My thanksgiving holiday

By Renan Sales

       Thanksgiving is a specific American holiday that the American celebrate to give thanks for everything that they want. It Started a long time ago when the Pilgrims came to America and lived here. Then they try to give thanks for everything and celebrated it with the native American. The first celebration was in Plymouth, In present-day Massachusetts and in nowadays it is commemorated in everywhere in the last Thursday of November, which day was declared by the President Roosevelt. So now how was my thanksgiving? I will tell you what I did in that holiday. 

     For me that holiday began on Tuesday afternoon after the classes. I and the other Brazilians went to the Stop & Shop and bought foods, sneaks and soda to have a good holiday and don't feel  hungry because all of the dinner halls in the university were closed. On Tuesday night I watched a movie called The Hunger games, but I slept in the first 15 minutes.  On Wednesday, I did not do a lot of things. I woke up and finished to watch the movie. Then, I had lunch with some of the Brazilians. We cooked and ate together. And those foods remind me my Brazilians foods that I ate in my home. 

     On Thursday, In the Thanksgiving day, everything was different. First I had a delicious lunch and celebrated the thanksgiving and gave thanks to God for the foods and for the opportunity, that He gave for us. Then, at night I and my friends went to BestBuy and started our Black Friday( the day after the thanksgiving, that the economy get better). We arrived there at 5:30 PM and the Store Open at 6:00 PM so we waited at the line and it was crazy and fun, and I had never done that before did it here. 

The Old New Paltz

  In addition, in the other days, the end of the holiday. I went out to eat and walk around the old New paltz. On Friday night, I went to the main street to eat a fantastic Kalzone with some friends. On Saturday I went to a Turkey restaurant to have delicious lunch and those meals were amazing. Finally, after the lunch I and my friends walked around the Old New Paltz and saw the Old houses which owners have their names spread in SUNY. 

In conclusion, my thanksgiving was not exciting but it was good because I did simple things with my friends which made me feel better and relax. I really like my first American holiday at SUNY New Paltz. I hope in the next year, in the thanksgiving, I can do many things with my friends and travel with them.

My Thanksgiving by Kyung Jin

      Have you ever been to Woodbury Common Outlet on Black Friday?

   I’ve never shopped on Black Friday since I came in the U.S. But I did this time. Because my parents in law wanted to get some winter jackets and my husband wanted to buy an IPad mini. 

   First, I went to Walmart to buy an I-Pad mini for my husband. Because if I buy an IPad mini, I can get one hundred Walmart gift card. The sale started from 6 PM. at Thanksgiving day. Before I went there, I thought there were very crowed so I hesitated to go or not. But when I arrived at Walmart one hour early, there were not that many people than I expected. In addition, they attached stickers on customer’s wrist orderly. So after I waited for an hour, I could buy the iPad mini with $100 gift card. I was happy to save one hundred dollars.

  Next, I went to Woodbury Common Outlet to buy winter jackets for mother and father in-law. I went there with my friend and her husband. He drove to the outlet. We arrived there at around 11 PM. There were a lot of cars in the parking lot. We tried to find a parking space but we couldn’t find one. So my friend and I got off the car to shop. After he parked his car, we were going to meet him at the shop. First, we went into Saks Fifth Avenue off 5^th store. There were various brands’ clothes, bags, and accessories. My friend bought some clothes for his father. The clothes were 50% off, and it was buy one get one. So she saved a lot of money. Then, we went to the North face store. There were long line to enter the store, we waited on line for around 20 minutes. There were on big sale near 65% off. We also bought the clothes that we wanted to. I saved about $200. It was a great shopping.
 
  In sum, during this Thanksgiving, I shopped on Black Friday for the first time. It was a good chance to buy good things for good price. I saved about three hundred dollars. I will shop on next Black Friday too.

