Thanksgiving Traditions Research Paper

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On my dad’s side, we have a tradition that every Thanksgiving, my cousins from Wisconsin come down, and my cousins from Princeton come down and on Thanksgiving day, we always have an event where we hang out for the morning, then in the afternoon, we have a big Thanksgiving dinner (for lunch), and then we have a big nap time for everybody. We usually have all the regular Thanksgiving meal like mashed potatoes and stuffing and turkey with gravy. After that, we all come into the living room and we open all our Christmas presents from each other! It is a tradition to go in order from Oldest cousin to Youngest cousin. Also, for every family, it’s a tradition to get present for each family. So my family would two present for both of my Aunt’s and

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