{"id":2999,"date":"2011-11-23T14:22:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T19:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:12","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:12","slug":"thanksgiving-break-gives-students-and-staff-an-opportunity-to-visit-family-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2999","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Break Gives Students and Staff an Opportunity to Visit Family and More"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Media Clerk Mr. Nathan Mayer happily locks PHS's library door, ready to spend Thanksgiving break with his cousin from Michigan. Photo by: Michaela Moreno<\/p><\/div>\n

By Michaela Moreno<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanksgiving is soon to arrive and with it comes traditions that bring friends and family together.<\/p>\n

A four day weekend has students buzzing during the three day school week. To start the long awaited vacation is Thanksgiving Day, the day the Indians and Pilgrims made peace and shared a meal together many decades ago. Ten out of the 11 students and faculty surveyed look forward to a feast that will rival the feast made by the Pilgrims and Indians.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are other things besides turkey and cheesy potatoes that students and faculty look forward to. Besides the food, Junior Dan Samuelson looks forward to spending time with his family and hunting. Sophomore Tyler Wagner, on the other hand, looks forward to just being able to relax from school, eat good food, and be around his family. Wagner says, \u201cThis is because school can be stressful and its just nice to have a break from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thanksgiving Break is also the perfect opportunity for friends and family to visit, so it is no surprise if there are no leftovers this year. Senior Emilee Keilman\u2019s cousin is coming home from Indianapolis. Keilman says, \u201cEven though she comes home for every holiday this one is special because she is telling us the gender of her baby!\u201d Senior Kylie Ludwig\u2019s brother, cousin, and best friend are coming home from college in Evansville. Ludwig says, \u201cI am very excited for that. My boyfriend is coming home from Indiana State University (in Terre Haute). And I have family coming in from North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n

To the contrary, for Freshmen Allie Wright, her grandparents will not be coming home this weekend. Wright says, \u201cThey live in Florida and they were planning on coming, but there were some mishaps, so we will just have it with our family around town.\u201d Unlike Wright, media clerk Mr. Nathan Mayer will have family coming in. He has a cousin who lives in Michigan who is coming home, but Mr. Mayer says, \u201cHe is from here and I see him all the time, so that does not really count.\u201d Yet no matter who is coming or where they are coming from, 2011\u2019s Thanksgiving is sure to be filled with happy family reunions.<\/p>\n

In addition to reunions, every holiday has its own traditions as well. Thanksgiving traditions vary from the traditional turkey to football. Junior Alexia Smith says her family always watches Home Alone on Thanksgiving. \u201cEven though it is a Christmas movie, it just gets us in the mood for the upcoming major holiday,\u201d says Smith. Junior Becca Houser watches the parade. \u201cI love everything about the parade, I don’t have a favorite [part],\u201d says Houser. For the other nine interviewed students and faculty, the main tradition is having the whole family together under one roof for a large Thanksgiving meal.<\/p>\n

With so many family members coming together, it is hard to imagine creating all that food. Fortunately, all those family members bring along a set of hands to help out. Sophomore Lacey Suess says her entire family brings individual dishes so it becomes one big meal in the end. Other students plan on leaving the cooking to the professionals, but willingly lend their hands.<\/p>\n

Aside from the traditions that take place over the Thanksgiving holiday, students and faculty think about the true meaning of Thanksgiving: being thankful. Senior Taylor Jones says he is thankful for, \u201cthis country and all the men and women that have served to protect it and its freedoms.\u201d Houser, on the other hand, is thankful for her family, being healthy, and lastly, being able to have a good thanksgiving meal when some people can not afford to eat a lot on Thanksgiving.\u201d Mr. Mayer however, is not just thankful for his family, but also to his students. He says, \u201cI am thankful for all of the help I get throughout the day from my wonderful TAs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although it has not arrived yet, 2011\u2019s Thanksgiving has got students and faculty at the edge of their seats for the mouth-watering food and the arrival of family members who typically live 100s of miles away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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