Celebrating Thanksgiving
Sheridan Parker
Staff Writer
Thanksgiving is almost upon us. It is a holiday used to set aside the time to appreciate the blessings in life, no matter how small. Typically, many people have various traditions for Thanksgiving, but every family is different.
Many students like the extended break over holiday.
“I spend time with family and don’t stress about school,” freshman Ashley Marco said.
Many students celebrate Thanksgiving by eating foods considered traditional for the holiday.
“There’s ham and turkey. Sometimes we smoke meat. There’s pasta, lots of desserts and cookies,” freshman Joli Brown said.
Some families even celebrate the holiday by incorporating food based on their ethnicity.
“My mom makes this really good Spanish soup every year and we get pumpkin and pecan pie,” sophomore Sabrina Sack said.
For many families, football is closely associated with Thanksgiving.
“We watch football before and after we eat, usually, and we just flip through the channels and see what we find,” sophomore Maggie Conway said.
Being with family during the holidays and doing various activities with them is a benefit of having school off for Thanksgiving.
“We go to a gym near Bennington and there’s an outdoor playground, and we play basketball and volleyball,” Brown said.
Traveling for the holidays is also quite common
“My mother and I are going out of state, maybe Colorado,” Sack said.
Living in a split household can sometimes be difficult, especially around this time of the year.
“It usually depends on if I'm with my mom or my dad. The tradition varies in both households,” Conway said.
Black Friday is another tradition that continues to be popular.
“I go Black Friday shopping and get everyone's Christmas presents,” Conway said.
Many people use Thanksgiving as a kickoff for the holiday season.
“I listen to Christmas music because it’s playing everywhere, but we put our tree up and other decorations on the first of December every year,” Sack said.
Although traditions within families can be different, the basis for the holiday is still the same; coming together to give thanks, and, most importantly, spend time as a family.
