“A Native American Thanksgiving”, written by Beverly Cox and Clara Sue Kidwell, is an informational article including recipes, all relating to Native American culture. They begin this piece by dating back to the earliest known facts of “Thanksgiving” between the Pilgrims and the Indians. Cox and Kidwell set out to show the reader the real meaning behind this holiday. Pointing out that Americans only give thanks once a year, they go in depth about the Native American’s beliefs of giving appreciations. Indians would give credit and acknowledgment to the spirits of nature throughout the year in hopes for generosity in upcoming hunting and planting seasons, considering farming was an important part of Indian life. This material allows Cox and Kidwell…
the day was yet another Thanksgiving. A day where the family gets together and the men watch…
Every Thanksgiving, my family gets up early to drive down to New York, where we meet with aunts, uncles, cousins, and my Grandmother. Over the course of the day, delicious smells materialize as heaping mashed potatoes, green beans sautéed with onions and turkey bacon, and sweet potato casserole topped with bubbling marshmallow join the turkey on the serving table as I breathlessly await the early dinner.…
In “A Thanksgiving Celebration” Nicholasa Mohr, focuses on a mother named Amy. By overcoming her disconnections and reconnecting with her native culture, Amy is able to achieve the Thanksgiving celebration that she wants for her children.…
As the holidays come closer my emotions start escalating. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years can be very exciting dates but also very thoughtful and saddening. Many times several things occur suddenly, not always good but not always bad. At times we aren’t prepared for anything else but good things to happen, without considering there is no sunshine without a little rain. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and it is about being thankful for anything we’ve had or have throughout our life. It isn’t about the material things “Oh because I just got a new iPhone, or a new iPad” it is much more than that.…
Sometimes my anxiety or trepidation about an upcoming event is often worse than the actual event. That is precisely what happened with Thanksgiving. It turned out to be a nice, relaxing day. I went for a long walk in the morning, we all had a big breakfast, went for a hike in Rancho San Antonio, then had a wonderful and delicious dinner at Il Fornaio, where I thanked the staff for working on Thanksgiving.…
Today has been a really good day. I am all caught up with my school work. There is literally one more day of school left before we go on Thanksgiving break and I am so excited. Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday and this year even more. Why? It's because my birthday is on the same day! So for Thanksgiving my whole family from both my mom and dad's side are coming over to our house. We are setting up dinner in our outdoor garage so we are going to be busy next week. We are going to be busy setting up decorations, buying the food, and cleaning up. That same week I have 3 dentist appointments and 1 doctor's appointment. Although we are going to be really busy it will be all worth it. My family will be together to celebrate the day of…
This is the time of year when we pause to think about the things in our lives that we are thankful for. There is a lot of things I am thankful for. Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful for what you have. This Thanksgiving I am thankful for God, family, and basketball.…
Once upon a time I lived a semi normal life. The last day I lived that life was Thanksgiving of 2002. The people that made up my semi normal life was Papa, Nannie, Mom, Aunt Jodi, and me. As you may of concluded it was Thanksgiving, but this one wasn’t like the rest. We were going to Chicago to my Aunt Jackie and Uncle John’s house to have Thanksgiving dinner.…
Have you ever lost someone very close to you to the point where you lose all your happiness? I have, three years ago. I've lost someone who brought nothing but happiness in my life. It wasn’t easy at first, but life goes on. Once you lose someone important to you, you realize all the things you didn’t cherish with them. I Have lost my loving grandmother and I have also interviewed my sister about it. Grief is very sad and everyone is going through a rough time.…
Thanksgiving two-thousand and fifteen started out normal, my sister and I arrived around one to start to help my grandparents prepare for the mighty feast we were going to have. My grandmother works her ass off every day for a week straight in order to make sure this day is spectacular. After a while of being at her house around four thirty my brother and father showed up making the house filled with laughter and joy. The laughter bounced from room to room, off wall to wall and created the sweetest sound of music I have heard. But the only thing missing was my mother, she works till six so we could not eat till then. The minute my mother walked in the door I could feel the happiness inside my grandmother because she knew her family had now…
Until recently the history of America's first Thanksgiving was a cute animated cartoon in my mind. While little is known about the occurrence, the little we do know tells a tale of betrayal and misjudgment. The issues facing the pilgrims and the Wampanogs were primarily different cultural practices, language barriers, and religious bigotry. These differences caused tremendous consequences, which we can not only learn from, but also we can come to understand more about why there is still war and international crisis today.…
Holidays in my opinion are times for families who are spread across the United States and those around the world to come together and share laughs, memories, and stories. One of the most important and my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving in my family is a time for love, giving thanks, and simple joy of being with family. It is a time to give thanks for all the things you’ve been blessed with from family right down to the shoes on your feet.…
Since my mother was in the Army she wasn't able to spend a lot of her time with her kids, but on her days off she would always try to make me and my siblings feel evenly loved by doing stuff that interested us in our own way’s. Living with my family was always a joy; everyday my mom had something planned for us like when we went to putt putt golf for the first time it was amazing. We did every activity they had such as bumper cars, arcade games and of course we played golf. I had so much excitement built inside me that I won second place in golf. After such a great day there we went home and mom made my favorite dinner; pork chops, corn, and…
Looking back over the years I learned that Thanksgiving isn’t about all the food you can eat, or a football game, or the parade. Thanksgiving is about family and getting together to spend time with your loved ones. I think the pilgrims created Thanksgiving to spend time together. I learned that not to many people can have what my family has and I am thankful for…