Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Traditions in Different States

Drew Duncan

You know what you do for Thanksgiving, but do you ever wonder what other people do for Thanksgiving?

• One big tradition in Texas is watching the Dallas Cowboys football game because the Cowboys have played on Thanksgiving day almost every year since 1966. 

• One big tradition in New York City is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. A bunch of people watch it either right there in the streets of New York or on the TV like me and my family. 

• A big tradition in California is the Silicon Valley Turkey Trot. It starts the weekend after Thanksgiving.  

• One big tradition for Massachusetts is the American hometown Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth. It's held the weekend before Thanksgiving. 

• In Indiana, the Parke County covered bridge Thanksgiving hunt and shopping trail is a yearly tradition. Families take advantage of the late autum weather to drive through Parker County's 31 historic covered bridges which are often dusted with late November snow.

November holidays around the world

Mya Ellis

Everyone knows the main holiday in November, Thanksgiving. But do you know the history behind Thanksgiving? And even other holidays before and after Thanksgiving like Veterans Day, Loy Krathong Day and even a Cambodian holiday Bon om Touk.

The first November holiday in history we will start with is obviously Thanksgiving. It all started in 1621 with the pilgrims and the Wampanoag people in Plymouth. They had a big Autumn feast and eventually President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it a national day of Thanksgiving in 1863 and it has continued throughout the many years.

The second holiday is going to be Loy Krathong day. It is an annual Thai celebration where people float decorated small baskets on rivers, canals, and lakes to thank the water goddess and release past any kind of negativity.They start the celebration on the evening of the full moon of the 12th month in the traditional Thai lunar calendar (falling in November). 

The last holiday I am going to tell you about is a Cambodian holiday, Bon om Touk, often translated as the Cambodian Water and Moon Festival. It is one of Cambodia's largest and most deeply cherished national holidays. Celebrated over three days during the full moon in late October or November, it marks the end of the rainy season and the beginning of the fishing season.