英语作文关于感恩的作文（热门20篇）

It was Mother’s Day. Sun Zheng thought he should do something for his

mother. He decided to help his mother do some housework. After school he went to

a shop to buy some food on his way home.

When he got home, he did his best to cook some nice food,though he couldn’t

do the cooking well. Thenhe cleaned the room. He felt very tired, but he was

very happy.

When his father and his mother came back and saw the clean rooms and dishes

which weren’t so nice, they were very happy.They had their supper together. His

mother said, "Thank you,my child!"

Happy Thanksgiving!

感恩节快乐!

You are the joy of my life.

是你给我带来了欢笑。

for all the times I needed a shoulder to lean on.

在我需要依靠之时，

I will be home for Thanksgiving, so save a little turkey for me.

我会回家过感恩节，所以请留点儿火鸡给我。

For all the days that I have been lonely,

在我孤独寂寞之时，

for all the times that I have felt blue,

在我忧伤痛苦之时，

Have a FULL Thanksgiving day!

感恩节快乐!好好吃一顿吧!

Happy Thanksgiving day!

我的朋友，感恩节快乐!

Happy Thanksgiving day!

感恩节快乐，我的朋友!

A card can say more than a thousand words.

一张卡片胜过千言万语。

I wish you could be here on Thanksgiving.

但愿你能来过感恩节。

This will be our first Thanksgiving apart.

这将是我们第一次不在一起过感恩节。

Our first Thanksgiving should be our best.

我们第一次共度的感恩节是我们最美好的时光。

It will be sad not to see you during the holiday when families get together.

家人团聚的节日里，不能看到你，我会感到难过。

I wouldnt want to spend Thanksgiving with anyone else.

我只愿和你共度感恩节。

Thanksgiving just wont be the same without you.

没有你，感恩节就不会一样了。

Thanksgiving is a great time to tell you that we love you kids.

孩子们，感恩节这时刻，我们要说：我们爱你们。

Thanksgiving is a time when I tell you that I love you.

感恩节就是我告诉你我爱你的时候。

I hope you are feeling thankful after your supper.

希望你吃过晚饭后有感恩的心情。

Thanksgiving is the best holiday of the year.

感恩节是一年中最好的节日。

I love to eat, so I love Thanksgiving.

我爱吃，所以我爱感恩节。

Have a MID-FULL Thanksgiving!

感恩节请勿暴饮暴食!

As time goes by, the twinkling of an eye, I would rise on the fifth grade. I think my parents is very hard, and use their hard earned money for us to buy school supplies, paying tuition, grandma and grandpa and my three meals a day. Do you use every day the busy figure in the face of I, though, I am very lonely, but your hard beyond my lonely.

Remember once, I dont feel well, mom quantity the warm to me, I have a fever to 39. 5 degrees Celsius. Mother is more hectic, when dad was on a business trip, and but also busy as a bee. Mom has a hand for medicine, and the other hand, water for me. And mom sleep in my bed and looked at me. Mother and got up early in the morning, cook porridge for me. My disease has been good, but my mothers eyes are red blood silk tightly surrounded. But, at that time I was small, I also dont know what to do for my mother, and I was in his room to review, to get a good mark in the final exam.

Since in that, I am very grateful to my parents, if they can take time to chat with me, I will loudly tell me the truth: "I love you, you are my idol."

My parents are very hard, very great! I am proud of them! I love them!

时光流逝，一眨眼，我就升上了五年级。我觉得我的父母很辛苦，他们用辛辛苦苦赚来的钱供我们买学习用品、交学费，爷爷奶奶和我的一日三餐等。你们每天都用那繁忙的身影面对我，虽然，我是很孤独，但你们的辛苦却超越了我的孤单。

记得有一次，我不舒服，妈妈拿量温器给我，结果我发烧到39。5摄氏度。妈妈更加是手忙脚乱，当时，爸爸在出差，而且也忙得不可开交。妈妈只好一只手拿药，另一只手拿水，给我服用。而且，妈妈在我的床边看着我睡觉。妈妈早上又早早地起了床，为我熬粥。我的病已经好了，但妈妈的眼球被红血丝紧紧地包围着。但是，在那个时候的我也还小，我也不知道能为妈妈做点什么，而我就在自己的房间里复习，争取在期末考试里取得优异成绩。

自从在那次以后，我都非常感恩我的父母，如果他们能抽时间跟我聊聊天，我会大声地说出我的心里话：“我爱你，你们是我的偶像。”

我的父母很辛苦，很伟大!我为他们而感到自豪!我爱他们!

