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What is your favorite holiday? Why? Tell something about the customs, traditions and/or food that you especially enjoy which are associated with this holiday and what their origins are. Using the internet, find a link that provides information about either the holiday itself or an interesting aspect of it. Also, you will need to find an image to include with your text.

At the risk of sounding like a prototypical All-American meathead jock, (I do enjoy reading, studying history and politics and have even been to a few plays in my life) I will say that my favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I have two equally important justifications for this choice and those are that I love football and I love to eat. These two activities have become mainstays of the Thanksgiving holiday in America. However, this was not what the original colonists in Plymouth, Massachusetts had in mind when they supposedly broke bread with the Native American population which they eventually destroyed. [|History of Thanksgiving]

In this country, aside from taking time to reflect on all which we are thankful for in our lives over the past year, traditionally we sit down to feast with our family. Traditional foods include turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy and cranberry sauce, all of which are favorites of mine. In addition, to feasting on wonderfully delicious foods, in many American households men, and women, often turn on their television sets to watch several professional football games which are broadcast annually.