had with the native tribes, I can remember there being some play that my elementary school did about Thanksgiving but it was more a show for the parents and less about the actual history (I hardly remember what the real history is supposed to be). Today it basically represents a day for families to all come together at the dinner table to be thankful for whatever they have in life (family, friends, food, shelter, good health, things) and eat turkey, mashed potatoes w/gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, green beans, corn, pumpkin pie, apple pie, drink eggnog, it's not uncommon for a family to have a secret recipe or two they only break out for Thanksgiving to impress the relatives. Thanksgiving is also unfortunately ignored a lot of the time in its importance of being thankful, you don't really see Thanksgiving commercials, no, you'll see Black Friday commercials to get people thinking about Christmas shopping earlier. It's nice to see other people remembering Thanksgiving's importance