ASwint

Sergio,

The first Thanksgiving feast was celebrated to give thanks to God for the Native Americans helping the English settlers survive through the harsh winter. On this first feast, there was enough food to feed 53 pilgrims and 90 Indians.

Historically, the food served on Thanksgiving is turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie. For most families this it true, but for mine it is only true every other year.

For example: Last year we did not feel like cooking any big meals just because it was too much work and we wanted to spend more time with the family. But this year, we will have the big meal with the turkey and the traditional Thanksgiving feast.

Some other traditions that are common on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend are American football games, parades, and shopping. The day after Thanksgiving is known as "Black Friday". In America, this is the biggest shopping day of the year. It is so erratic and intense that people have died from being trampled on at the door of the store. Also, there are Thanksgiving parades all over America but the biggest parade is in New York City.

Happy Thanksgiving from the States!

-Aaron

11/25/09

Sergio,

How have you been? I have been good. Things have been pretty normal in my life for the past few weeks and it was getting boring so I decided to start taking piano lessons! Even though I am not very good I still want to get better and learn how to play. The same thing goes for spanish. Even though I'm not very good at speaking, I still want to get better at it because I know it will help me in the future.

So last weekend my girlfriend took me to see this movie called "Twilight: New Moon". It is about vampires and it was probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen. And trust me when I say, I have seen a lot of movies. This weekend is extended because of Thanksgiving so that will be nice to have a break from school. Tonight (Wednesday night), I am going to my grandma Swint's for spaghetti. Thursday I am going to Carly's grandma's house to meet the rest of her family. Then on Friday, my family and I are going to celebrate my great grandmother's 90th birthday.

Some things I want to know about you are what your favorite color is, what your favorite food is, and also I have some questions about various expressions that we use in english and what the slang translation would be in Spanish.

The translation I would like to know is, here in America, we say "I'm going to "hang out" with my friends...Meaning that we are going to spend time with them. How would you say this in Spanish?

Please reply!

-Aaron