Newspaper Blog: Thanksgiving

Welcome back!


From where, you may be asking yourself. From the illusion of wonderful weather the last weekend tempted us with. I do hope that when this reaches your breakfast nook that the weather gods will have changed their minds and put us all back in their good graces.

Enough about weather, let’s move on to something a little more important, something slightly less depressing. The day of Thanksgiving is. Most likely this still is resulting in a bewildered stare at your newspaper but keep reading please and enlightenment will ensue.


Thanksgiving is an American mainstay. In my mind it’s a Top 3 holiday rubbing shoulders with the likes of Christmas and Independence Day (without Will Smith and Aliens attempting to destroy earth). I did an in-depth scientific poll of one person, my roommate Tramaine Aaron, and the results showed that indeed these are America’s favorite holidays. I digress.

What is the meaning of this Thanksgiving Day Celebration? The “original” meaning of Thanksgiving has a very distasteful past to say the least and I am not here to bore you with a history lesson. This is of course why Google was invented. Plus, I want to believe we as a society are evolving from the ignorance of the past.

Let’s fast forward to my 21st century definition. Thanksgiving on the calendar is the last Thursday in November and is summarized by the 3 f’s: family, food, and football in order of importance of course.

Reader Clause: Remember I am American so football to me is American football to you. Your football is soccer is to me.

Thanksgiving is a time when families come together, enjoy each others company, and give thanks for the many blessings that have been bestowed upon them. A highly competitive, backyard family football game commonly precedes the festivities. This allows for friendly banter and bragging rights for the ensuing year.

The meal although, is the highlight of the festivities. But before the over indulgence can take place everyone must profess what they are thankful for. Then with a table decorated with turkey, stuffing, cranberries, squash, and sweet potatoes an “I ate too much” feeling usually transpires. Everything is home cooked under grandma’s watchful eye and finished off with her world renowned pumpkin pie. There is always room for desert.

After the meal everyone congregates in front of the television to lie back on the couch, unbutton the pants and fall asleep some good American football.

I know this may not be a German holiday but take a second this Thursday, or any day for that matter, to give thanks for everything you have been given. Go around the table if you like or simply take a second to reflect. However you or your family wants to do it take a few seconds to recognize how truly blessed you are.

Thanks for reading,

Trevor

P.S. We won on Saturday and if you want to find out more check out the real writers at the newspaper. Also, since I do play basketball we have a home game this Saturday and would love for you come and watch.