My first Thanksgiving!

by Yeon Soo

This was my first Thanksgiving in U.S.  This was very  special time to me beause my cousin visited U.S for me. So We went to the Florida. We planed to go Disney land, Universal studio and Sea world. When we met in the bus station we was so exciting!! We didn't worry about weather and other things. I just know Orlando is very warm so me and my cousin packed only sleves and short pants.

That was big mistake to us. Because Florida weather was very weird. When we arrived at the airport we was very cold. Next morning, we went to the Universal studio. We heard probably so many people will come so you will good buy expess tickets. That was so expensive, but we don't have choice because there has so many people behind us.

But when we inside the entrance, we could feel this express tickets not useful. there was not crowd and we didn't wait so much to ride rollercoster. But it was very exciting experience and I can't forget that time. :)

Tomorrow we went to the Disney land. Disney land had so many family and kids. So we need to wait 2 hours for riding rollercoster. So we just looking around the land. Although we just looking around time is not enough. At night we saw a big firework. That was so so beutiful.

This travel was so nice and I can't forget this moment. This trip like a dream to me :)
This trip make me to recharge my energy for studying.

 

Rozan Kahil

My First Thanksgiving

 

 



                    Does thanksgiving popular in your religion or not? When I came to America I knew, that Americans celebrate their thanksgiving and I been a part of the American thanksgiving. They told us that in the thanksgiving they meet with their family and have dinner. Moreover, the Haggerty English second language makes for us a big launch, that contains Turkey, mash potato, and vegetable salad it was very awesome, I really enjoyed it.  The day after, I went to the city, and I stayed there for three days.  I been to Woodbury common and I had had shopping with my friends on black Friday.  The prices were very low, so we enjoyed it.  Finally, I spend thanksgiving with my friend and family same as American do, it was really enjoyable.  

 

             

Thanksgiving trip :D

by DJ

Have you ever overwhelm some place before to go there? Probably yes and it happened with me, in this Thanksgiving, I could know two beautiful cities, Washington DC and Philadelphia. I thought that 5 days are many days to know these cities and it would be boring, but I was wrong, I could know how fantastic they are. Moreover it was my first trip which I just traveled with others international friends, then I needed to speak in English all the time. So I would like to talk, about my experiences in Washington DC and Philadelphia and also my first trip just talking in English.

The White House

The first city of this trip was Washington DC, the political capital of USA. If I had words to define this city, I used DREAM, some people cannot agree with me about it, but I have sure that they will overwhelm this city like one boring and political city like me before to arrive there. I changed completely my opinion when I know this city, I passed 3 days there and I could go to wonderful museums, Space and Air Museum where I saw the Apollo 11, the first spaceflight to the moon,  Natural Gallery where I had the pleasure to see one painting by Leonardo da Vinci, Holocaust Museum that have a descriptive timeline about the Jewish history, the Capitol where I seat in front of it for 30 minutes to appreciate this moment and a wonderful architecture, or better to resume, I was in a dream because I could see many famous places that since I was a child I saw in many movies and for me to stay there personally was unbelievable.

Capitol - Washington DC

After I went to Philadelphia, famous city for your gastronomy and classics buildings. I could find in this wonderful city one amazing gastronomy, in the center you have a huge market that you can choose food from different countries in the same place, I couldn't taste the famous Philly Cheesesteak that in all the USA, the people try to recreate the same flavor, but nobody can copy the original cheesesteak. But I could eat one delicious chicken and fish combined with amazing spices. In addition, the buildings are others famous points in Philadelphia, I was really shocked how beautiful the City Hall is and also I went to see one statue so famous there, a statue to honor Arnold Schawarzenegger when he interpreted Rocky in the cinema.

Rocky 

Furthermore this amazing trip hadn't been wonderful without my friends. In this thanksgiving, I wanted to travel with my international friends and I knew that it would be a challenge for me, because I had to speak in English all the time. But now after this I can say that it was wonderful, I could improve more my English and pass the Thanksgiving dinner with my new friends, this trip marked our friendship that we made this semester, probably will be so difficult to stay everybody together again, so it was one wonderful experience that never I want to forget.

