The Omnibus

Issue date: 11/18/09 Section: Forum

Southwest Baptist University has two days left until Thanksgiving break when many students will travel home and enjoy the festive holiday with their families and friends.
Students will consume food, desserts and enough calories to keep them going until Christmas.
Turkey, stuffing, gravy, rolls, deviled eggs, baked beans; Thanksgiving can not sound better than this.
As a whole, Thanksgiving sometimes grows monotonous from year to year. The turkey looks the same, the stuffing smells the same, and grandma's green bean casserole always has too many onions and mushrooms.
What would it be like if everyone switched homes for Thanksgiving? What if Jane went to Susie's house and Dick went to John's house?
Every family has traditions specific just to them. Let us step into some different homes and see how some students celebrate Thanksgiving.
"We always go to the movies as a family after dinner, and Thanksgiving weekend we go the Christmas tree farm and cut down our Christmas tree as a family," said freshman Ashton Plumer.
"I absolutely love the season in general. Just to have a holiday where it's focused on thankfulness." Plumer continued, '"Not what you get but what you can give. It's not about you. It's about everybody else and what God can do through that.
"My favorite Thanksgiving food is dinner rolls with honey butter that my cousin makes. It's the best, and it's really good," said Plumer.
Others had a little trouble thinking of their Thanksgiving traditions, but with a little help, the traditions came tumbling out.
"We do eat together," said sophomore Chad George. "Every other year we're either at my dad's side of the family or my mom's side of the family."
"Macaroni and cheese is probably my favorite, definitely, but my dad also makes homemade rolls which is another tradition, They're always really, really good. I always wake up early to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and snitch rolls from him while he's not looking. And I really like the rolls and mashed potatoes and corn, but not turkey. I hate turkey."
Senior Nathan Staley also shared some of his family's Thanksgiving Day traditions.
"Our traditions are basically pretty generic traditions, like the turkey and the corn and stuffing," said Staley. "Our different dynamic is that we do it at a different geographic location every year. We never really celebrate in the same place."
"What do I like most about Thanksgiving?" asked Staley. "The idea of stuffing my skinny little frame with delicious food that my mom makes.

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