Thanksgiving was not a new concept for the so called " New World".

Deuteronomy 12:30

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Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.

Thanksgiving was not a new concept for the so called " New World".

Thanksgiving and all of its accompanying traditions began as a pagan feast, honoring Pagan agricultural gods, which dates back thousands of years. A goose used to be the main course for the Pagan harvest festivals .These birds representing the sun god and was replaced by the more common turkey in America.

The Pilgrims observed a Three Day thanksgiving in the fall of 1621,this was the same way , Pagan Rome celebrated there Pagan goddess Ceres in Rome and Athens by having a Three Day Harvest thanksgiving. The Pilgrims were well acquainted while in England with all of the annual Pagan Thanksgiving celebrations , which are known throughout history as an ancient and universal Pagan custom.

Pagans in Rome celebrated thanksgiving in early October. The ancient Romans celebrated a harvest festival called Cerelia, (the word cereal is derived from this name). This holiday was dedicated to the Pagan goddess of the harvest, Ceres. When the Catholic church took over the pagan holiday and it customs it became established all over England . These pagan customs and rituals [THANKSGIVING, HALLOWEEN , VALENTINE'S DAY , EASTER SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS ,] observed ,are ancient pagan feasts that were ushered in by the Roman Catholic Church during the rule of emperor Constantine.


In England the "Harvest Home" / " Autumn Equinox " , which has been observed continuously for centuries, is a Pagan holiday . The Pagan ritual of thanksgiving ,the Middle Harvest , for the fruits of the earth and a recognition of the need to share them ,to secure the blessings of the Goddess and God during the winter months, is and ancient Pagan tradition .

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Harvest Home - English festival also called Ingathering
traditional English harvest festival, celebrated from antiquity and surviving to modern times in isolated regions. Participants celebrate the last day of harvest in late September by singing, shouting, and decorating the village with boughs. The cailleac, or last sheaf of corn (grain), which represents the spirit of the field, is made into a harvest doll and drenched with water as a rain charm. This sheaf is saved until spring planting.

The ancient festival also included the symbolic murder of the grain spirit, as well as rites for expelling the devil.

A similar festival was traditionally held in parts of Ireland, Scotland, and northern Europe.

Harvest has been a season of rejoicing from the remotest ages. The Romans had their CEREALIA OR FEASTS IN HONOUR OF CERES. The Druids [of Britain] celebrated their harvest on Nov. 1. In pre-Reformation England Lammas Day (Aug. 1 O.S.) was observed at the beginning of the harvest festival. Throughout the world harvest has always been the occasion for MANY QUEER CUSTOMS which ALL have their origin in the animistic belief in the CORN-SPIRIT OR CORN MOTHER. This PERSONIFICATION OF THE CROPS has left its impress upon the harvest customs of MODERN EUROPE. In West Russia, for example, the figure made out of the last sheaf of CORN is called the bastard, and a boy is wrapped up in it. The woman who binds this sheaf REPRESENTS THE "CORN MOTHER," and an elaborate simulation of childbirth takes place, the boy in the sheaf squalling like a newborn child and being, on his liberation, wrapped in swaddling bands. Even in ENGLAND vestiges of SYMPATHETIC MAGIC can be detected. In Northumberland, an image formed of a wheatsheaf, and dressed in a white frock and coloured ribbons, is hoisted on a pole. This is the "KERN BABY" OR HARVEST QUEEN, and is set up in a prominent place during the HARVEST SUPPER. Hallowmas, is called the "MAIDEN," and the youngest girl in the harvest-field is given the privilege of cutting it.


"According to Diana Appelbaum, 'Of the infinite variety of pies, two, the pumpkin and the mince, are intimately associated with Thanksgiving dinner.... There is no more quintessential Thanksgiving dish than mince meat pie, and yet, unlike the native pumpkin pie, mince meat was a tradition borrowed from the Christmas feasts of merry old England. Puritans in both England and America banned Christmas; the "high-shoe lords of Cromwell's making" frowned on all of the ancient Yuletide customs: "Plum broth was Popish, and mince pie--that was flat idolatry!"

When you eat, mince pie ,during the so called " thanksgiving diner " you follow the Pagan custom tradition honoring , A Pagan god Sacrament
'But by the early 1700s, mince pie was enshrined in the New England Thanksgiving menu.' (Thanksgiving: An American Holiday, An American History, pps. 270-27l)."

Music and rustic sports and ceremonies ended with the inevitable feast of thanksgiving.' (Thanksgiving, Dodd-Mead, 1957. Pages 12-13).

When Pagan Europeans immigrated to the new country, they brought their pagan customs of harvest festivals with them : Lughnasadh, Mabon and Samhain. These Pagan traditions, featuring special foods, which later influenced celebrations of the American Thanksgiving Holidays.


The cornucopia,a horn-shaped container overflowing with fruit, nuts, and vegetables which is typically seen at Thanksgiving in the United States is a Pagan Symbol.

From Wikipedia,
The cornucopia (Latin: Cornu Copiae) is a symbol of food and abundance dating back to the 5th century BC, also referred to as horn of plenty, Horn of Amalthea, and harvest cone.

In Greek mythology, Amalthea was a goat who raised Zeus on her breast milk. When her horn was accidentally broken off by Zeus while playing together, this changed Amalthea into a unicorn with 17 whiskers. The god Zeus, in remorse, gave her back her horn. The horn then had supernatural powers which would give person in possession of it whatever he or she wished for. This gave rise to the legend of the cornucopia. The original depictions were of the goat's horn filled with fruits and flowers: deities, especially Fortuna, was depicted with the horn of plenty. The cornucopia was also a symbol for a woman's fertility.

In modern depiction, the cornucopia is typically a hollow, horn-shaped wicker basket typically filled with various kinds of festive fruit and vegetables. In North America, the cornucopia has come to be associated with Thanksgiving and the harvest.