Some students in Morton East don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in the usual ways.

Thanksgiving is the second most-popular holiday in the U.S 

According to familyhandyman.com, 90% of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving every year. Thanksgiving was first celebrated in 1621, when English settlers at Plymouth, Mass held a three-day feast to celebrate their successful harvest. It’s widely accepted that the Pilgrims, who were the first settlers, would not have survived the winter without the help of the local Native American tribes. 

In a random survey of 100 students in Morton, 84 said they celebrate Thanksgiving, but only 16 said they celebrate with traditional foods like turkey, ham and mashed potatoes.

An example of different thanksgiving traditions would be students that moved to Cicero from other countries. People from other countries don’t typically celebrate Thanksgiving, so asking them gives a good opportunity to speak to someone who might not celebrate it.

One of the students, Alma Jaras, states that “I celebrate thanksgiving by eating turkey, rice, and playing video games with my family, And my favorite food to eat is rice,”

Both of the students we asked are Columbian, which offers good insight into someone who celebrates Thanksgiving, and someone who doesn’t.

And another student, Maryl Munos, says, “I don’t celebrate thanksgiving so it’s just a normal day to me, and all I do is chill at home,”

It isn’t just students at Morton who celebrate differently. One of our journalists asked their Italian gym instructor what she does to celebrate.

“I’m heading to Vegas with my family for Thanksgiving. We’re Italian so we’re gonna be eating lots of lasagna,” Said Jamie Leonard, a gym instructor in Midway.

in conclusion, not everyone celebrates thanksgiving like everyone else do, but they celebrate it in their own way.