Pumpkin Pie

To begin, first I would like to tell you what pumpkin pie is. Pumpkin pie is a North American traditional sweet dessert. The pie consists of the following ingredients: pumpkin-based custard, op crust, nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
During the Fall season, all you see around the grocery stores are pumpkin pies in every single table. It is a common tradition for Thanksgiving and Christmas to have pumpkin pie as your main dessert due to “Pumpkin being a symbol of Harvest time...” Customers buy pumpkin pie and into this tradition to show their holiday spirit. But have you ever wondered that besides being the symbol for Harvest time, what other significant does the pumpkin carry?
Pumpkin pie is a tradition brought by the Pilgrims, also referred as Native Americans, around the 1600s. After a long harsh winter where many Settlers had died as well as Pilgrims, the Pilgrims had a successful harvest. They survived with squash and pumpkin. Fifty three pilgrims survived. At Plymouth, to show thanks to the settlers for their help, they gave pumpkins as gifts to settlers. They then taught them the many uses of pumpkin. Fifty years later pumpkin pie was distributed among America’s first Thanks giving day. They considered it to be a religious day. They gave thanks to God and amongst themselves for still being there.
After many years we have still continued this tradition. It is something that we have all become accustomed to and have adapted. Like mentioned, pumpkin pie is very significant in the Fall season. It was brought by Native Americans and helped them survive. It was also used in the first Thanksgiving ever. Now why have we as people have we adapted to this tradition and why is it important to show holiday spirit? We mainly do this because pumpkin is traditionally used for Thanksgiving. We show our spirit to show gratitude and appreciation for the things we have. That is the key to holidays. We all come together and give thanks to God, family, love, and happiness. For pumpkin pie helped bring two groups of people together, the settlers and the pilgrims. Without pumpkin and squash, the settlers and pilgrims would have not survived and have created the special holiday of Thanksgiving. To give is what we have learned form them. We should not be selfish and always consider our wants. We most always think of others before ourselves and always show appreciation for life.
whatscookingamerica.net/history/prehistory/pumpkinpie.htm
wikipedia.org/wiki/pumpkin_pie
www.pilgrimhall.org/f_thanks.htm