The holidays are fast approaching and all the different traditions are starting to show. When you think of Thanksgiving, different things come to mind whether it’s going to different family members’ houses or everyone coming over to your house to celebrate. Not everyone celebrates Thanksgiving the same day or even at all but that’s the fun part of the holidays, getting to see all the different ways people celebrate.
Most of us are accustomed to celebrating Thanksgiving one way, getting up early Thanksgiving morning to help cook, set the tables and even running out to get all the last-minute things you couldn’t get the night before. You cannot forget to clean the house from top to bottom even rooms you know no one will be in. This is the time you get to see all the family members that live far away or cousins you haven’t seen since last Thanksgiving.
For many of us, the holidays are the time we get to spend with all the family members and family friends. Although it can be a bit much having all these different people in one room at the end of the day it’s something we all look forward to.
In places around the world, Thanksgiving is celebrated differently. For instance, in Canada, they celebrate a whole month earlier than in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October, for some that might be too close to Halloween. You’re probably thinking that it’s not enough time to celebrate both holidays.
In different households, there are many people who don’t spend the holidays with family whether it’s because you don’t get along with these family members or you want to create traditions of your own. No one has to spend time with their family just because they’re related. Not everyone has a good family they can get along with so some people’s normal Thanksgiving celebrations may be a little different from yours.
As Thanksgiving comes to an end we have seen all the different ways people have celebrated Thanksgiving. I asked people how they have celebrated Thanksgiving and this is what they had to say, “Thanksgiving looked very different this year instead of going out of time to celebrate seeing family members. We stayed in town and just cooked for our family,” says Sam Jones, a sophomore.
“This Thanksgiving was one of a kind. I got to see all the family members I haven’t seen in such a long time and had really good food,” says Jessica Williamson, a freshman.
