Thanksgiving Classic

The Detroit Lions started the 2016/2017 season on September 11th, with a close win over the Indianapolis Colts. This game was a major back and forth battle that could 've easily been in favor of the Indianapolis Colts but instead went to the Detroit Lions with the score of 39 to 35. This game for sure was a great way to start the season for the Detroit Lions and also showed the potential that they have going into the season and because of that it raises many questions of how the Detroit Lions are

How would it feel to not have off for christmas? For many Muslims who celebrate Eid al-Fitr, and Eid al-Adha, this horror has been a reality for a very long time. In the article “Celebrate the Ever-Evolving America”, Lane Filler persuades us to see how important these holidays are for kids who celebrate them, and that our culture of America embraces other cultures, and there is no reason why we should not embrace these holidays. An important part of the article is when the author shows how not

When the great holiday of Thanksgiving comes to mind, most people think of becoming total gluttons and gorging themselves with a seemingly unending amount of food. Others might think of the time spent with family and friends. The whole basis of the holiday is family togetherness, fellowship, and thankfulness for blessings received during the previous year. Every family has their own unique way of spending time together with loved ones only seen during the holidays. In the Stock

Canadian Thanksgiving English explorer Martin Frobisher hosted the first Canadian Thanksgiving. It was held in what is now Newfoundland during his expedition’s attempts to find the Northwest Passage to the Orient in 1578 and marked their safe arrival to the New World. The festival continued with the purpose of celebrating a bountiful harvest. With time, French, Scottish, and German immigrants to Canada added some of their traditions to the harvest festival. American traditions like turkey were

Thanksgiving is celebrated annually as a national holiday with feast to feed a nation, but will this family go on with this year 's festivities over a debate against classic foods becoming too boring? Every year on the first of November, a tan tattered box with a poorly drawn turkey on the sides labeled “Thanksgiving” is removed from the attic and dusted off to retrieve festive decor for the eleventh month of the year. Delicately placed in the center of the kitchen displayed for everyone are a pair

Thanksgiving is a time for many things: food, family, and, with Black Friday sales starting earlier each year, shopping. It’s also a time for giving thanks, something most people forget about despite the presence of the word “thanks” in the name of the holiday. People have a tendency to forget about this part, though, because it’s easy to take the people and animals we love for granted. Sometimes, it’s hard to appreciate them at all, especially when you have a cat whose been labeled the “bad cat”

States’ national holiday in November – Thanksgiving – reflects the country’s culture of consumerism. The first documented Thanksgiving meal in America was between the Spanish settlers, and the Timucua tribe in La Florida in 1565 (Franklin 19). Interestingly, the main courses were “salt pork and garbanzo beans offered by the Spanish and alligator meat offered by the Native Americans” (Franklin 19). Nonetheless, most Americans associate the first Thanksgiving with the moment when the Pilgrims shared

The Importance of Latin in the Curriculum My memories of Latin in high school are less than fond. I remember slouching in my chair, staring blankly at my desk as I tried to remember the form of the word agricola (farmer) in the ablative plural. Much of the class consisted of mundane activities like this. We translated endless Bible passages from Latin, translated what seemed like the entire body of Greek mythological literature, and read hundreds of lines from The Aneid, The Odyssey, and

Is Stown a classic or contemporary piece? S-Town, a classic piece of southern gothic literature, the story of John B. McLemore, a man living in the terrible town of Woodstock, Alabama, who has to deal with violence, social issues and decay everyday. S-Town brings back southern gothic literature in this classic southern story of John B. McLemore and his town. S-Town fits into the southern gothic classic category although it’s a bit different from most stories from this genre. S-Town, a classical piece

Mark Twain, a renowned eighteenth century writer, once said that a classic is something everyone wants to have read yet no one wants read; those words have never been more true today. Most novels that are considered classics, especially during their time of release, seem to have a universal theme of not receiving positive recognition. However, as time went on, people found themselves developing a taste for such heart tugging tales. Classical novels, because of the language in which they were written