Miss Lori and the CAMPUS kids are looking forward to Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. It’s a day where the whole Country gathers with friends and family to nourish their hearts, and their bodies, (sometimes a little too much of the body). Thanksgiving offers us many opportunities to connect through traditions old and new. This week I asked The CAMPUS Kids how they feel about the upcoming holiday. They offered wonderful examples of just how enriching the day can be.

SMILE On!

Miss Lori

“With Thanksgiving fast approaching what are you really looking forward to with the holiday? Does your family have any special traditions? Is there a new tradition you would like to initiate yourself?”

Anaiya age 7~
I’m looking forward to all of the good food I get to eat! Thanksgiving is like having my own special buffet and I get to pick everything that goes on my plate. My Grandma always makes really good pie for Thanksgiving too, and we get to eat the food that we have left over for a week after Thanksgiving too. I also want to play with my cousins. I miss them sometimes because I don’t get to see them a lot but when the holidays come around, I always get to play with them more.

Abi age 10~
I am looking forward to seeing my relatives. We always have Thanksgiving at my house. There is a lot of food and we watch football and play cards. I like Thanksgiving because I get to see everyone I love.

Sinead age 17~

I am from South Africa, where Thanksgiving is not celebrated. When we moved to America and started celebrating Thanksgiving, it quickly became one of my favorite holidays! Every year, my family meets with a bunch of my parents’ South African friends and their families. We have all become so close over the years, and we have become each others’ families, since we all left our families when we moved to America. We eat lots of food, sweet potatoes baked with marshmallows being my personal favorite, and just sit around and enjoy the company. Thanksgiving has been this way for years, and it’s definitely a tradition in my family! I love the Winter holiday season, because it has Thanksgiving and Christmas, my two favorite holidays, and they both really center a lot on family, and togetherness. That is something I’d like to carry on for the rest of my life. No matter what happens year round, when it comes time for the Winter holiday season, I want to spend as much time as possible with my family, and remember that the holidays are all about loving those who make your life better everyday!

Tess age 9~
For Thanksgiving our family always goes to Michigan and has turkey, stuffing, (gluten free and normal because of my brother), cranberries, pumpkin pie, and stuff I can’t even remember! We also stay up late and watch bad, old horror movies!!!!

McKenna age 11~
I love seeing my family!!!!! Some of my family I haven’t seen since the 4th of July! I’m so excited to see them!!!!!! Of course, I’m also excited about Thanksgiving Dinner!!!!! Turkey, Stuffing, Rolls, etc. I love Thanksgiving dinner! This year my Dance team is going to be performing to “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” in the Thanksgiving Day Parade downtown. I’m so excited for that!!!!!! This will be the first time I perform in a parade and I’m so Excited!!!!!! ANYWAY… This year we FINALLY have the WHOLE family from my side of the family coming to dinner and I’m so excited about that!!!!!!! I love my family and I can’t wait to see them all!!!!!!!!!!! My family really doesn’t have any traditions on Thanksgiving, besides watching football. Except that Thanksgiving is always at my cousin Kristen’s house. I really like Thanksgiving and I wouldn’t change a thing about it.

Elita age 9~
Last year my family and I started a tradition at my house; we made a list of all the things we are grateful for. I am looking forward to spending time with my family. I love Thanksgiving,

Kyra age 11~
Every Thanksgiving, my family and anyone visiting us all receive three pieces of corn dry, colored corn. Then a bowl is passed around the table, and we say something that we are thankful for for each kernel as we place them in the basket. It’s a great way to remember our blessings. This year, my family and I are going to the McDonald’s Thanksgiving day parade for the first time, and since it is the first time I’ve ever lived in a big city, it’s the first time I’ve ever been to a big Thanksgiving parade. I would like to start doing that every year.

Ava age 11~
I am really looking forward to seeing my grandmother who just got done with her chemo. She will be attending this feast and I know that my whole family is very thankful that she is going to be here. In the morning my brothers and my dad play a huge football game with lots of people in the neighborhood. While that’s happening my mom, my uncle,and I are getting ready for the big feast such as cooking, cleaning etc. But the boys don’t get it easy, once they come back they either help set the table or they clean up afterwards. We have a pretty traditional meal but one thing some people might not do is that we grill the turkey. Though I love our turkey, next year I would like to try a deep fried turkey.

Ariana age 9~
I am really looking forward to spending time with my family. All of my cousins that I don’t get to see a lot, my uncle and my new little cousin, Jayden. This will be Jayden’s first Thanksgiving so I would like to start a new tradition. I would like to start a story telling tradition. We can all sit around the dinner table and talk about every Thanksgiving that we have had and talk about all the many more Thanksgiving’s we will have together.

Jaedyn age 6~
I love getting together with my whole family and showing them all of the great projects I have made for Thanksgiving in school. I am really looking forward to making raisin rice with my Gammy. It has rice and raisins in it.

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