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		<title>Gifts of Plenty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our podcast &#8220;American Thanksgiving&#8221; included the following sentence:  &#8220;People will express gratitude for the gifts of plenty that they are privileged to have.&#8221;. One reader asked this question: please what is the meaning of &#8220;gifts of plenty&#8221;? Alfonso We answered him this way: Hello. Thank you for your inquiry. &#8220;Gifts of plenty&#8221; is an expression <a href='http://www.eslhelpdesk.com/blog/2009/07/gifts-of-plenty/'>[...]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>Our podcast &#8220;American Thanksgiving&#8221; included the following sentence:  &#8220;People will express gratitude for the gifts of plenty that they are privileged to have<span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: x-small;">.&#8221;. </span>One reader asked this question:<span style="font-family: Century Gothic; font-size: x-small;"> </span></h4>
<p>please what is the meaning of &#8220;gifts of plenty&#8221;?</p>
<p>Alfonso</p>
<p><strong>We answered him this way:</strong></p>
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<p>Hello.</p>
<p>Thank you for your inquiry.</p>
<p>&#8220;Gifts of plenty&#8221; is an expression that implies an abundance of things that we need in order to live as human beings.</p>
<p>It is related to the expression, the &#8220;horn of plenty&#8221;, whose definition on Wikipedia is:</p>
<p>&#8221; * Cornucopia, a symbolic, hollow horn filled with the inexhaustible gifts of celebratory fruits&#8221;.</p>
<p>If you do a search on &#8220;Google&#8221; for &#8220;cornucopia&#8221;, you will see the photo of a cornucopia, the horn of plenty, which you will surely recognize.</p>
<p>So &#8220;gifts of plenty&#8221; is a reference to this.</p>
<p>The gifts of plenty are technically a reference to food, but in a greater sense can include anything that we have been blessed with: a home, a roof over our heads, clothing, etc.</p>
<p>Yours,</p>
<p>The ESL Help! Desk</p></div>
<p>We are happy to answer your questions about any English expressions.</p>
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