By Alli Schieber
Features Editor
Thanksgiving is a holiday where many families in the United States get together, eat lots of food and hang out.
Many families have different traditions from playing football, to saying what they are thankful for before they eat which are some common Thanksgiving traditions in the United States. Some families have different or unusual traditions.
Audrey Mcbride, a freshman psychology from Porter, said that one unusual tradition her family has is they reenact the “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” Christmas wacky dinner scene where they try to say grace before eating their meal.
Mcbride also said that her family does a pumpkin cheesecake instead of the traditonal pumpkin pie.
Tyler Blakenship, a junior English education major from Macomb said that his family also does this tradition and it is his favorite food to eat at Thanksgiving.
Blakenship also said that he enjoys playing football with his family on Thanksgiving.
Mikayla White, a sophomore from Kiowa Kansas said one of her favorite traditions is playing backyard volleyball with her family.
White also said her favorite Thanksgiving food was the veggie tray everyone snacks on before the meal.
“We break a piñata,” said Jamie Torres, a freshman criminology major from Hennesey. “We order something to do with the theme like a turkey and we break it.”
One of my favorite traditions my family has is walking to the park with my aunt, all my siblings and cousins. We call this a moon walk because when we would go on walks with my aunt while we were younger, we would ask where we were going, and she would always say the moon.
Other families have Thanksgiving traditions that are normal such as watching football or the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade or playing card or board games.
Not only are there fun traditions with family for thanksgiving but also food, lots of food.
Some favorites amongst Americans are pumpkin pie, turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potato casserole and green bean casserole.
According to finedininglovers.com the top ten most popular Thanksgiving foods as of November 2022 are roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, corn casserole, sweet potato casserole, honey-glazed brussels sprouts, cranberry sauce, pecan pie and pumpkin pie.
The First United Methodist Church of Alva will be hosting a free Thanksgiving dinner next Thursday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. The meal is free of charge and there are carryout or delivery request that can be made by calling the church at 580-327-2571.
The church is located at 626 Colleve Ave Alva, Ok 73717.
