A Thousand Words: Simmons students talk about their favorite Thanksgiving traditions
December 2, 2015
Photos by Brittany Abuhoff
“Every year, I go back to my home in San Diego. After dinner, we all go out in the backyard and play football. It gets pretty intense.” – Lili Blumkin ’17“My grandmother usually comes to our house for Thanksgiving and makes classic Thankgiving dishes like Turkey and mashed potatoes, but she also makes traditional Chinese dishes. This year another friend of mine came who is Israeli, so we had American, Chinese and Israeli dishes. It was cool.” – Georgina Lai ’19
“Every Thanksgiving, my family plays a big game of kickball after out big Thanksgiving dinner in the afternoon. This year my two young nephew came who are very cute.” – Teriyana Cohens ’19“My family doesn’t have any crazy Thanksgiving traditions that we follow every year. We usually make the classic American Thanksgiving dishes like turkey, pie and cranberry sauce.” – Heather Moeykens ’18
