Thanksgiving Day, Harvest Festival Celebrations

Mankind throughout history has held thanksgiving ceremonies. In Celtic Britain people believed that the success or failure of a crop was caused by good or evil spirit forces.

The 29th September being Michaelmas Day marked the end of harvesting and is also a Celtic Quarter Day. Thanksgiving was offered to the Spirits and the harvest celebrated with a traditional meal of roast goose and apples. The origins of this festival still survive today as many communities in the UK enjoy their Harvest Festivals.

In the United States, Thanksgiving Day is a time for a family thanksgiving celebrations. On this day a traditional meal of turkey and pumpkin pie is eaten.

The origins of Thanksgiving Day in the United States date back to 1621 when the Pilgrims celebrated their first year and first harvest in the New World. The harvest was successful and plentiful, therefore the Governor, William Bradford announced a day of Thanksgiving for all. This tradition continued annually and in 1863 President Abraham Lincoln made a proclamation that a Thanksgiving Day be held annually on the 4th Thursday in November and in 2007 this will be on November 22nd.

To celebrate your Thanksgiving Day we offer the following Gift selections:

We have glassware items from the following designs on our Special Offers page:- Claddagh, Eternal Life, Scottish Thistle and Shamrock.

Our Celtic Tree of Life glassware and table linen range, shown right and below, is perfect for that special celebratory Thanksgiving dinner.
	The Celtic Tree of Life design is one of our customers' firm favorites. It symbolises the Holy Family, its roots and development. The Holy Trinity is the basis of the tree. This particular tree was designed and is dedicated to the memory of my father-in-law James Patrick Gallagher whose life was his faith and his family.

For further gift ideas please view our fabulous jewellery and giftware ranges.

If you are celebrating a special event and wish to purchase any of our product in quantity please contact beverley@celticglassdesigns.co.uk for wholesale prices.

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Celtic Glass Designs offer a range of stunning hand painted glassware and matching embroidered table linen for all occasions - Birthdays, Corporate and Special Events, Anniversaries, Weddings, Burns Night, Valentine's Day, St Davids Day, St Patricks Day, Mother's Day, Easter Sunday, May Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hogmanay.