{"id":33628,"date":"2025-11-17T17:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/?p=33628"},"modified":"2026-08-17T13:03:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:03:29","slug":"how-to-celebrate-thanksgiving-like-a-true-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/how-to-celebrate-thanksgiving-like-a-true-american\/","title":{"rendered":"How to celebrate Thanksgiving like a true American"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"212\" data-end=\"526\">Thanksgiving is one of the most meaningful holidays in the United States, and it\u2019s a celebration that is starting to gain popularity in other countries too. Thanks in part to the growing excitement around <strong data-start=\"417\" data-end=\"433\">Black Friday<\/strong>, the traditions linked to Thanksgiving are becoming increasingly fascinating for many of us.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"666\">If you\u2019d like to celebrate <strong data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"575\">Thanksgiving Day<\/strong> like a true American, here are a few tips to help you get ready for this special occasion!<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"666\"><strong>How Thanksgiving Day Is Celebrated in the United States<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4 data-start=\"764\" data-end=\"779\">The Parade<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"781\" data-end=\"1052\">Thanksgiving Day in the US traditionally begins with the <strong data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"872\">Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/strong>, held every year in New York City from <strong data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"948\">9:00 am to 12:00 pm (local time)<\/strong>. Watching it live in person would be amazing, but you can also enjoy the parade by streaming it online.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1059\" data-end=\"1072\">Shopping<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1074\" data-end=\"1211\">After watching the parade, Americans usually head to supermarkets to buy anything they may still need for the famous Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1218\" data-end=\"1253\">The Presidential Turkey Pardon<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1255\" data-end=\"1453\">Since the mid-20th century, it has been a tradition for the <strong data-start=\"1315\" data-end=\"1349\">President of the United States<\/strong> to \u201cpardon\u201d one or two turkeys at <strong data-start=\"1384\" data-end=\"1396\">12:00 pm<\/strong>, sparing them from being cooked for Thanksgiving dinner.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1472\">Cooking<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1649\">Preparing Thanksgiving dinner often takes days. For this reason, many families start cooking well in advance or spend the entire day in the kitchen on Thanksgiving Day itself.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1656\" data-end=\"1677\">All About Sports<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1679\" data-end=\"1832\">Thanksgiving has one main pastime (besides food): <strong data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1750\">American football<\/strong>. It\u2019s tradition to spend the day watching football games with family and friends.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1839\" data-end=\"1855\">Dinner Time<\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1995\">Dinner is the highlight of the day. <strong data-start=\"1893\" data-end=\"1939\">Roast turkey, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie<\/strong> \u2014 the list of traditional dishes is long and delicious!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving is one of the most meaningful holidays in the United States, and it\u2019s a celebration that is starting to gain popularity in other countries too. Thanks in part to the growing excitement around Black Friday, the traditions linked to Thanksgiving are becoming increasingly fascinating for many of us. If you\u2019d like to celebrate Thanksgiving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":35124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-travel-guides"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35125,"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33628\/revisions\/35125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mlaworld.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}