Thanksgiving is the most common autumn celebration, but what does it really mean?

Horns full of fruit, wreaths of dried flowers, and pumpkins are inside and outside decorations of houses.

Americans this week gather food and clothing for people in need.

Needy and homeless go to shelters and food pantries where dinners are served to them.

Kids prepare their own decorations and help with preparations for the Thanksgiving meal.

Stuffing, turkey, cranberries, candied yams, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pies.

Gathering of families and friends to talk or watch a game or a parade filled with Pilgrims, Indians and other colonial figures.

It became simply another day for huge meals, dinner parties, get-togethers or reunions.

Volunteers help to feed hungry or homeless.

In the United States, Thanksgiving is on the 4th Thursday in November.

National Thanksgiving holiday was originally declared by Henry Laurens, President of Continental Congress in 1777.

Giving and sharing is the true meaning of Thanksgiving Day.