This is the time of the year when we gather with family and friends and spend time together. Next week we will be off for 5 days to spend time with family and friends.
Tell us about your family traditions during Thanksgiving and what makes it so special for you. What are you thankful for this year and what do you hope will be better in the future?
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My Thanksgiving tradition is to spend time with my cousins. I have three of them! One's named Maya, who's the oldest, the second oldest who is my age is Jack but everyone calls him Louis because that's his middle name, and then the youngest who is only six is named Anais. There's supposed to be two dots over the I because her name is french. My family lives a little south of Phoenix. Sometimes, my aunt Sophie and my uncle Patrick will sometimes have people that they know over at their house and then introduce them to my family. I love having cousins to play with on holidays. My family spends time with them almost every holiday with them. In case you're wondering, my cousins are on my dad's side because my uncle is my dad's brother and my aunt is from France. I simply can't wait to go over to their house for Thanksgiving. I'm so grateful for family!
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My thanksgiving traditions are to spend time time with my family and friends.Some things I am thankful for are being alive right now.Also I am thankful for my clothes to keep me warm in cold weather.I am also thankful for entertainment,because with out entertainment everything would be boring.But most of all I am thankful for living.
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Some of my Thanksgiving traditions are to spend time with my family and friends.This year I am doing something different I usually go to my aunts house but this year I am going to North Carolina for Thanksgiving my grandparents live their.I am leaving on Saturday and I also will be there for my B-day it is really cool that my grandpa also has the same b-day as me.I am Thankful for so manny things it would take me forever if i said all of them so i am just going to tell you a few I am thankful for my family and friend,my house,food and water,my ipad, my teachers,and so much more.
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ReplyDeleteMy family traditions for Thanksgiving are meeting with my mom's side of the family. But this year we are doing it a little differently. My dad's side of the family, from Tuson, are coming to our house to celebrate this great day. This makes it special for me because I can relax with my family and cousins. I am thankful for my family, friends, and the wonderful food. For the future, I hope that the economy gets better by more jobs getting created for everyone.
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Jessica #24:)<3
My Thanksgiving traditions in my family is, my grandparents (Nana and Poppy) come to my house or my family goes over to theirs. Something thats special for me is that I get to have a good time with my friends and family. Thanksgiving is a time of giving thanks. This year I am thankful for many things. I am thankful because my grandparents on both sides of my family are still alive. I am also thankful because grandpa Wliton had a long great life but had past on today, but he is not really my grandpa though. Something I'm also thankful for is my friends and family. I also am thankful for my WONDERFUL teacher Miss. Preston. I hope everyone in the future is thankful for many things also. The most IMPORTANT thing I am thankful for is life. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!
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Special traditions that my family has on this special day is, that we always bake a special family turkey. We have a special recipe. This Thanksgiving is special because, my dad's parents are coming in from Pennsylvania, and it does not happen very often because its quite far. I love Thanks Giving because, its lots of special time for my family. It seems as though this holiday always has that special warm and fuzzy feeling. It always gives us time to give thanks.
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My family's Thanksgiving tradition is we meet up with all of my aunts and uncles (I have 14) my cousins (I have 25) and my Grandparents all meet up at someone's house and we have a lot of fun and we pick draw from a hat and whoever we get, we get them a Christmas present on Christmas. It's special because it's one of the only times in the year I get to see the whole family. I am thankful for my friends and family and to be alive another year.
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A family traditions that we do each year are hang out with family members and whipped cream mustaches!!! YUMMY!!Somethings I'm thankful for are my family, my friends, shelter, and education.I hope the economy gets better so more people get jobs. I can't wait for Thanksgiving, our buddy feast, and whipped cream mustaches!! It is so funny to watch others to get the whipped cream mustaches! You should try it.
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ReplyDeleteMy thanksgiving tradition is we watch the thanksgiving paraade in the morning.Then we go to my cousins and hang out there the whole day!My first cousin who is 18,named Jackson.Also my cousin who is the same age as me ,named Wyatt.Then my last cousin who i think is 4 years old and his name is Victor.It is special because we don't see each other alot so this the time we spend time together.I hope that for the future I will have a good family and we will improve the family tradition!
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Traditions that we do at Thanksgiving are that we invite my whole family to my house. Then we have a big feast. With turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. I'm in it for the crescent rolls. I am thankful because we don't live in a place where there is many severe problems going on. No famines, no super-droughts, not even hosting a war. I'm thankful that that is not happening.
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My Thanksgiving traditions are just playing games and watching Christmas movies. We cook the turkey for most of the day, and we get exited smelling the aromas. Then we eat at 2:00. We might have a couple friend over, also. I am thankful for a house, food, and clothes. I am also thankful for friends and family.
