By Rebecca
Today, I would like to share my first experience of Thanksgiving in the US. I was invited by two families to join Thanksgiving holiday, and one is the Christian and the other is the Catholic. There are certain traditional dishes I ate such as mashed potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pie, sweet homemade cookies or jelly, and baked or roasted turkey, which is the most feature dish on Thanksgiving. Although they had the different approaches to cook food, the taste was delicious and my stomach seemed a boundless hole. Therefore, I overate and I felt my pants a little tight on these two days.
As I knew, Thanksgiving is a religious holiday following by “Black Friday.” Additionally, Thanksgiving is a four-day or five-day weekend vacation for schools and colleges, so students can return to their hometowns to reunite with friends and family. Then some of them will go traveling during Thanksgiving weekend. With regards to “Black Friday,” you can get the greatest deals in stores on this day, so it’s not surprising to see the number of people line up after midnight. Compared to Taiwan, it just might happen on the eve of a concert which a famous superstar held.
Before eating abundant meals, it is a custom to begin by giving praise and grace. The Christian circled around the table by hands and prayed. Afterwards, we ate and chat with food and a daily life. One of families that I visited firstly is Lisa and Brain, and they introduced their family members and expressed their ethnic background. I was extremely interested in this kind of topics, for I like history; the other is Linda’s family, my conversation partner, and I’ve already been familiar with her and others.
After dinner, we played table hockey with Lisa’s niece, and she was an excellent player. At the same time, she told me some American jokes and games. However, in Linda’s house, we talk a chat and played with the one-year-old nephew, Nicky. He is so cute and innocent full of his eyes. I had a wonderful time during Thanksgiving, and my weight can proof that as well. How about your Thanksgiving holiday? I hope you have better experience than me.
Hi,Rebecca, this is Judy~
ReplyDeleteIt seems like you had a good time with your American family to spent thanksgiving days from your inviting pictures. I heard about the "black Friday" from my conversation partner. People will bacome so crazy on that day just for the goods which on a huge sale. I also heard some people would like to make a tent outside of the shopping mall just in order to get the merchandises. By the way, did you sit together and kept chatting? Because this thanksgiving just like Chinese spring festival, it's a big day for the whole family to get together. I glad to hear that you had a good time.