My international friends (Ecuador, Spain, Australia, Egypt, Czech Republic)

Therefore, my holiday where I could know Washington DC and Philadelphia with my international friends was amazing. If I had chance to do everything again, I would make again unless I would remember to bring one comfort shoes, because I walked a lot and my foot are so sore. 

My First Thanksgiving

      How was your Thanksgiving? It is a big celebration in United States, when the americans eat turkey, mashed potatoes among other things. This is the only holliday that happen just in the US, because it started when the piligrims arrived here and received help from the native americans, so one day, they gave a big dinner to give thanks to them. My Thanksgiving break was very nice.

      I didn't do anything special, but I liked to be at the dorm just sleeping and talking with my friends. On Thursday, the effective Thanksgiving Day, some of my brazilian friends and I went to the Galeria Mall in Poughkeepsie, because it was the beggining of Black Friday. I didn't buy a lot of things, but I enjoyed to go there, because it is very different for me, in my country we don't have one day that a lot of people went out because all of the stores are cheaper than the normal.

      

     On friday, some friends and I went to the pizzeria to eat calzone, I hadn't eat it before, and I really liked! It was so cold, but we didn't mind about that, we talked a lot and had a great time together. After that, we went to dorm and watched a movie. I enjoyed this day!

     I couldn't see the tradicional Thanksgiving in America, with family together, a lot of food and things like that, but I had a goot time in the break, I really enjoyed and rested. I think everyone needs to give thanks for everything that have in their life and try to be happy! Now I am looking forward the winter break! ;)

My Wonderful Thanksgiving

By Yuka

     Have you ever met a multicultural family in the United States? During Thanksgiving Days, I visited at my suite mate's house in Long Island. This is my first time to spend the weekend with an American family. Her family is a multicultural family. Her father is a Jew, and her mother is a Greek. Therefore, they celebrate Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, which is Jewish event, every year. In the family, I spent very great Thanksgiving weekend. I would like to pick up some good memories in the weekend.

     First my good memory is that my suite mate, Sarah, drove me to see her home town. Her home town is located in Southold, so there are a lot of oceans and bays around the area. Unfortunately, the day was raining, so I could not see the bays clearly. However, she said I can see very beautiful bays in summer. Also, I went to the Orient Point of the Long Island. When I arrived at there, I saw the whole ocean. I became to like Long Island. I want to visit summer again.

     Next, I celebrated Thanksgiving and Hanukkah with her neighbors and relatives. I ate a lot of food such as a baked turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and a pumpkin cheese pie. It was very delicious. I like Thanksgiving. Also, I decorated a sweets house. This is one of the Hanukkah events. Hanukkah color is blue and white, so I put some blue candies and white creams on my house. I thought my dream came true to make a sweets house. In addition, I learned how to celebrate Hanukkah. Her father took a Hanukia from a shelf, and he put two small candles on it. While they were praying, they lighted candles. After that, they said "Happy Hanukkah," and they hugged each other. They celebrate Hanukkah until Christmas. I had really fun Thanksgiving and Hanukkah.

     After the thanksgiving, I decorated a Christmas tree and her house with her family. There were a lot of Christmas decorations in her house. The tree was very big. I couldn't reach the top of the tree. I was very happy because I have not decorated Christmas in my home since I was a junior high school student. I was very excited to decorate her house. Also, Sarah made a little Christmas village on the table. When we finished the decoration, the house was very cute and beautiful.

     All in all, I really had great Thanksgiving weekend with Sarah's family. I was glad that Sarah invited me at her house. I got unforgettable experiences such as visiting Long Island, celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah, and decorating a big Christmas tree. I love Long Island, her house, her family, and Sarah!!!

My Thanksgiving Break

Qiqi

Did you have a good Thanksgiving break? This was my second year to celebrate the Thanksgiving day in the United States. Compared to last year, I had a different experience this year, even thought I wasn’t going to ravel.  

