My First Thanksgiving

International students celebrate thanksgiving for the first time

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New students experience American style Thanksgiving for the first time after moving to Rocklin high. See what the foreign exchange students of Rocklin High have to say about what their first thanksgiving was like. Pictured: Arvid Samuelson from England

Gonzalo Sanchez-Spain

Q: What was your first Thanksgiving in America like?

 A: It was different, because I never had it in Spain.

 

Q: What was one thing you wish you could have added to your experience?

 A: That I could go to Spain during Thanksgiving.

 

Q: What was your favorite part?

 A: Black Friday.

 

Q: Back in Spain, how did you spend Thanksgiving?

 A: We do not celebrate Thanksgiving.

 

Q: Are you happy you got to experience how America spends Thanksgiving?

 A: Yes because it is a new culture for me, it is different from Spain.

 

Arvid Samuelson-England

Q: What was your first Thanksgiving in America like?

 A: We visited my brother’s girlfriend’s house and had a nice meal, we kind of took it easy, it wasn’t anything really spectacular.

 

Q: What was one thing you wish could have added to your experience?

 A: More people.

 

Carl Samuelson-England

Q: What was your first Thanksgiving in America like?

 A: It was great, actually, very fun.

 

Q: What was one thing you could have added to your experience?

 A: Maybe show it to my friends back in England.

 

Q: Did you watch the famous Thanksgiving Parade?

A: No I didn’t, we don’t have a TV yet.