Americans are the most important meal of the year, Thanksgiving dinner is. The pace of life in the United States soon, the competition is fierce, very simple daily diet. But on the night of Thanksgiving Day, every family banquet bulk sample, abundance of goods, is breathtaking. On festal table, to the President, right down to the subaltern, Turkey and pumpkin pie is essential. Therefore, Thanksgiving Day is also called "Turkey day".

Thanksgiving foods rich in traditional characteristics. The main course is a traditional Thanksgiving Turkey, it was a wild bird perched on North America, after a large number of breeding, people become delicious poultry, each can only forty or fifty pounds. Fortress condiments are usually put the bird and with good food, then the whole baking, goose baked brown, from the host with a knife slices to everybody. Then by yourself on every marinades, sprinkle with salt, the taste is very delicious. In addition, the tradition of Thanksgiving food and sweet potato, maize, pumpkin pie, red berry moss jam, baking bread and various vegetable and fruit, etc.

美国人一年中最重视的一餐，就是感恩节的晚宴。在美国这个生活节奏很快，竞争激烈的国度里，平日的饮食极为简单。但在感恩节的夜晚，家家户户都大办筵席，物品之丰盛，令人咋舌。在节日的餐桌上，上至总统，下至庶民，火鸡和南瓜饼都是必备的。因此，感恩节也被称为“火鸡节”。

感恩节的食品富有传统特色。火鸡是感恩节的传统主菜，它原是栖息于北美洲的野禽，后经人们大批饲养，成为美味家禽，每只可重达四五十磅。通常是把火鸡肚子里塞上各种调料和拌好的食品，然后整只烤出，鸡皮烤成深棕色，由男主人用刀切成薄片分给大家。然后由各人自己浇上卤汁，洒上盐，味道十分鲜美。此外，感恩节的传统食品还有甜山芋、玉蜀黍、南瓜饼、红莓苔子果酱、自己烘烤的面包及各种蔬菜和水果等。

In this world, there is a broad selfless love, everywhere, do you feel? When we babble, when we learn to walk, when we grow up. Who is it? Has been protecting us, teach us to be? - the parents! We should not Thanksgiving our parents?

So, how should we treat our parents? It should return with the heart of Thanksgiving our parents. Actually, this kind of ubiquitous love is life in the small truths, mother, got up very early every day, for we do breakfast, I together to eat hot food, not only that, we go to school, but also of housekeeping at home, we have to point to shuttle from school. Dont we should return our mother? Father works in the outside work, earn money to maintain life, dont go home, dad came home after only a few days, his friend for his drink, he refused. Because he wants to accompany me at home, we should not repay our father?

Actually, we want to return our parents, does not have to do something, as long as small truths in life to help parents do something, obey them. This is the greatest return to their parents, they know: my children to grow up.

All the parents poor heart! In these 11 years, my parents dont know how much sweat for us. But, we know that these? As long as you are with a grateful heart, you will find this invisible love.

Hundred good filial first, lets return for our parents.

在这个世界上，有一种宽广无私的爱，无处不在的情，你感受到了吗?当我们呀呀学语的时候，当我们学走路的时候，当我们长大之后。是谁?一直在呵护我们，教我们做人?——是父母!我们不应该感恩我们的父母吗?

那么，我们应该怎样对待我们的父母呢?那就应该以感恩的心回报我们的父母。其实，这种无处不在的情就是生活中一件件小事，母亲，每天起得很早很早，为我们做好早饭，我一起来就可以吃到热乎乎的饭菜，不但如此，我们上学之后，还要在家操劳家务，到点还要接送我们放学。难道我们不应该回报我们的母亲吗?父亲在外边打工干活，挣钱维持生活，长年不回家，父亲回家之后也只能住几天，他的朋友找他喝酒，他拒绝了。因为他要在家陪我，我们不应该报答我们的父亲吗?

其实，我们想要回报我们的父母，并不一定要做出什么大事，只要在生活中一件件小事中帮父母干点什么，顺从一点他们。这就是对父母最大的回报了，他们知道了：自己的孩子长大了。

可怜天下父母心呀!这11年来，父母不知道为我们付出了多少血汗。可是，我们知道这些吗?只要你怀着一颗感恩的心，你就会发现这种无形的爱。

百善孝为先，让我们回报我们的父母吧。

Thanksgiving, is to be one of the basic virtues. People who want to learn to be grateful, learn to repay.

