Plymouth Colony Service issued a three hundred and fiftieth-year commemorative stamp recognizing the English dissenters first landing at the modern day settlement of Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1620. Each year, the United States celebrates a holiday known as Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. It is a federal holiday and frequently involves a family gathering with a large feast, traditionally featuring a turkey. Civic recognitions of the holiday typically include parades and football games. The holiday is meant to honor the First Thanksgiving, which was a harvest feast held in Plymouth in 1621, as first recorded in the book "New England's Memorial"
On a Holiday "Smile" track, "Roll Plymouth Rock", is repeated in the chorus. In the opinion of Consequence of Sound's Dean Essner, the original "has no vocals at all, allowing for the track’s wind instruments and marimbas to gorgeously swell at the front of the mix. But on "Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE", Wilson sings a forgettable line about pirates, cluttering up the otherwise simple, feathery melody." "PopMatters" Sean Murphy characterized the song as a "Zappa-esque romp". On a Holiday "Holidays" (later renamed "On a Holiday") is an unfinished instrumental composed by Brian Wilson for American rock band the Beach Boys. Intended for the