Assignment 14: Claire Telfer

Every year for Thanksgiving my grandmother flies in from Dallas and we go to my aunt and uncle's house in Frankfort for an early afternoon dinner. Everyone makes their own dish and brings it to their house, kind of like a potluck meal. My uncle usually bakes something he's never tried before because my grandmother used to do the same thing and tick off all the older relatives for taking hours to bake something new. After we've eaten dessert, we'll all sit down and FaceTime my mom's sisters and all my cousins that live in the Northeast. Thanksgiving is sometimes lonely without any of my cousins around, but I also love it because I get to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and start listening to Christmas music. My favorite Thanksgiving memory was when I was in the third grade and my family drove down to Dallas to be with my cousins on my dad's side of the family. My brother's birthday was on Thanksgiving that year so we celebrated his birthday by opening up all his fun presents (including a Nintendo DS which was super cool to get in the 2000s), swimming in their pool when it was still warm outside, and playing football with our cousins.