DENMON PEARLMAN TRADITIONS
WHAT OUR TEAM DOES EACH THANKSGIVING
Paul Knudsen: I play sports with the kids, watch football, and eat copious amounts of food!
The Denmon Family : Right before Thanksgiving dinner, our favorite tradition is when our extended family shares what they are most grateful for. The kiddos always have interesting things to say!
Ani De La Paz: We all go to Aunt Sara’s house and have Thanksgiving dinner. My
The Pearlman Family: Every Thanksgiving, our family runs a 5K! We also make apple cinnamon bread to eat afterward and then start cooking dinner.
grandpa prays for the food we are about to eat, too. We always cook lamb and turkey, and everyone brings dishes to pass around. My grandmother makes flan, and my husband always cooks the turkey.
Emily Petitt: My mom hosts “Pie Day” the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. She invites all of our friends and family over for a day of baking cookies,
Eden Fhima: We usually pick names for Secret Hanukkah (AKA,
Ashley Boisvert: Every year, my mom, sisters, and I gather the Wednesday before Thanksgiving to prepare our side dishes. We drink wine, cook, and spend time together. Then, on Black Friday, we listen to “A Very Carpenter Christmas,” eat leftover sandwiches, and decorate the tree while mom directs us!
Secret Santa), and we also pick out our Christmas tree.
pies, and other desserts, and she sends everyone home with a homemade pie. It’s my favorite tradition. We always have a full house of friends and others who don’t have other places to go. It makes me really appreciate the holiday and feel grateful. We also watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and once Santa comes on the screen it’s considered Christmas. Afterward, the kids watch “Miracle on 34th Street” and the adults make Thanksgiving dinner while listening to Christmas music.
Emma Beazley: As a First Nation ECBI, we have a harvest over the equinox and roast a deer, enjoy corn, and make fry bread.
Morgan Nielsen: My family eats delicious pineapple ham and other foods that I spent all day preparing.
Jenica Harvey: I make fun Thanksgiving crafts with my nephew. Last year, we made beaded Indian corn,
Emily Ball: We eat Thanksgiving lunch and play games at my aunt’s
home every year. At dinner time, we reheat Thanksgiving leftovers, and the kids draw names for a Christmas present exchange. They also make their wish lists from all the Thanksgiving day newspaper ads.
We talk about what we are grateful for from the past year, what our favorite time of the year was, and set a goal to accomplish before next Thanksgiving.
and it was so much fun for the both of us! Chris and I also scan all the Black Friday ads to plan our shopping trips!
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