Food and family make Thanksgiving special to PHS students

by William Belson

With Thanksgiving quickly approaching us, I am sure that most of you readers have something that makes Thanksgiving very special to you. Most would say it is the food that is put on the table (and those of you that would say that are pigs!). Some people out there just like to catch up with family members, and that’s what makes Thanksgiving for them. There are people out there who think the day right after Thanksgiving is what is special about Turkey Day. There are things that each family does differently from the next that makes this holiday special in its own way to each individual in any family.

Family, as I wrote earlier, is sometime the most special thing to people on thanksgiving for some people, like your parents and some children, during this time of giving thanks for what we have. Being with family during the holiday season can be the best things about the holiday. “Sitting around the table with my family,” is what is special to sophomore Austin Billington during this holiday season. Thanksgiving helps us to forget about some of the bad things happening around us and to just let us have a good time. “Thanksgiving is a time where families get together; they all have a good time, sit around the table, eat some good food, and tell some stories. Those are the things that are special about Thanksgiving,” explained senior Ben Farley.

Food can be the most special thing to people during this holiday of turkey and pumpkin pie. Everybody loves the food that is at the Thanksgiving dinner and we are all guilty of eating too much; somehow we manage to roll away from the table to the couch. Food is quite a special part to a Thanksgiving with the family. “We go to my grandma’s house; she makes sweet potatoes, she puts marshmallows on top and bakes it. It is pretty awesome and sweet,” said senior Jeffrey Page, as his mouth watered. Senior Casie Bail agrees with Jeff, as “having lots and lots of food at Grannie’s house” is her favorite part.. Some kids at this school are just thankful for the pie that comes with this gut filling holiday.

Shopping can be the most special thing about this holiday to certain people; mostly women, like my sister, who spends hours in the mall searching for the most perfect clothing for themselves and sometimes a gift for someone else besides themselves; it drives me crazy! I know that “Black Friday” is right after Thanksgiving but it is on the holiday season and is related to Thanksgiving. Shopping can be the most special thing to someone during Thanksgiving; while they save themselves some money, they are still quite thankful.

Whatever you do during Thanksgiving I hope that is special to you and worth your while when you travel to wherever you may go, like to your grandma’s house for that special dinner or even to the mall the day after Turkey Day for some major savings.