This morning, the day Yin down, suddenly to rain cats and dogs. The classmates umbrellas in the rain step by step, insist on back to school. Although almost all the students umbrellas, or because of too much rain is wet. The students began to complain about the weather. At this moment, the teacher in charge teacher saw this situation, while maintaining the order of the class take out a cellular phone call contact more than a dozen students in the class parents, hope they can help children to clothing. In this more than a dozen parents, Yang Baihui of parents is the most hard, she started just for my son to send clothes, get wet later heard that the rest of the class and didnt inform parents, immediately go home in the rain, bring clothes, pants, etc., in person to the classmates, asked cold ask warm, no half sentence.

After the event, once the teacher and the students are very grateful to the maverick of parents for their children, for Yang Baihui parents also want to say "thank you", but because of the trouble to her and regret, had also helped the teacher, she can use the office phone contact parents, but she has not done so.

Say "thank you" is easy, but heartfelt "thank you" is the most important thing.

感恩，是做人的基本美德之一。人要学会感恩，学会报答。

今天早上，天阴了下来，突然，下起了倾盆大雨。同学们撑着雨伞踏着雨水一步一步坚持回到学校。虽然同学们几乎都撑着雨伞，但还是因为雨势过大被淋湿了。同学们开始抱怨天气的千变万化。这时，班主任曾老师看到这种情形，一边维持班里的秩序一边掏出手机打电话联系班上十几位同学的家长，希望他们能为孩子送服装。在这十几位家长当中，杨柏辉的家长是最辛苦的，她一开始只是为儿子送衣服，后来听说班上其他同学淋湿了却没通知家长，立即冒雨回家，带来衣服、裤子等，亲自派发给同学们，问寒问暖，没有半句怨言。

事后，曾老师与同学们都很感谢为自己的孩子四处奔波的家长，对于杨柏辉的家长也要说声“谢谢”，更因为麻烦到她而深感歉意，曾老师也是功不可没的，她完全可以利用办公室的电话联系家长，但她并没有这么做。

说“谢谢”容易，可发自内心的“谢谢”才是最重要的。

"Who made the heart-inch grass, at a three chunhui", his father harsh rebuke of bearing wear infinite hope, in the mothers gentle care contains the infinite love, is that they use industrious arms supporting a wind through the rains home, that is they used a hot heart love tender young children, dont open of love! Let the children never go out you of is affectionate eyes. Although I cant make a great move, but its not aim at mothers day to send a bouquet of carnations, hang a call in fathers day, deep feeling ground say: mom and dad were laborious!

Both from the source of Thanksgiving, and our life experience, if you really have a grateful heart, just can enjoy life, feel the life really associating and goodness.

With a grateful heart to set foot on the journey of life road, let us be grateful, affliction, or suffering, you will get the perfect life!

“谁言寸草心，报得三春晖”，父亲的严辞责备中承戴着无限的希冀，母亲的温柔呵护里蕴含着无限的关爱，是他们用勤劳的双臂支撑起一座遮风撑雨的家，是他们用成热的心护爱着嫩幼的儿女，浓情化不开的爱啊!让孩子们一辈子也走不出您那双饱含深情的眼睛。我虽不能做出惊天动地的举动，但也不志在母亲节送一个束康乃馨，在父亲节挂上一个电话，深情地说一声：爸妈辛苦了!

无论是从感恩节的来源，还是我们的生活感受，只有真正拥有一颗感恩的心，方可欣赏人生，感悟人生的真缔和美好。

携一颗感恩之心踏上人生的旅路吧，让我们充满感激，不论是困苦，还是磨难，你将获得完美的人生!

In your life, parents are the best, but you cant leave your parents in your life and repay your parents when you grow up. When you were a child, if you were sick, your parents would take care of you, even if you couldnt sleep, and watch over the night. If parents are ill, can you take care of your parents? When I was a child, my parents gave us a lot of things, which gave us a lot of happiness and gave us a lot of warmth. When you grow up and dont give back to your parents, do you think you will go? So we need to love our parents and be grateful to our parents.

Third grade: liu yi shading.

We can live in this beautiful， wonderful world， because our parents raised

us. They taught us the life every one of the first， is the first step they

taught us to walk， is they taught us that the first sentence， is they taught us

to recognize the first word... If without our dear parents， there is no us.

