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My Awesome Thanksgiving Holiday

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During Thanksgiving holiday, I had a great time with my host family. Akiho and I have been roommate since the regular program, so we have the same host family as the regular program. Since last semester, my host family had been looking forward to spending time with us, and I had also been excited to meet them. They told us about Thanksgiving plan; to eat Thanksgiving food, shopping for Black Friday, and to go to the mountain to cut a Christmas tree.

I went to my host mother’s grandmother’s house on Thursday. She lives in kind of forest and her house was made by her husband. He was a carpenter. Then, I was surprised to see a lot of food such as turkey, many kinds of pies, potatoes, shrimps, salad. The delicious food was made by my host mother’s grandmother. Also, we helped to cook pumpkin pie. She taught us a lot of secrets to make delicious pumpkin pie, for example, use iced water, and use egg white before baking.

Then, at 12:30 a.m., we left her house to go to shopping for Black Friday. Even for my host mother and her boyfriend, it was a first time to go to Black Friday. I had never shopped at midnight, so I was really excited. When, I arrived at the mall, I was surprised to see many people. I could not believe the situation because there are many people than usual daytime. I have one more thing that surprised me. It is the long line to go to the resister. It takes an hour to buy something because there are many people who lined up. I could not believe the situation and actually I didn’t want to line up because I was sleepy. I bought 2 DVDs, Mr. & Ms. Smith and Night Museum. It was just $3.99 each DVD. Then I came back at our host family’s house at 5 a.m., and I was really tired but I enjoyed Black Friday so much.

On the next day, we went to Idaho to cut a Christmas tree. It was a first time for me to go to Idaho. My host family has a license to cut trees. I knew that we need a license to cut tree and there are districts which allow cutting tree. Then, we climbed the mountain by car, there was much snow. To find a good tree was difficult because my host family had an assumption; bushy, dark green, and good height. After looking for a tree for about 2 hours, we found a good tree and we cut it. I tried to help them to cut it, but it was hard for me. Finally, we cut a small tree for our dormitory. I enjoyed to spend time in the forest, so I really had a great time with them.

During Thanksgiving holiday, I could refresh my feeling. Recently, I feel stress. I am happy to spend time with my favorite host family.

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