​Thanksgiving Traditions

By Juan Santiago
 
Thanksgiving for most people is a holiday to get together with your family and enjoy a nice meal and enjoy a nice game of football, if that is what you like. Most people on this day have a tradition or something that they do every year around this time or on this day. These things are family traditions or even personal traditions. One of the most basic traditions on Thanksgiving is to cook a turkey, with other sides such as mashed potatoes, corn, rice and beans, or even stuffing for a turkey.
 
But food isn’t the only tradition; there is always a football game that happens on this day and there is also a parade in New York called the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.  In this annual parade, people perform acts such as singing, dancing, marching bands, floats, people with giant characters balloons in front of a camera broadcasted by the news stations. It’s all very exciting!
 
After the meals are over, many people head out to go Black Friday shopping in order to get good deals on all their Christmas shopping.  But a lot of the hot items do not last long because so many people scramble to get them before they’re gone. However you choose to celebrate the holiday, enjoy the time off and be safe.