Thanksgiving Day is a holiday in the USA. It is celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday of November. O n Thanksgiving Day, family members and friends get together for a turkey dinner. P eople who live away from their family, leave work early on Wednesday afternoon and go back for a family reunion( 家庭聚会 ). M any people also take Friday off and make it a long weekend. D uring the holiday, the traffic can be a headache. T he tradition of the Thanksgiving holiday began in 1621 when the first English settles( 定居者 ) arrived in the New World. T hey did not have enough food, and the Indians helped the white men and taught them how to grow corn and other vegetables. S o, in the autumn after they came to America, they had a good harvest. The English settlers decided to celebrate, and they invited their Indian neighbors to a big feast in order to give thanks to them for their help and to the God.