It’s Holiday time! Halloween has come and gone and Thanksgiving is fast approaching.
So we decided to surveyed six students to find out what are their family traditions. Jasmine Jackson, Visual Communications/Computer Graphics student, says, “My family comes together; we each bring a dish, and talk crazy to each other.”
“We go to my uncle’s house and everyone chills there. We’ll usually bring the turkey and macaroni,” says Liberal Arts and Sciences student Marika Hopgood.
Hran Kulh, Liberal Arts and Sciences, says, “I don’t have a family here, so I usually cook by myself. My family is in Burma, Southeast Asia. If I were home, we would cook rice and meat. Since they are not here, I just hang out with friends.”
Joshua Velez, Adult High School student, says, “We come together and cook, usually with turkey and ham. My favorite is Puerto Rican rice, called Arroz con Gandules. We watch the football game. We stay up, and go to Black Friday sales when the stores first open.”
Shanette Perry, Adult High School student, says, “We just cook a lot of food, eat a lot, and just crash out. We have smoked ham, dressing, corned beef, macaroni and cheese, greens, cabbage, ham hocks, neck bones, and all that.”
When asked what’s on her first plate Perry said, “Macaroni and cheese, corned beef, cabbage and yams. For dessert my auntie makes pumpkin, sweet potato, and apple pies, and we’ll have regular chocolate and vanilla cake. We just eat, laugh at each other, and pass out one by one, wake up, and eat again. We don’t really watch the game, we’re too busy eating.”
Alexander Wrensch, Computer Simulation and Faming student, says, “My birthday is around Thanksgiving, so we usually celebrate my birthday and Thanksgiving together. With four or five pumpkin pies, those are my favorite. We used to go up north, but now we mostly just stay home and eat turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and corn. My favorite food for Thanksgiving is a toss-up between duck and stuffing. My favorite thing about Thanksgiving used to be that I would get to see my grandmother, but she’s in the hospital now. Occasionally, we’ll go see her.”
When asked if he was going to watch the game he said, “My dad might but I’d rather play sports than watch them. After family time, I usually go see a movie or something.”
 

Hran Kulh

Joshua Velez

Shanette Perry

Alexander Wrensch