One time， I got acute disease， just the heavy rain that day， mom and dad

are very worried， they take me to the hospital together， dad behind my back that

day， mother behind his umbrella to us， because it was late， we only have to walk

to the hospital， the mother to the hospital to register， with my dad， waiting

for the doctor to see a doctor for me， that we always stay up till midnight， see

I don‘t have anything， mom and dad with a smile， but my tears blurred my eyes.

So I told mom and dad said： “I will study hard repay you later.” They said： “as

long as you are healthy and happy， good performance， is the best for us in

return.” I nodded solemnly. From then on， I told myself I must good good study，

don’t let parents worry about， because I want to use results to repay their

parents.

I am very grateful to my parents， I want to learn to be grateful. Have

words to say well “who made the heart-inch grass， at a three chunhui”.

Therefore， in order to repay hard raising my parents， I must study hard now，

when I grow up， find a good job， let parents abetted. Parents paid for me， I

will thank you ten times， one hundred times， return them， let them give

valuable.

the thankful great universe provides the environment of existence for us and give us sunlight, air, water and everything in keeping with we existence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us, bring to us mysterious let us look for.

the thankful parents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the human life, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comity of the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feel hardships and pain and sufferings of the human life!

the thankful teacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach, give us knowledge ability, put on the wing which flies toward the ideal for us.

the thankful classmate and friend grows up road of, let i no longer standing alone in the itinerary of life; the with gratitude is frustrated and let us become in a time the failure stronger.

Today is Thanksgiving Day, I think I should thank the teacher.

Teachers are the most brilliant career and also the most extraordinary career.

Tanghong this year over 20 years old, is a beautiful young dance teacher. The earthquake, she is welcome to the students rehearsing "June 1" Childrens Day of the dance. Found dangerous situation, she pushed the students a corner, they hold in their arms, fell to the collapse of the buildings on her…… her body was found, she Fushen the wall in the corner. Her arms, three girls survived.

The ruins, her broken body into Liangjie, facial Xueroumohu. Her hands still firmly Yongzhe two students! Bai how people can not Baikai her hands tightly Louzhu students! When the earthquake happened, she was evacuated students leave the classroom. Shouzuwucuo see there are two students, she ran the last step, a first-hand Louzhu, outside-in. Teaching building suddenly collapsed, she and several students buried in the rubble. The teacher called to Qian, graduated from university last year, to Shifang-Habitat When English teachers in primary schools. Qian to the father of allegiance to the sea is Shifang Nanquan, deputy principals in primary schools, he Beitongyujue: "I can understand that, as teachers, should be so! Should do!"

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感恩老师

今天是感恩节，我想我最应该感谢的人是老师。

教师是最辉煌的职业，也是最杰出的职业。

汤鸿今年20多岁，是名年轻漂亮的舞蹈老师。地震发生时，她正在为学生排练“六月一日”儿童节的舞蹈。发现险情后，她把学生的一个角落，他们抱在自己怀中，倒在了建筑物对她......她的尸体被发现的崩溃，她俯身趴角落里的墙。她的胳膊，三个女孩存活。

废墟中，她的身体断成两截，脸部血肉模糊。她的双手仍紧紧拥着两个学生!人们怎么掰，也无法掰开她紧紧搂住学生的双手!地震发生时，她被疏散的学生离开教室。看到有两个学生手足无措，她跑过去，一手搂住一个，在外面。教学楼突然坍塌，她和几名学生被埋在废墟中。老师叫钱，去年毕业，到什邡当小学英语教师的时候。向倩的父亲向忠海是什邡南泉，小学副校长，他悲痛欲绝：“我可以理解，作为教师，应该是这样的!应该做!”

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My Mother is a kind of gentle woman. She is always very gentle. She takes

good care of her children and keeps them all at school. I have one brother and

two sistets. So she gets four children in all. She gives us every comfort. We

all love her and she loves us also.

My mother has too much to do in bringing us up. As our family is too poor

to keep a servant, my mother has always to do very much work. She gets up very

early and sleeps very late every day. She works hard, yet without

complaining.

She is also a thrifty, and industrious woman. She saves every cent that she

can and keeps everything in order. As she has been busy eversince she was young,

she looks older than she really is. Her face is wrinkled, her hair becomes

silver white, but she works as hard as ever.

Often she says to us, "work while you work, play while you play. If you do

not work, you will become lazy and of no use to society." What piece of good

advice this is! We must worth it well and always keep it in our mind.

