Thanksgiving is a major American holiday that has been celebrated since the Pilgrims came over to America on the Mayflower in 1621. The holiday is a time for being grateful for what you have and spending time with family. Many Americans have special and unique traditions for Thanksgiving other than the typical Thanksgiving activities, including students from Seattle Prep.

Logan Huynh, a freshman at Seattle Prep, communicated in an interview that one of his main traditions on Thanksgiving is going “to my cabin with my family” and spreading out cooking duties among family members. He said these things are an annual tradition for his family. Huynh also told me his family cooks food in “a ten-gallon pot” and they “deep fry turkeys, potatoes, and chicken.”

Another freshman at Seattle Prep with a food related tradition is Pete Hulett. Hulett said, “my family prepares a brisket from my uncle’s smoker instead of turkey.”

While turkey is the common dish eaten on Thanksgiving, Hulett is a huge fan of this tradition saying the brisket “is super good and juicy.”

Not only does Seattle Prep freshman Wyatt Laughery eat food on Thanksgiving; he throws it too. Laughery said “Two uncles of mine will start throwing food and then we have a food fight.”

Laughery has another special tradition as well. His family plays the game sardines every year on Thanksgiving. Sardines is a game of reverse hide and seek where only one person hides and everyone else tries to find the person hiding.

Calvin Stricklin is another Prep student with an interesting Thanksgiving tradition. Stricklin said his family usually alternates Thanksgiving hosting duties with one exception: his grandma’s house. This tradition started because Stricklin’s family is “very superstitious” and whenever his family eats at his grandparent’s house “someone in our family gets food poisoning which makes us think it’s cursed.”

I hope you all have a wonderful time with your unique Thanksgiving traditions, and everyone has a fantastic Thanksgiving break!