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Claire Henocq and her Thanksgiving Break

During Thanksgiving break I was able to discover a lot about American culture. We celebrated Thanksgiving with a few friends of the family, it was a good gathering. Before the meal someone had to cut the traditional turkey and I'm the one who did it! Then everyone took their neighbor's hand and the mother said a prayer, it showed that lots of Americans are religious whereas in France we don't really pay attention to this.

On Black Friday we met friends and went shopping. Some shops were open on Thursday night so we shopped until midnight and woke up at 7 am on Friday to shop some more. It was a really good time, I had a lot of fun.

Arthur Petit enjoys his Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was really diverse for me. Attending three kinds of party was actually really interesting. First I went to one of my host's friends. They call it Friendsgiving. Basically they gathered between young people to have fun and play games. However, the real Thanksgiving was different. For lunch we went to a typical white American Thanksgiving where we ate a lot. I would say, though, that my favorite one was for dinner. My family welcomed not less than 70 persons from their family and friends. This huge party was a real great time of sharing where people met each other again after a long time. I mainly stayed with young persons but meeting so many Americans was really pleasing. I've never seen so much food in my life, I could not even taste everything. This friendly atmosphere was really different from French celebrations. Once more, the US is so very different. In one word I would describe my Thanksgiving as intriguing.

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Yanis Martinet and his Thanksgiving Day

I discovered Thanksgiving with a German exchange student, and we both loved the idea of sharing which is brought by this celebration that does not exist in Europe. Moreover I ate a lot of dishes that are prepared for this day (my favorites ones are the turkey and the cranberry sauce). My host family also did an “After-Thanksgiving” which was on Friday, where I discovered even more food, but from Chinese culture.

Thanksgiving - Emeline Bichet

Emeline : I spent Thanksgiving with my host father’s family. We ate a typical Thanksgiving lunch, composed of turkey, mash potatoes, vegetables and a pumpkin pie. After that we watched movies. We woke up at midnight the following day to shop. I spent plenty of time with my host family and their friends for the weekend, and we went to a Thunder game on Sunday evening. It was an amazing experience !

Thanksgiving - Cassandre Caballero

I spent Thanksgiving with my correspondent’s parents and grandparents. I ate some turkey which was really good. We ate some vegetables and mash potatoes. By the end I was so full that I was unable to eat some pumpkin pie. The grandparents asked me many questions about France, its economy and its government. I woke up at 5am to do the Black Friday at the Mall, where I bought too much. I came back home at 1pm and watched TV for the entire afternoon because I was exhausted.

Thanksgiving - Pierre Odiaux

J’ai beaucoup aimé Thanksgiving pour l’atmosphère familiale qui régnait dans la maison. Notre famille d’accueil était impatiente à l’idée de recevoir leurs parents et leurs enfants. Camille et moi avons vécu une expérience inoubliable grâce à la générosité et à la joie de vivre de toute la famille.

Impressions of Thanksgiving - Camille DOREMUS

Because my host family is the one that everybody wants to have, and because Amy (our host mother) is a great cook and planner, Bryan (our host father + the lookalike of Clint Eastwood) is an epicurean and Arden the cutest and kindest girl, our Thanksgiving was the greatest one! My belly has never been that full, and the atmosphere was similar to Christmas’ one: songs, family and good food! I really enjoyed this time of sharing with my family. Wink wink, Shoshone that I really like even if he is a huge sniffer! Thanks for all!

Thanksgiving - Laura Caussin

Pour Thanksgiving, ma famille m'a emmené au Texas, dans une ville proche de Dallas (state capital). Nous sommes allés chez la tante de ma « correspondante », avec sa sœur et sa mère. Thanksgiving est comme un premier noël mais sans cadeaux. En effet, cette fête est une grande réunion de famille. J'ai pu rencontrer les grands-parents, les oncles et les tantes et ainsi passer 3 jours dans une famille du sud des Etats-Unis. Pour cet événement, chacun apporte quelque chose à manger. Tout le monde participe, ce qui rend tout cela très convivial. Le plat que j'ai pu manger était composé de turkey (dinde) ainsi que d'un grattin de pâtes préparé avec des épices pour l'occasion. Tout était succulent !!!! Il y avait aussi de la pumpkin pie (tarte à la citrouille). Tout le monde était très gentil et j'ai vraiment passé un bon moment.