Food and Holidays. I don’t think I am alone in saying that these two things, commonly packaged together, are some of my very favorite things. As we head into the first holiday of the 2013 season, visions of a large roasted-to-perfection turkey, juicy red cranberries, and the heavenly pumpkin pie dance in our minds. Although thanksgiving is a time to look back and be thankful for what we have, it is also a holiday of food. Several students of AHS open up to let us know some of their favorite thanksgiving treats they anxiously await each year.

“They stuffing my mom always makes,” Katie Stanfield, a sophomore, replies to the question immediately. “It’s like cookie dough.” Coleman Holt, our ASB Vice President this year also seemed to have food on the mind, for without missing a beat he said, “Stuffing. It’s way better than even the actual turkey!” The next several I asked all seemed to think their own mom’s decadent Pumpkin Pie was surely the best around. One freshman, Isaiah Mitzelfeldt, said what did it in for him was his dad’s mashed potatoes and gravy. I for one would have to agree with that choice. But, I think in a way Brooke Elmore, senior, truly captured what we all truly think; “I just love everything about thanksgiving.” Enjoy this day of family, friends, thankfulness, and of course, food!