First of all, on Thursday evening I with my sisters went to Wal-Mart, we were planning to buy a new and bigger television. Because this was our first time shopping on Black Friday, we didn’t know how to get a low price. Therefore, when we got there everything were sold out that we didn’t get a new television. We were so disappointed, so we went to the Galleria mall. Every store were open at midnight, and at front of store had a long line, even the store hadn’t open yet.   That was an awesome experience for me.

Secondly, on Friday I went to NYC. In New York City, everywhere can feel Christmas is coming soon, all over the street can hear a Christmas song, and the stores which in the Fifth Avenue, there’re showcase are decorated very fancy and classy. I like window shopping at Fifth Avenue. One of the thing was surprised me, I saw some homeless people sat on the street, but I didn’t see that before Thanksgiving day.

The last thing I did on the Thanksgiving break was spend time with my two puppies. Every day when I woke up, I like to put them on my bed, play with them. Actually they are love to eat everything, such as my homework, napkin, and my TOFEL CD. That’s make me crazy, I think I was very careful. Even they all the time makes me angry, but I really really love them. I like to spend time with them.

In sum, I had a great holiday, and I really enjoyed it. 

My Thanksgiving Weekend

By: Xin

       Time flies, the long weekend has gone already. Does anyone enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend? I spent an unusual weekend and did a lot of things during these days. Every holiday I have a same feeling which is even though the weekend had lots of fun but it was too tried. On this weekend, I went to New York City, had a party with my friends, and made an awesome dinner

       First of all, I went to NYC with my friends and sister. On the first day of Thanksgiving weekend, I didn’t catch some ‘Z’’s in the morning because we had to avoid the traffic jam of NYC. After 2 hours, we arrived NYC with our weary bodies. One thing that helped us to wake up is have a yummy breakfast. After that I went to China town and bought a laptop which had a good deal because that day was near Black Friday. Finally, we bought a cake for my friends’ birthday and went home.

       Next, I went to my friends’ birthday party on the second day night. I brought the birthday cake and came to his house. I ate some Chinese dish and turkey. After the nice dinner, we sat around and play games with beer and whiskey. After a while, some of my friends were drunk. We talked a lot of our past and secrets. I believe after that day, we knew each other more deeply and had more close friendship.

       Finally, I cooked some Chinese dishes and my sister baked a turkey on the third day. I was not good at cooking, but I wanted to cook for my sister on Thanksgiving Day because I’m very thankful my sister who is always takes care of me and help my studying and life. When I was cooking dinner, my sister decided to bake a turkey for us. Then, after one hour we finished. When my sister and I was eating dinner. We chatted with our parent on face time. We were thankful for our parents and said “we love you” to them. It was an unforgettable day because of the dinner and chatting.  

       In sum, I had a nice Thanksgiving weekend. I’m thankful for all people who are my relatives, friends, professor, and classmates. You all make my life more colorful. I love you all.

My Thanksgiving Break

By - Kuan-Wen

      I didn't go out to travel another city or do something else, actually. I stayed in my dorm, I was editing the video for end of the ceremony (AKB48 dance cover). It will be due for next week, so I have to hurry up!!! Most of the day, I was working on this.


     I had gone to my friend's house (Zhao Rui) to eat food for dinner. It was a delicious meal. Jing Wen and Zhao Rui cooked. I didn't cook just helped them finish the meals.


    I went to NYC this Friday for Black Friday. I went there with, Jing Wen, Boots, and Zhao Rui. We left school to take morning trailway bus (4:55) to go there. My shopping result is not good, I brought very few things. One jacket and One cloth, that's it. Because I went the stores didn't give discounts (only cross down tax) and sizes didn't fit me. I felt very bad.
   
   On Saturday, it was a day for nothing. Nothing special just for relaxing day. I didn't eat thing on that day. It can say I was dieting. However, some days I ate cup noodles for saving money to feed my stomach. I was spending time on sleeping, watching dramas, and studying TOEFL. Somehow boring and normal.

