Many people associate Thanksgiving with food, family and football. Although most Americans accept this event as the first Thanksgiving, it was never repeated, so it couldn't have started the tradition. According to thanksgiving.org, some experts say the holiday comes from a combination of events for giving thanks.
Many students have family traditions such as visiting relatives or watching football games.
Junior Leslie Proud said she sometimes travels to Illinois to her grandmother's house to celebrate Thanksgiving with her extended family, but this year it's just her immediate family. She said her family doesn't have any specific traditions, but the same things tend to occur every year. Junior Mike Brinker said he and his brother have a strange tradition of their own. We just sit in front of the oven. He says he usually gets roped into helping his mom make their Thanksgiving meal because he's always in the kitchen gawking at the bird.