Since we were born, many people help us a lot. We should be grateful to their kindness. But the ones we should show our greatest appreciation are our parents. From the first day we appear in their lives, they give us all their love and care, but never expect anything in return. As long as they are there, we do not feel any difficulties, because they are always in front of our shelter, preventing us from difficulties and danger. In order to make our lives better, learn better, they do everything they can to create the best conditions for us, but ignore their own needs. Therefore, we need to cherish parents’ love and repay their upbringing. We should treat them as they treat us.

从我们出生的那天开始，许多人都帮助过我们。我们应该感谢他们的友好。但是，我们最应该感谢的人是我们的父母。从我们出现在他们生活中的那天开始，他们不求回报地给了我们所有的爱和关怀。只要有他们在，我们感觉不到任何的困难，因为他们总在我们的前方为我们遮风挡雨，把我们挡在困难和危险的后面。为了让我们生活得更好，学习得更好，他们竭尽所能得为我们创造最好的条件，却忽略了自己的需要。因此，我们要珍惜父母的深情，要报答父母的养育之恩，要如他们对待我们这般来回报父母。

"Grateful heart, thanks for having you, with my life let me have the courage to be myself". It was my parents who gave me life, thanks to my parents, who brought me from the cradle to the now "handsome" me.

I remember one time I helped my parents cook and cut vegetables. It took me about 40 minutes to cut the vegetables, and the chopped vegetables were cabbage, eggplant, garlic, pepper and meat. Mother said that the water cabbage is to be cut, the meat should be cut into small long strips; The eggplant is cut in half and cut into pieces to make homemade eggplant. If you want to fry the braised eggplant, you will have to cut into strips. After cutting, soak in water for about 10 minutes, and the eggplant is delicious. My mother said that the chilies should take the root of the pepper, or the hand would be numb in a moment, so I would take the root of the pepper, cut the chilli and cut the garlic, and the garlic would be cut in pieces. The dish has been finished, my hand is a little tired, think of the parents work very busy at ordinary times, I feel can not give up, must persevere, can succeed.

Start the cooking, first brush the pan clean, turn on the liquid gas, light the fire, put the oil into the pot, then put the pepper and the water cabbage in, add some salt, and then use the pan to stir Fried vegetables. After you cook it, put it in a bowl so that the delicious food comes out.

Although chopping vegetables and cooking are very tired, but I still feel very happy. As a primary school student, we need to understand the fathers love like a mountain, mother love like the sea, to help parents do what they can do. Let us always remember the grace of our parents, learn to be grateful, and learn to be grateful. In order to better repay the society, return the motherland.

I would like to say, thank you ,dear teacher. You always treat us students as your own children. No matter how bad the weather is or how sick you are feeling. You never miss the classes because your personal reason.

I would like to say, thank you, dear teacher. You teach us how to solve the questions and you also tell us how to face the difficulties in our daily lives. Because of you, we will never lost the goal we students should have, and now we are getting more and more close to that goal.

I would like to say, thank you, dear teacher. Your shining smile make us feel confident when we face the exams. And your words we will keep in mind to guide our actions. This confidence and the guide will help us find the right way to step on. We will never get lost any more.

Thank you, my teacher.

Some say, knowledge is the source of wisdom. You know, who is this gives you knowledge? Right! He is our teacher selfless dedication. With a boat in the sea, people call it the boat "knowledge". Only wise, the learned man to drive it to the shore of success. So, this teach us knowledge is our peoples teacher. Behind a successful man, there is a man who taught him knowledge workers, that is the teacher. The teacher is human engineer, the construction of the motherland beautiful tomorrow; The teacher like the gardener, hard to cultivate our these flowers of the motherland; , teacher like a candle, burn yourself out to give light to others. The teacher is like a silkworm, sacrifice themselves, the benefit of others.

I have a grateful heart, I am grateful parents, thank a teacher. Friend, do you? Hope you have a grateful heart, in that way, our motherlands tomorrow will be better!

有人说，知识是智慧的源泉。你知道，这个授于你知识的人是谁吗?对!他就是我们无私奉献的老师。大海里有一条小船，人们称它为“知识之舟”。只有聪明，有学问的人才能驾驶着它驶向成功的彼岸。那么，这个传授给我们知识的人就是我们的人民教师。一个成功者的背后都有一个教给人他知识的劳动者，那就是老师。老师就是人类的工程师，建设祖国的美好明天;老师就像园丁，辛勤地培育着我们这些祖国的花朵;老师就像蜡烛，燃烧自己，照亮别人;老师就像春蚕，牺牲自己，造福别人。

我有一颗感恩的心，我懂得感恩父母，感恩老师。朋友，你呢?希望你也有一颗感恩的心，那样，我们祖国的明天将会更美好!

