The Thanksgiving Long Weekend

It was a nice long weekend and I got to sleep in, but it was also Thanksgiving. Some people got out and window shopped. Some people may also have gone away, but I stayed home. Normally my auntie Debbie hosts Thanksgiving Dinner, even though we are supposed to take turns. So this year we actually did and Thanksgiving was hosted at our place.

There were lots of people who came. They were my Grandmother; who is my mom’s mom, my auntie Debbie who is my mom’s sister and her husband Gary who we also call “Sparky”, because of his red face and that he is loud. Also my two cousins were there. They are the son and daughter of my auntie Debbie and my uncle Gary/ Sparky. Their names are Drew and Karen. Karen is engaged and brought her fiancé Andrea who is from Italy. Drew brought his girlfriend Amber, which makes it good for a laugh because my dog’s name is also Amber, so when I call my dog Amber says “I’m right here”. My dad’s accountant was also there with his wife Patty. Then of course there was my Mom and Dad and me and Amber my dog and my grandfather who was also there in spirit. So it was a full house, full of twelve people and my house is not even that big.

We ate our Thanksgiving Dinner on Sunday. It was a big one. We had to wait until 8:00 p.m. to eat because of the Canucks game against Denver, which started at 5:00 p.m. Even though they lost the game we had to wait until it was over.

In the U.S on our Thanksgiving they celebrate Columbus Day which is a whole other thing.

We celebrate Thanksgiving for lots of reasons. Joey from "Friends" said that it had to do with the pilgrims and the indians and I think that it's because of the pilgrims and the indians too. The indians were in Canada first and they had lots of celebrations so the pilgrims decided to have a celebration too. The reason they decided to have a celebration that became a holiday in October was because they were farmers and they wanted to celebrate and give thanks for the harvest.

Our family thanksgiving was also a bit of a birthday celebration, because of all my family being together. My family surprised me with some gifts. I got a brand new watch that shows the time, the date and the day. I like it very much. My mom’s mom; my grandmother, gave me a native art box that shows an eagle on it. It adds to my native art collection, which I’ve begun to start. My grandmother was in good spirits and she said that she’s looking for some pictures of me when I was born.

Overall it was a great day full of family, laughs, good food and good times.