The English colonists we call Pilgrims celebrated<span> days of </span>thanksgiving<span> as part of their religion. But these were days of prayer, not days of feasting. Our national holiday really stems from the feast held in the autumn of 1621 by the </span>Pilgrims<span> and the Wampanoag to </span>celebrate<span> the colony's </span>first<span> successful harvest.</span>
