Thanksgiving. A time to be thankful and happy. Well, if you are a part of the Huston family in any way, then it’s not exactly that. Almost every year there is always a twist of some kind on it. This meaning, that you never, EVER, know what will happen at the household this holiday get-together is being held. Don’t believe me? Well, you will soon. Let me show you exactly what I mean… The minute you step foot out of the car you’re basically ambushed by relatives of all ages. Some being only 1 year…
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When I woke up on Thanksgiving day, I went straight to the kitchen to help my mom out; my mom was cutting up potatoes to put them in a pot to make mashed potatoes. I asked her what to do, and she told me to make the macaroni and cheese. I opened the noodle bag, and when I went to put the noodles in the boiling water, I dropped half of the bag of noodles. My sister Marielva, my brother Francisco, my dad Francisco, and my cousins Daniela and Paola that stayed over laughed and made fun of me. I got…
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The day leading on to Thanksgiving Break, I was checked out of school not sure of where I was headed. Mom, Dad, and Sydney, they were all there; sitting in the car waiting. Syd and I couldn’t stand that our parents would not tell us where we were going. “Please, please tell us where we’re going.” my sister and I would plead. “It’s a surprise” my parents would say again and again. My sister and I were about to give up until Mom and Dad decided to tell us. They gave us the best news possible; we were…
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Jayden Blackburn 2/21/24 Period:6 Personal Narrative Draft. It was a sunny fall day the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. The day we would go to Colusa to play them in a section championship in hopes of winning and getting a chance to make a run for the state title. That morning I woke up early, it was Thanksgiving break, but I couldn’t sleep. I got up at around 6 am which is pretty unusual for me during a break but today was no ordinary day. I had mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety; I couldn’t…
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Every year for the past 6 or 7 years, I have been going to my sister’s house every Thanksgiving and staying the night. This tradition started because one Thanksgiving my sister was at our house with my dad and I and we were eating pumpkin pie. “Sissy, do you think I could spend the night at your house tonight.” “Maybe if dad says yes. It is Thanksgiving he might want you home.” We talked about it to my dad and he said yes and that her and I needed to spend time with each other. So we left my dad’s…
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November was an exciting month. It was filled with spending time with family and friends and helping other. In November, I raked leaves for my friends neighbor, had my family over to my house for Thanksgiving, and I went Black Friday shopping. November was an exciting month. In the beginning of the month, Charlize Miller, Valerie Hudson, Madeleine King, and I Raked leaves as a service project for 8 Blue CARES. The house behind Charlize’s used to be a farm with a bunch of land but they sold their…
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Thanksgiving night It was Thanksgiving night when we got the call, the call about my grandmother’s sister's death, we called her mama romme, it was my mom who picked up the phone asking who it was and what had happened. When my aunt told my mother what had happened that’s when I saw streams of tears running down my mother’s face I was confused at first but then I realized something bad must have had happened I didn’t ask her right away why she crying, or what had happened, she was sitting…
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It all began with a simple phone call one night after Thanksgiving dinner. Jackie got a phone call from Joe, her boyfriend. As she looked at the screen and saw he was calling she was not happy. She was tired, and wanted to stay home to relax, and not go on another adventure with Joe. He had asked her to wear the dress that he had gifted her for Valentines. They had been in a relationship for at least 8 years now. They started dating when they were junior in high school and dated all through college…
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Thanksgiving means to me...the season when we take a step back and see how much we really have to be thankful for. Too often, people forget all the things they take for granted that others don’t have. It is sometimes overshadowed by Black Friday and other similar sales and seen as the beginning of the Christmas season by many people instead of its own holiday in and of itself. Though some people also dismiss it as a futile attempt to reconnect with family, most, I think, have not forgotten its original…
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responsibilities that I took for granted with my mother at home. Especially, it was hard during Thanksgiving. My mother makes Thanksgiving dinner every year and without her at home, my sister and dad had to cook this time. We all have absolutely no experience in cooking. When we finished cooking the dinner and we all ate as family it was probably the most horrendous and fowl meal I have had for a Thanksgiving dinner. I tried to be as grateful as possible, but without my mother's presence it was inopportune…
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