Thanksgiving November Reading Passages with Skills-Based Questions 6th, 7th, 8th begins with an article about pumpkins--the symbol of American Thanksgiving and Halloween festivities. Surprisingly, this common fruit (or is it a vegetable?) has some interesting facts in its history. The giant balloons of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade are the focus of the second Informational Text. Since their beginning in 1926, the balloons have exploded, floated away, banged into lampposts, and poured water on