{"id":3606,"date":"2023-11-15T12:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=3606"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:06:02","slug":"thanksgiving-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/thanksgiving-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Break!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ayah Hassan, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanksgiving break is just around the corner! Whether you\u2019re planning on celebrating Thanksgiving or not, many people have special plans to look forward to, including (but not limited to) food, traveling, and\/or special traditions. Let’s take a look at what some of our very own River Hill Hawks have planned for the upcoming break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you think of some traditional Thanksgiving foods, you often think of mashed potatoes and gravy, cornbread, green bean casserole, cranberry sauce, stuffing, pie, and most famously: turkey. Although Turkey is a common food to serve at Thanksgiving dinner, people often have mixed feelings about it. Some love the delicious seasoned meat, but others might prefer chicken or–because turkey is a larger bird and might be more difficult to fully cook–think it\u2019s too dry most of the time. Sophomore Leilah Fokar states, \u201cI love turkey!\u201d Junior Katie Lee disagrees, stating that she \u201c[doesn\u2019t] like turkey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanksgiving is not just about eating food, but it is also about giving thanks and reflecting on what you\u2019re thankful for. \u201cMy favorite Thanksgiving tradition is when we’re all seated by the table. When it\u2019s time to eat we all say what we\u2019re thankful for,\u201d sophomore Abi Asante conveys. One of the best ways to give thanks is by spending quality time with the people you love. Senior Harrison McCarthy shares an annual Thanksgiving tradition with his family. \u201cI go shopping with my grandparents and eat a whole heck ton of food on Thanksgiving day,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanksgiving is an opportunity to spend time and gather with family and friends. \u201cMy family and I are going to have a big Thanksgiving party,\u201d Junior Kula B Thompson expresses. Ms. Wester, a Chemistry teacher at River Hill explains.\u201cWe do a chosen family Thanksgiving. My really good friends come to town, and they all have boyfriends and girlfriends now, so there’s going to be like 14 people at my house!\u201d Junior Carolina Alphonso anticipates watching \u201cthe Macy\u2019s thanksgiving parade with [her] family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although some people plan to stay home or see family, others are traveling during this five day break, like junior Rachel Bowers who goes to \u201cFlorida to visit my grandparents and cousins every Thanksgiving.\u201d Freshman Yashna Gulgani is also \u201cplanning on traveling to London,\u201d and freshman Anjali Jain, who doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving, \u201cmight go on a cruise out of Baltimore\u201d during the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only is Thanksgiving break a good opportunity to travel, it is also an opportunity to take a breather and relieve school stress. Junior Michael Yarin anticipates \u201cresting\u201d during his Thanksgiving break. Since teachers are prevented from assigning work over break, students are able to enjoy that time stress free without having to constantly be thinking of school work in the back of their mind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether you\u2019re looking forward to staying home, sleeping, eating, traveling, or hanging out with friends and family, we hope you make the most of this break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ayah Hassan, Staff Writer Thanksgiving break is just around the corner! Whether you\u2019re planning on celebrating Thanksgiving or not, many people have special plans to look forward to, including (but not limited to) food, traveling, and\/or special traditions. Let’s take a look at what some of our very own River Hill Hawks have planned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[286,269,211,285,818],"class_list":["post-3606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feature","tag-journalism","tag-rhhs","tag-river-hill","tag-river-hill-high-school","tag-thanksgiving"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3607,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3606\/revisions\/3607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}