Family is the biggest significance in my life, even if I did not have the strongest bond with all my relatives, because I knew I could count on them if I ever needed help. Relatives came from all over the United States to come celebrate with me, so I truly felt special that day.
Dr. Meyers, Hello! I hope your Thanksgiving was rejuvenating and enjoyable with family and friends. This is Angelia (Angel) Hirsch from the summer practicum course through Liberty University. I am not certain what happened over the week of Thanksgiving, but our house (which is a 125 year-old historical home, really a niche market, not many want to deal with the special things that come along with the age and up keep) suddenly went into high demand and we had numerous offers come in on Wednesday!
Normally all my fathers family members can attend and I get to catch up with my Canadian cousins and brother who lives in Boston. Additionally we enjoy the classic feast of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, cranberry sauce, and more. Thanksgiving has a lot of importance to my family because I get to spend time with the people I don't see as often and bond with them. I believe that my family can also feel this social importance, which is why nobody ever seems to miss it, and we always leave so late. Between the food, friends, family, and extra long weekend off school,
Slide 1: The tradition we chose was Mardi Gras. Slide 2: So What is Mardi Gras? Mardi Gras is a tradition that goes back thousands of years to Ancient Roman Festivals.
Why is thanksgiving so important to me? Well, I personally think that Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday. The reason Thanksgiving is so important to me is because, I love when family comes over to our house and can sit down, and catch up with one another. My biggest reason Thanksgiving is so important to me is because my family coms over.
Every year on the fourth Thursday of November my family celebrates Thanksgiving at my house. We always have my dad’s side of the family comes and celebrates Thanksgiving. It is a fun day surrounded by my family. We Begin, by having my dad’s side of the family come over to my house.
Now I am going to tell you about Charles Haley he was the first man ever to get five super bowl rings on one hand. I am going to tell you about his early life while he was in college. Then I am going to tell you about his career and how his five super bowels rings. Last I am going to tell you about his retirement now I am going to talk about his early life playing in college. Haley was a starter for the James Madison Dukes.
During the second marking period Melinda starts to become a little more creative with her artwork and within herself. Thanksgiving occurs during the second marking period. Melinda’s mother was in charge of making Thanksgiving meal, but has to leave for work unexpectedly. Her father is now in charge, but he is not the best cook. He ruins Thanksgiving dinner and throws everything in the trash.
Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is the most stimulating holiday. There is an extreme amount of food to see, smell and taste, along with emotions associated with seeing family. The whole feeling of Thanksgiving is warmer and different than most holidays. Aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and siblings stand in a circle around a table laden with food. Their hands are linked.
Most families eat turkey as their main course of the Thanksgiving meal. They also have traditional foods like potatoes , green beans and lots of pies. Many families play games during the day too like football, soccer, video games or listen to Christmas music. One way we celebrate differently is we start seeing family a week early. We usually visit my grandma first before Thanksgiving.
204 million pounds of turkey was wasted over Thanksgiving. Currently the United States is battling a major food waste crisis and between the holidays Thanksgiving and New Years, approximately 40 days, Americans creates 5 million tons of household waste. With wasting food, turkey especially, it's not just the nutrients that are thrown out; time, money, labor and a whole lot of gallons of water go into raising turkeys and to get them ready to be eaten. America is the leading contributor to the global food waste crisis due to the fact that most of America is lucky enough to have access to regular trash collection. Our country's oblivion to the waste problem impacts our society because wasting food is damaging to the environment.
My Thanksgiving has been a lot of fun over the years. We have watched a lot of football and saw a lot of people barf. But today we will be comparing my thanksgiving with other people's thanksgivings. The other people like different foods and different traditions. Also activities that we are participating in.
Hosting Thanksgiving was always a tradition at my house. We would always have my family down at my house every year for as far back as I can remember. That is, until this year. This year, my family and I went down to South Carolina for Thanksgiving. It was a blast!
Sure the weeks leading up to thanksgiving are not so fun with all the cleaning and chaos going on with mom yelling “ I just cleaned that!”, but finally sitting down and eating with your entire family makes it all
Martha looked at the myth of Thanksgiving. The idea that an entire family would happily get together for a huge meal. The family will think and talk about everything that they are thankful for. This is heavily discussed in elementary schools. As a child I remember my teacher suggesting that at dinner we should go around the table and have each family member say something that they are thankful for.