    Finally, I hope my next year can go more shopping and travel a lot. I was waiting to finish my editing work. I feel exciting to finish as soon as possible. This time is more challenge, especially I am inexperienced filmmaker. All I learned were from my own, I learned things were from online sources. I want to see the result what it is like. Looking forward for my final work. Good luck to me.

Thanksgiving by. Jiyoung Lee

Thanksgiving

 This thanksgiving is my first thanksgiving. It was very nice because a lot of my friends invited their home. Korea has holiday similar to Thanksgiving. However, America and Korea have different culture such as custom and food. So, my first thanksgiving was special to me.

First day, My friend and I made Korean food. And we went another friend’s home. There are a lot of peoples and food. I was really happy because I made a lot of new friends. Besides, I saw thanksgiving food that was so delicious. After that, we played billiard and table tennis. Also, we sang a song together. 

       Second day, I spent much time with my friend’s family. My friend’s mother made Korean foods. She looks like my mother. We talked about music and art because they had a lot of interests to art. And my friend’s major is music. So he will have concert, and  I saw his performance practice. It was very nice.

       Lastly, friend bought delicious foods to me. we went TGI. Besides, my father gave gift to me. It was so amazing. My father is the best father in the world!!!!!!!!!!. 

   

      I was really happy during Thanksgiving. And I experienced American custom. 

My First Thanksgiving

By Akari Kurihara

     How was your thanksgiving holiday? This week from November 27th to December 1st, there had a holiday to stay with family in America. It is called "Thanksgiving". We don't have that kinds of holiday in Japan, so that was first experience in my life. Actually, my boyfriend came to see me from Japan. We enjoyed sightseeing and shopping a lot. I will tell you about what did I do during the holiday.

     The first day, he missed the flight in Japan and couldn't take the plane because of the trouble with the company. I was surprised to hear that. I thought he never comes in America. I gave up to meet him, but he was desperately looking for another ticket to America. Then, he could get a new one!! On November 26th, I went to the JFK airport to meet him after school. It was very cold because of the snow. Also there was traffic jam and the bus was delayed for more than an hour. Finally, I could meet him after all this time. He gave me a lot of Japanese food and presents;)) I wanted to talk with him all day long, but he went to bed early because of the jet lag. 

     The next day, we went to New York City by Trailways. It was the first time for him to come to New York. When he saw the view of the Times Square, he looked very fascinated by a lot of tall buildings and bright panels. On thanksgiving day, we went to see the parade early in the morning. There were many kinds of big balloons with the music. We wanted to watch musical at Broadway, but we couldn't get any ticket. So we kept walking and walking a lot. When we got to Korean Town, we noticed that almost all the shops would open from 8 pm. It means that Black Friday start! We waited in the long line to go to Macy's and bought a lot of winter clothes.

     On Friday, we went to Sarabeth's to eat breakfast with also my friends. It was very very delicious that I have ever had. Then we went to 5th avenue to go shopping. There were a lot of people on the street having a big shopping bag. I love Kate Spade very much;) I could buy there that I wanted to buy. In Japan, November 29th have the meaning of "good meat", so we went to eat BBQ. Not only Americans but also people from all over the world are looking forward to coming Black Friday to buy a lot of things. It was surprised to me. The last day, we went to Times Square again to buy the tickets of The Phantom of Opera. We waited for more than an hour to get it. Finally, we could get it!!! We had a lot of time before the show, so we went to see the Statue of Liberty. It was s big that we could see from the ship. We also went to Brooklyn Bridge park to see night view. It was so beautiful that I never forget.
   
     I think that Thanksgiving is a good holiday to stay with family and to be able to be thankful for family. We need that holiday in Japan. I am very glad that I could experience this holiday. Also, thanks to my boyfriend I could study abroad without any difficulties. Only one month left until I go back to Japan. I would like to do my best at the rest of my studying abroad.