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My family traditions for Thanksgiving are having my grandparents and my Aunt Shayne come over to my house for dinner. But before that I act like a couch potato and watch TV and Thanksgiving Day parade, which my mom makes me watch. After that I go on a bike ride with my mom, my dad and sometimes one of my friends. It is special because I get to spend time with my family and I get to eat my Nama’s apple pie! This year I am thankful for my parents, my dog, my grandparents, my relatives, my life, the shelter I volunteer at, my tarantula, food, water, animals, and llamas.
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My family’s tradition for thanksgiving is we have some of my family over and we all eat together and they stay for a little bit after then thanksgiving. I am thankful for the family I have and the property that we have such as food ,water , and clothes. It’s starting to get cold out. I hope that the economy gets better so some people can buy clothes and not live on the street.
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Usually my family all gets together and has thanksgiving dinner. But this year the four of us are going to South Carolina just to spend time with each other. We're going to go to a fancy restaurant that, of course, serves turkey. I'm tankful that we get to go on a trip to somewhere we've never been. And I hope in the future that everyone will be able to celebrate (even hobos) thanksgiving.
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My Thanksgiving tradition is we have family over and we cook a big yummy meal and lastly, we have fun and chat. I am thankful for the life I live, air I breathe, family and friends, and you can't forget my extrodunary teacher! I hope dancing, math will get better in the future. GOBBLE GOBBLE!!!!!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!
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One of my family traditions are being together.I am thankful for my family.Food so we are not hungry.Water so we can be alive.Lastly my dog cause she makes me very happy.
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Kara C. #27
Well, we don't have any traditions except to eat a turkey dinner and something else afterward like play a game or watch T.V. Something like that. I thankful that we could move here and that my dad could get a great promotion. I hope that we will have a great year and that we will have more family time together.
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Our family traditions include having a big Thanksgiving dinner with candied yams and a yummy pumpkin pie. We usually get up early and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. My dad watches football and I do too. These traditions make Thanksgiving special because we do them every year together as a family. I am thankful for my family and pets because I love them. I am thankful that my dad got his dream job and now he will be able to spend more time with us. I hope in the future people will take better care of the environment.
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ReplyDeleteOur tradition is that we cook a big turkey and pies and spend that night with our friends and family. Its special because it make us think about how thankful we are. I am thankful for my friends family and teachers (for sports too). I hope in the future that people will stop bullying others and be thankful for each other!I hope you and Shrody have a good Thanksgiving!
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Does Shrody ever eat any pie or turkey?
Our traditions for Thanksgiving are we all have pumpkin pie, cherry pie, apple pie, and raspberry pie. Sometimes were aloud to open 1 present if our grandparents are not there. I am giving thanks on thanksgiving for all my cousins and relatives. My cousins that are coming are Trevor, Ally, and Karissa. My grandparents, and my Uncle Adam. Our house will be packed with 14 people in a 5 bedroom house.
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Our family trudition is to play board games and go to a park. What make it so special iethat I am with my family and we can see what is going on. The other thing is we get to see people that we have never seen from our family. I am thankful for this year is this year im going to go over to my friends.What will be better this year I will get to try my friend mom's pumkin pie.
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My family tradition is that my grandparents come to visit.We always make a big turkey meal forThanksgiving.I also love spending time with my grandparents. We like to play cards and board games.I am thankful for my family also my friends.I'm hopeful for a good thanksgiving and a good Christmas.
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Some of my thanks giving tradition is just playing games and hanging out with family and friends. My favorite part of thanks giving is eating food and watching some movies. My uncle sometimes visits for thanks giving. I am also thankful for all the family and friends that i have right now i enjoy being with them.
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Well we usually fly to Colorado and have thanksgiving there but this year we are going to do something a lot different. So me and my mom are going to wake up and we are going to this fundraser and we are doing something called the Turkey Trot and it's a walk and we are going with my mom's friend and her daughter. And then we are going to have dinner at there house. What I am thankful for is my family and my shelter, food, and water, but what I want to be different this year is that i want to get princibles list every quater.
ReplyDeleteAs a family we don't do much on Thanksgiving but we have a good breakfast lunch and dinner, it's my excuse to pig out, with plentiful food. I'm super excited about this this holiday, # 1 it takes away school, lol, One year we went to California to visit my cousins but that's all I can remember. For all I know my family could have taken me to Paris or Italy or France. I love this holiday so much, again, a perfect excuse for pigging out. I don't know who doesn't celbrate this holiday and I know a lot, I mean A LOT!
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the one above is mine Hannah#5
ReplyDeleteI think it is important to spend time with your family because it is the time we all get together and have a nice dinner.What I do for thanksgiving is my whole family gets together at my house.We have a slid show that has clips that show my mom and her sister when they were young.Then we all settle down and go to bed.This is what we always do on thanksgiving.
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We have a gigantic turkey dinner. We play around all night. cousins come over. The whole family comes over. I hope its the same next year.
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