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Cowboy True’s Christmas Adventure.
Games were an integral part of the festivities at the first Thanksgiving celebration in 1621. The revelers had to do something while waiting for dinner. One of the games was the Cranberry Contest. Each player was given a needle with a long, coarse thread, a large bowl of cranberries, (raw of course) was provided and at the signal the players threaded as many cranberries as they could in three minutes. The winner presented the cranberry necklace and a kiss to the person of his or hers choice.
The Corn Game involved five ears of dried corn, symbolic of the five grains of corn said to be the daily ration of the pilgrims during their second disastrous winter. In the game, the five ears of corn were hidden around the house. The five people raced to be the first to strip the kernels from their corn.
For the pumpkin pie race, contestants lined up with small pumpkins, and rolled them to the finish line with a wooden spoon. Pumpkin pie had yet to be invented.
To learn more about how Cowboy True celebrated the holidays read
Cowboy True’s Christmas Adventure.
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