Thanksgiving is a traditional celebration that has its roots in the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th. In 1789, George Washington declared it a national holiday. Thanksgiving as we celebrate it today, however, dates back to 1863 when Abraham Lincoln officially made it recurrent on the last Thursday of November. Traditionally, Thanksgiving has been understood as a twofold holiday with a cultural-historical and religious dimension. People not only celebrated the earlier tradition of the first harvest but also offered a prayer of gratitude to God. This prayer had different purposes over time such as thanking …