The story of Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving turkey. (Courtesy/iStockphoto)

Every fourth Thursday of November, the global community celebrates Thanksgiving Day, which heralds the entry of the Christmas season-that time when families, friends, colleagues, and communities gather together to share the year-round challenges and blessings over food and drink.

What started in the 16th Century as a harvest festival where European settlers known as the Pilgrims would have a feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest, has transformed into a holiday celebrated annually, not only in America (the origin), but in Kenya too.