The thankfulgreat universe provides the environment of existence for us andgive us sunlight, air, water and everything in keeping with weexistence of space, bring storm to let us accept to toughen for us,bring to us mysterious let us look for.

The thankfulparents give us the life, make us feel the merriment of the humanlife, feel the genuine feeling of the human life, feel the comityof the human life, feel happiness of the human life, also feelhardships and pain and sufferings of the human life!

The thankfulteacher works with diligence and without fatigue everyday of teach,give us knowledge ability, put on the wing which flies toward theideal for us.

The thankfulclassmate and friend grows up road of, let I no longer standingalone in the itinerary of life; The with gratitude is frustratedand let us become in a time the failure stronger.

Dear dad and mum,

Today is Thanksgiving Day,so I want to write a letter to you.I know you are kind and helpful to me.You cook meals and wash clothes for me every day.At the weekend,you often prepare some of my favorite food.Sometimes you also help me with my lessons.I know you are very strict with me,but when I make a mistake,you first listen to me and then have a talk with me instead of just complaining about it.You always try to understand me.I think that is a good way for a child to grow up.With your care,I am living and studying happily,so I want to say "I love you,dad and mum" .

Yours

Baby

In the United States, Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is the second Monday in October. On this holiday, a Thanksgiving meal is prepared with all the trimmings; families gather together and talk, while others watch a game or a parade filled with pilgrims, Indians and other colonial figures. Some families may even have their own yearly Thanksgiving traditions.

What comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving? Do you picture a time of thankfulness towards God—or is it merely one of eating, partying or watching football?

Sadly, the latter is what Thanksgiving has become to most. They have forgotten why the day was established. Its meaning has slowly deteriorated, and is now almost completely lost under a cloud of media hype, sales pitches, marketing tactics and blitz commercialism.

While many are familiar with the traditional representation of the original Thanksgiving, it is helpful to examine the purpose for which it was first celebrated. By doing this, the days meaning will be firmly established

在美国,感恩节是在十一月的第四个星期四。在加拿大,它是在十月的第二个星期一。在这个节日,感恩节大餐准备所有的礼品;家人聚集在一起,说话,而其他看游戏或一个充满朝圣者游行,印第安人和其他殖民地的人物。一些家庭甚至有自己的每年感恩节的传统。

你认为感恩节时想到什么?你照片的感激对上帝或者它仅仅是吃饭,聚会或者看足球吗?

可悲的是,后者已经成为大多数是感恩节。他们已经忘记了为什么成立的那一天。它的意义逐渐恶化,现在几乎完全失去了云媒体炒作下,销售宣传、营销策略和闪电战商业化。

虽然许多熟悉的传统表示原来的感恩节,是有帮助检查它最先的目的。通过这样做,将坚定的日子意义

This Thursday is Thanksgiving Day. The writer O’Henry called it the one day that is purely American. Thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. But it has ritual meaning. Some Americans attend religious services on the day before Thanksgiving or on Thanksgiving morning. Others travel long distances to be with their families. They have a large dinner which is the main part of the celebration. For many Americans, Thanksgiving is the only time when all members of the family gather. The holiday is a time of family reunion. Thanksgiving week is generally one of the busiest travel times of the year. However, experts say this year probably will be different. On September 11th, thousands of people died when terrorists hijacked airplanes that struck buildings in Washington D.C. and New York City. Many people now say they are worried about flying on a plane. Travel experts say almost 6 percent fewer people will make long trips this Thanksgiving compared with last year. Many Americans who usually visit family and friends by plane are driving shorter distances instead this week. Some mental health experts say the attacks have frightened people. They say people feel safer and happier close to home. More than any other holiday, Thanksgiving is a celebration of family and home. Many people say that this year they are especially thankful for their families and friends and the good things in their lives. On Thanksgiving, people enjoy a long day of cooking, eating and talking. The traditional meal almost always includes the turkey with a bread mixture cooked inside. Other traditional Thanksgiving food served with turkey are sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. Stores are said to sell more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year, and many people eat more food at Thanksgiving than at any other time of the year. Over the years, Americans have added new traditions to their Thanksgiving celebration. For example, a number off professional and university football games are played on Thanksgiving Day. Some of the games are broadcast on national television.