Growing up in the United States, I never truly knew what or why Thanksgiving occurred. I just knew that I ate a lot of food and most of my family would come and get together. When it came to school, I always remember we would make crafts to give to our loved ones. We used to color pages that had turkeys on them or we would trace our hands, cut it out, and then decorate it like a turkey. While doing this, I still was not aware f what Thanksgiving was. I believe it was around fourth or fifth grade when we started reading and learning about the meaning behind Thanksgiving itself. It was a very long time ago so I am not positive the information or stories I am about to give are completely accurate but that is not what it graded for this assignment so it is okay. I believe we talked about how the Native Americans and the Americans helped each other out and then they all sat down and feasted together. This explained why we all made and ate so much food. I remember our teacher made a box and told every student to write down what we were thankful for then we would put the paper inside the box. After everyone was done, he would pull out and read each paper infront of the class and we would raise our hand if were were also thankful for the same thing. This taught me a little more about Thanksgiving because it explained why my family always got together, to show we were thankful for each other. Being so young I felt like I did not care enough about the full picture of Thanksgiving so I knew to be thankful and to spend quality time with my family on this holiday.