Gregory Family

As an adult missing her childhood memories It’s hard to decide whether to keep those traditions or make new ones. For example, when she was a kid “... A football game hummed from the tv, a mixer whirred in the kitchen...” The author revealed some of the things her family did for thanksgiving when she was younger.

As the holiday season is coming nearer each day, I found it appropriate to look further into the traditional Thanksgiving topic. I can only describe what my family does, my Puerto Rican and Caucasian family. As far as I can say, we are not necessarily traditional with our celebration of Thanksgiving. So I figured why not use this assignment as a way to further look into the holiday and how it is celebrated across America, this can mean anything from families celebrating it in their homes, to the retail shops of the country selling holiday/seasonal items to go along with the tradition. I would like to examine the traditions of thanksgiving.

Most people have the custom of buying a turkey for thanksgiving. “46 million turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving” (Turkey for the Holidays). Traditionally, people eat an abundance of food resembling the pilgrims and how they had a feast based on their religion. Furthermore, there are many different varieties of food such as: turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, cranberry sauce, and dinner rolls. For dessert there is pumpkin, apple, and pecan pie. Most of the time the food is extraordinary people just want more. They might even take some and have it again later on. Thanksgiving is a feast we are blessed to

Her warmest memories took her to Thanksgiving. As a young girl, it seemed as though her entire family came together at her mother’s home. By far the Thanksgiving dinner has always been the family’s biggest celebration ad gathering of the entire year. Her

Shortly after our visit to the Lofgren’s, I married my fiancée, which concluded my six-month long residence with my grandmother. Subsequent to my moving out, Grandma resided alone in her house for several years and on nearly every Sunday, “just in case someone might drop in after church,” made a delicious roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy. During the first years of our married life, Kathy and I frequently dropped in after church to dine and visit with my endearing

As a young child, Nakeisha Pierce had a happy childhood. She was surrounded by a large family who lived very close to her in her small hometown Bogalusa, Louisiana. She did have to travel around quite a bit due to her father serving in the army, but they did not go with him overseas because her mother was in nursing school. Her favorite childhood memory is going to her grandmother's house and eating family dinner. Her grandmother’s ten children and their children were gathered in her ginormous house. This memory really stands out to her because she plans on one day having these family dinners with her kids and grandchildren, and hopes they enjoy and value it as much as

Recent adjustments to the Thanksgiving Day Feast: The Role of the Turkey from Late 1800 to late 1900.

This will probably be April's family last meal together as a whole. She felt it was important to get over their past differences and make up. At first, April has no desire to welcome her family to come over, however Bob, her new kind-heart boyfriend encouraged her to do because Bob understands the importance of family to April. As April starts preparing the whole meal by herself, she becomes stressed out while desperately preparing her turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and salad. Because she has no idea how to cook. Worse yet, she discovers that her oven doesn't work. After recognizing and trying all her best to fix the oven but failed, she decides to seek assistance from her neighbors. She knocks door by door in her new building asking whether she could use their oven. There is a series of unhelpful neighbors who are unwilling, but there are at least some couple of friendly neighbors that are willing let her freely to use their oven such as a black married couple and a Chinese family. They even teach her how to make some other wonderful homemade food. While most of her family doesn't want to go, and her father thinks it will be a great opportunity to reconcile and they should at least try. Though trying to cook up this Thanksgiving dinner for her family, April completely grown up, and has a new different view of being as a member of a family. She finally learns how to cook which is a great advantage because she could probably be able to cook all by herself for holidays dinner in the future . April also grows up becoming a good neighbor, a good daughter, a good sister, and becoming more mature. The good image of a Chinese family that speaks little English but, still, understand her feeling that she is in trouble and offers their oven for her. While waiting the turkey to

With the rush of people coming in the door ready to eat. Starting to make the silence die. The wind starts to pick up with the refreshing november air blowing through. Some people pitch in to help set the plates and put the final touches on the food. While the turkey is being cut everyone knows the feast is about to begin. As everyone floods into the dining room with chairs and the dogs following preparing to have thanksgiving as well. Once everyone is there and all the food is set in the middle of the table we say our prayers and begin to eat.

As Thanksgiving approaches, nearly every person can recall a time when he witnessed a stressed out family member panic to prepare the best possible Thanksgiving dinner. The stresses of cooking Thanksgiving dinner usually begin during the planning and shopping phase. During the planning and shopping phase, many people will start to question their purchases by asking himself questions such as, “Is this the cranberry sauce that Aunt Cindy likes,” and, “What do I need for Grandma’s famous stuffing?” During the preparation stage, a person might overcook the turkey or end up with a gravy that is a little too watery causing a near panic attack. Finally, during the setup phase of Thanksgiving dinner the host may realize that although he remembered

Thanksgiving is a time for families to come together and start the holiday season. People tend to make lots of food and the objective is to eat as much as you can. We will reflect on “Consumption Rituals of Thanksgiving Day” by Melanie Wallendorf and Eric J. Arnould. We will also take a look at how Thanksgiving tends to contain family rituals. Thanksgiving is a special time of year where people get together to see family and to indulge in food and good times.

We all have family traditions, some of which we take pride in, some of which we dread and despise but, whether you know it or not they are what make us who we are. One of my favorite traditions that I can truly say I’m passionate for would have to be Thanksgiving dinner. The dinner for the holiday goes by in a blink of an eye because of all the enjoyment. However, the preparations that lead up to the day are long and prestigious even though they are what make the dinner so great. Since the holiday comes up before we know it, we get started as soon as the year hits mid fall.

I was once a fat gobbling turkey, but then that dreaded day came; Thanksgiving. The day of mass genocide of thousands of turkeys like me.

Elizabeth Cornwall was gathering corn husks for her centerpiece she called a cornucopia. Fr. James Thompson was bringing some colorful indian corn, and butternut squash over to Elizabeth. “Hello Mrs. Cornwall, I thought I would bring some more decorations for your cornucopia.” “Why thank you Fr. Thompson,” Elizabeth responded. Elizabeth’s daughter Sarah bounded down the street with a jar of flour. She set the jar down, opened the jar, and began spreading it out in a dish. “Sarah you finish the cornucopia while I begin cooking. Sarah placed feathers and squash in the cornucopia, while Elizabeth started baking cornbread, stuffing, potatoes, turkey, vegetables, and cobbler. Fr. Thompson was building a new table for the occasion,