Unofficial Thanksgiving: Celebrating with My New Family
Throughout my time at the University of Illinois, I have had the great pleasure of meeting a lot of amazing people. This year, I happen to live in a house with five other people. Within the last few years, we have become very close and I have been lucky enough to be invited to their “Unofficial Thanksgiving” celebration for the past two years.
The concept for Unofficial Thanksgiving came from a few of my current roommates who wanted to have a nice day filled with an abundance of food and friends. Although all of us go home for the actual holiday, we still are close enough that it only feels appropriate to have some semblance of a holiday that we can share together. So this Sunday, November 15th, marked the third annual unofficial Thanksgiving and it was absolutely wonderful.
We had the typical Thanksgiving staples, including turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, etc. Unlike my yearly experience at Thanksgiving, this celebration was an all day long event with a constant flow of food coming from the kitchen. For example, we woke up and made breakfast, had around 10 different appetizers in place of lunch, and then finally cut the turkey and ate dinner at 11:00 p.m. By the time we put away all of our leftovers and cleaned up the mess, it was well after midnight. (So much for being productive!)
When all is said and done, I had a great time and it just reminded me how amazing my friends at school are and how much they mean to me. Rather than just being temporary friends while at the University of Illinois, I have definitely made life-long friends. I can only hope that the celebration of Unofficial Thanksgiving with my unofficial family continues to happen for years to come!
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