The centerpiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada is a large meal, starring a large roasted turkey. All of the dishes in a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner are made from foods native to North America, the Pilgrims having received these foods from the Indians.

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Thanksgiving Flowers

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving every second Monday in October. Thanksgiving is celebrated to commemorate a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the native Indians.

Most of North America celebrates the Thanksgiving holiday as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. Thanksgiving is a day marked to give thanks to God for the bounty of the autumn harvest. Thanksgiving Day in America is a time of turkeys, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. But the table would be incomplete without a Thanksgiving Flower Centerpiece or Cornucopia (horn of plenty) in red, yellow and orange colors of autumn. You can easily order Thanksgiving Flowers online for your host, acquaintances, family and friends.

Since Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving during the height of autumn, the vibrancy of the changing leaves and the hearty autumn produce are the holiday's focus. Thanksgiving Flower Centerpieces adorn Thanksgiving dinner tables, floral wreathes made from fall leaves hang on front doors, and pumpkin pie is the dessert of choice.

Everywhere else too, Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated with a family dinner and autumn flowers highlighting the centre of the table. Autumn flowers (daffodils, lilacs, daisies, etc.) accent the holiday season or show friends and family you are thinking of them on Thanksgiving when you send Thanksgiving Flowers. A