Assignment 14 - Jacquelyn Engel

In all honesty, my Thanksgiving is pretty much like the ones you see in pictures and advertisement. I know a lot of people who live near their extended family, but my family doesn’t. One part of my family lives on the West coast and the other lives on the Northeast coast, so we don’t seem them often; maybe once or twice a year. Whenever we do see them though, it’s a real treat. I usually celebrate Thanksgiving with my mom’s family. We always dress up and eat all day. There are tons of appetizers, games on ESPN are on TV, and talking. Then we eat dinner pretty early, around 4 o’clock. After dinner, dessert, coffee, and tea ensues, and we always play a board game like Apples to Apples. Throughout the night, there’s a bunch of talk and discussion. We stay up late sometimes until 1 or 3 AM. Typically, we also have a late night snack of chips and Thanksgiving leftovers. It’s a pretty calm but relaxing Thanksgiving. Nothing too special happens, but we only get to do this once a year and it’s special.