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The truth behind the tradition is surprising. Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims seem to go together, but the truth is, the Pilgrims never held an autumnal Thanksgiving feast. However the Pilgrims did have a feast in 1621, after their first harvest, and it is this feast, which people often refer to as The First Thanksgiving. This…

Christmas is the day when Jesus’s birthday is celebrated, and as this glorious holiday approaches, this seems to be the most common question among students worldwide. Some of them are more, some less creative, but still, the task has to be done, which is why I decided to give you prompts and ideas on how…

The Abstinence Club All pressure is not bad. In high school, I was apart of a organization called the Abstinence Club. Before joining I found out that the Abstinence Club was an organization that provides positive peer pressure among adults and teens within the society. It’s also a group of persons who all come together…

Eating Christmas in the Kalahari Abstraction Richard Borshay Lee was a societal anthropologist that had lived with and studied the southern Tswana folk. In “Eating Christmas in the Kalahari” Richard Borshay Lee introduces us to some really utile techniques in societal scientific discipline. What he decided to make was take portion in an ox Christmas…

An event that changed my life happened in 2011. It was the end of my senior year. All I could think about was after graduation in May I was free. Free from school and hopefully get away from my parents. At the end of February I found out I was pregnant! I was scared to…

It has been pegged as the most supreme milestone in a young girl’s life: her sixteenth birthday. Many young girls dream about what it will be like to turn 16 along with it’s distinctive, traditional party. By influence of television shows such as “Sweet Sixteen” and “My Super Sweet 16”, girls imagine that their party…

Many people fear taking risks, especially when there is something to lose. This goes on to become a hindrance in developing an ability that could have helped us positively in our lives. I could have been grouped into that category of people if not for my Literature teacher in secondary school. I was always that…

The seven us are sitting in Mr. Stones room, anxiously waiting to start our meeting. We start playing games, like Hangman and I Spy. Finally we hear the squeak of the back door to the Agriculture building. The teammates and Mr. Stone are sitting in a circle in the middle of the room talking about…

Looking back to the past filled with events and memories, I found it rather difficult to choose only one meal that is the most special and most unforgettable to me. There are a lot of good meals that came to my mind. But if I can only choose one of them, I would say it…

Most news stories one hears just goes in one ear and out the other. It may resonate with some for a few minutes where that person feels devastated from the world producing cruel events. But, for something to change your opinion and you learn from mistakes, you have to endure the action and realize how…