Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Thanksgiving

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        Thanksgiving is a part of American culture that people celebrate all across the country. In this holiday there are family gatherings which involve eating a lot of meat, especially turkey. People give thanks to their families.

I remember my first Thanksgiving with my host parents in Washington, Maine in 2008, and I remember watching what was going to happen. It was nothing big, but we were stuffed with turkey dinner with many friends and families.

My second Thanksgiving was in Putney, Vermont and what is interesting about Puntney is that there is a particular day called March of the Turkey Day which happens just before Thanksgiving break and all of the faculty members from the Putney School march with huge Turkeys in the dining hall to serve students food.

At Champlain College, Thanksgiving was quite nice because there were all sorts of events such as international impromptu night and the dining hall served turkeys and other kinds of food  just before break.  If you didn’t have any place to stay during the holidays the faculty helped you find a host family to stay with during break and also one of the dorms on campus was open for international students.  I am lucky that I have so many host families in the US that I can go and stay with at any time. 

Champlain is a nice community that is easy to get to know. Everyone from faculty to students are very friendly. You won’t feel homesick here at all.