Some people dread Thanksgiving. They hate to see relatives they dislike, they abhor the bloated feeling from eating too much, and they despise all the work that goes into planning such a big event. I am certainly not one of these people, for I adore everything about Thanksgiving. I always enjoy spending time with family, I love to eat all the food I can, and I have no problem preparing for this wonderful holiday. Celebrating Thanksgiving is a lengthy yet rewarding process, and I intend to explain how to make the best of it. The most important component of a successful Thanksgiving is planning it. In my family, planning is typically organized by my Aunt Christine; she makes sure everyone has an assignment that they can complete without too …show more content…
While many prefer to serve the meal family style, with all the dishes on the table, my family will typically serve it buffet style to increase efficiency. Another important component of proper dining is arranging the tables. On my mother’s side of the family, the youngest people are my two-year-old twin cousins. However, the next youngest person is my fifteen-year-old brother. This discrepancy is fixed by a system that allows small children to be with these parents while still providing a separate table for teenagers and young adults. After everyone is seated, someone will lead us all in prayer. This person is typically my father or my Uncle Tom. Once this has been done, my grandmother will be the first to receive her share of food, but after her, chaos breaks out with everyone looking to get whatever food they want. After everyone retrieves their meal, it is best to have everyone sit down and eat. Make sure each table is equipped with such necessary condiments as gravy, butter, salt, and pepper. Thanksgiving Dinner is one of the best times for conversion. In my family, we will tell corny jokes and discuss interesting subjects, such as school, during this time. Once everything has been cleaned up, my family members and I can relax, spend time with one another, and watch the football game. Though this year's slate of games does not look like there will be any great matchups for the upcoming Thanksgiving,
...nderstand and appreciate the games my dad and the rest of my male family members have been watching for years, I became that much closer with all of them. As John Madden said “The turkey brings the family together, but the football keeps them together” (www.espn.com). As a tradition Thanksgiving’s football watching extravaganza has become an occasion I have begun to look forward to for months. After spending this great tradition with my father and my family those geezers are looking a lot younger.
No matter where you go, it is still Thanksgiving. At my Thanksgiving, we start by watch the Thanksgiving parade. Which, a lot of peers said they watch the parade as well. Another activity I do is talk to my family about random topics.
Thanksgiving Day is a day of family, food, and giving thanks for the blessings in life and yet some people believe Thanksgiving to be a prep day for Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year. The focus of Thanksgiving shifted from family bonding to incessant shopping. This trend of taking away from the hours of Thanksgiving in order to shop is enraging. It steals away from family time for the shoppers and the employees. Employers threaten workers that if they do not work on that certain holiday, they will be fired. Black Friday should be kept to Friday instead of moving in on my family time. The whole culture of Black Friday has become repugnant and unnecessary.
Thanksgiving is a holiday in the United States, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November every year. Although the way holidays are celebrated over time, thanksgiving has always been a holiday feast. However, Thanksgiving is more than just eating food together with your family. For instance, some families do charity work for the poor people and create a Thanksgiving dinner for them, other family’s watch sport in addition to the food that they eat together. One part that is common at almost every Thanksgiving dinner is the type of food that is served. Families in the United States have celebrated Thanksgiving for hundreds of years, but the way it is celebrated has slightly changed from the first Thanksgiving. To be able to explain
Opening (Attention-getter): Have you ever just walked through the door and smelled all the wonderful and different smells throughout the house? The smell of turkey and dressing and fresh baked cookies. All these smells are contributed to Thanksgiving.
Finding focus and the true reason of Thanksgiving and other holiday celebrations can not only make them enjoyable but meaningful and magical.
During fall, the leaves fall, the temperature drops, and people sit around a table and say what they are thankful for. While we are consuming pounds of turkey and stuffing, the Pilgrims are to thank for the annual feast. Because the meaning of this holiday is to not stuff your face with endless amount of carbs, we should be reminded of how grateful we are for what we own. Thanksgiving was a very memorable time in U.S. history.
We dont really have any unique family traditions. The only thing that we seem to do over and over is meet up at an certain family members house and feast. Usually during Thanksgiving it’s the cooler weather. We usually have windbreakers or something of that nature on.
Thanksgiving is undoubtedly a holiday to celebrate family. It also celebrates many other things, as the name suggests. Thanksgiving is a holiday to give thanks for the things that a person has rather than to wish for more things. Accomplishments and shiny cars are not part of the essence of Thanksgiving, as these do not have the inherent humbleness expected of the holiday. This air of humility and frugality, harkening back to the days of the pilgrims and Native Americans, is probably what lead Ellen Goodman to describe the holiday as a suppressing of individualism. However, the rift between individuality and family that Goodman describes in Thanksgiving is not as deep as she makes it seem, and Thanksgiving Day is hardly the only day of the
The assignment read, " I'd like to hear about your family traditions and what Thanksgiving means to you." As I was brainstorming on how to start the post I asked myself, Fern what does thanksgiving mean to you? Is it just a day before the big black Friday sale? On thanksgiving typically what would happen is that the majority of the family would meet at my grandmother's house for dinner and I would leave dinner to meet my friends for the big sale at around 10 p.m. Thanksgiving is supposed to be the one day a year where we sit back and take a moment to be thankful for what we have; instead I would be too caught up with black Friday to actually be
A big part of Thanksgiving is a Thanksgiving feast. The feast usually consists of potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, peas, gravy, stuffing, salads, buns and lots of other great food. The main part of the feast is usually the turkey. Other families might have ham, roast beef, duck or chicken. The dessert that is most likely to follow the feast is pumpkin pie. Other people may choose different desserts and food depending on their customs and beliefs for which they choose to give thanks. Let’s not forget the biggest and most important reason for this holiday – giving THANKS! People usually give thanks for everything they have. Their jobs, health, families or just being alive are just a few of the things that people give thanks for.
When this time comes I’m pretty much stuffed but I continue to still gaze at all the amazing things I’m going to consume. We say grace and the fun begins when we grab our plates. My plate usually consist of the traditional stuff. I consider traditional as turkey, sausage stuffing, mash potatoes and gravy of course. In fact my plate is slathered up in gravy. Who can resist? Once hours have passed myself and everyone has enjoyed the meal things start to slow down. Usually everyone helps with the dishes or sits in a nice comfortable chair. By doing this it allows everyone to get a little digestion in before the final finale. The coffee smell is also a euphoric sent to me because it just compliments the meal and the mood so well. After an hour of two comes my favorite time which is dessert. Since I’m confident about my baking I always just wait till everyone tries
Thanksgiving is an annual family tradition that started with the pilgrims and the Native Indians uniting in a harvest festival during the six-teen hundreds. In the modern day we now come together to have a Thanksgiving feast as a family enjoying each other’s company. During the Thanksgiving Holidays I would always enjoy traveling to see family that I haven’t seen in a long period of time. Another fall tradition we have is football, which is one of the most popular sports events held during the fall season.
Next, when it comes to values, family holds a high position on our lists. Having family around during the holiday season is a must; whether you are traveling or hosting. Family members bring many different personalities which influences varying entertainment, purpose, and understanding. The holiday season without family may be harder to bare for some, but Christmas or
And most days, those moments we spend laughing and reminiscing at the dinner table are the happiest moments of my day. We take up the whole table, bumping elbows and reaching across people constantly. When my mom is traveling, and her seat on the left side of the table is empty, dinner feels incomplete. Family dinner is about finding the time in all of our hectic lives to pause,talk, and spend time together. Usually, I run in muddy and tired from softball practice, and collapse into my unofficially assigned seat at the table.