We have many traditional holidays in america, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, forth of July, etc. etc. . But Thanksgiving is a holiday that is about giving thanks for our many blessings as a nation and as a people, enjoying family and friends and eating some good food! This Thanksgiving do something for someone, even if you don't know them. You will be blessed for it.
As a deeply religious people, the Pilgrims undoubtedly prayed at the 1621 harvest feast.Their prayers were spontaneous, however, and the exact words not known. A typical prayer might be:
O Lord our God and heavenly Father, which of Thy unspeakable mercy towards us, hast provided meat and drink for the nourishment of our weak bodies. Grant us peace to use them reverently, as from Thy hands, with thankful hearts: let Thy blessing rest upon these Thy good creatures, to our comfort and sustentation: and grant we humbly beseech Thee, good Lord, that as we doe hunger and thirst for this food of our bodies, so our souls may earnestly long after the food of eternal life, through Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, Amen.