Hello and Happy Thanksgiving! Although Thanksgiving Day is officially tomorrow in the United States, students across the States have a five-day holiday. Besides, tomorrow is almost here! Liza, Delilah, and I were discussing this particular holiday and agreed that it is the most celebrated holiday in the United States. The other would obviously be the 4th of July but the 4th generally does not constitute a four- or five-day holiday along with a multitude of ceremonious celebrations attached. This discussion stemmed from Liza having to try to explain Thanksgiving to people while she studies abroad and having a hard time getting them to wrap their head around the fact that it is such a huge holiday. Delilah, of course, also had this issue when she studied abroad last spring in Germany. People just don't get how big Thanksgiving Day is for us Americans.
Firstly, Thanksgiving would not be complete without the food: turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, peas, casseroles, pies, and the list goes on. It is also a holiday that you spend with others. Usually Christmas or Hanukkah typically involve just close family or even extended family, and is a much more intimate celebration. Thanksgiving meals are spent with family but also family friends as everyone comes together and those that do not have a place to go otherwise are warmly welcomed around the table. And, most importantly, it is the holiday to be thankful for all of the blessings that you have in your life. Be thankful that you have family, albeit a crazy and hectic one, and be thankful that you have friends, even if you don't always see eye-to-eye. A saying my Mom used to tell me comes to the forefront of my mind on this holiday: "I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man with no feet." Thanksgiving is just that-being thankful for what we have and being mindful that, even if we think we have it bad, someone always has it worse...
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