By Lauren R. Carnes
This Thanksgiving, we at Copper Area News are happy to bring back a classic holiday section that involves interviewing local children about the holiday. This reporter had the pleasure of interviewing children from the span of the Copper Corridor, asking them what traditions their families celebrate for Thanksgiving. Students at Ray Elementary School, Mammoth-San Manuel Pre-K-12 School, Mountain Vista Elementary School, Leonor Hambly K-8 and John F. Kennedy Elementary School, here is what they had to say. from these local children and the Copper Area News family, Happy Thanksgiving. we hope that you have the very best holiday.
Leah B., age 6, Ray Elementary School “Play sticker games; Mario is my favorite game and character.”
Lilly C., age 6, Ray Elementary School “We play Trouble and spend time together.”
Iris R., age 5, Ray Elementary School “I eat mashed potatoes and turkey and decorate with my mom and dad and grandparents.”
Lewis L., age 6, Ray Elementary School “I eat turkey with my parents and play games.”
Aliam K., age 5, Ray Elementary School “We play board games like chess. We eat turkey and mashed potatoes.”
Kayla P., age 6, Leonor Hambly K-8 “We make Thanksgiving cards and watch TV.”
Brayden G., age 6, Leonor Hambly K-8 “We hang out and I get to play with my grandparents.”
Jameson D., age 5, Leonor Hambly K-8 “I think we’re going to visit my grandparents and eat turkey.”
Logan H., age 5, Leonor Hambly K-8 “We cook pie and sometimes play outside with my dog, Oreo.”
Justyce M., age 6, Leonor Hambly K-8 “We eat ham and watch TV. I like to play games with my family.” Samayah R.,
Samayah R., age 5, Mountain Vista Elementary School “We eat turkey, but I would rather eat spaghetti.”
Avery M., age 5, Mountain Vista Elementary School “We have strawberry cake instead of pumpkin pie and we eat turkey.”
Aaron P., age 5, Mountain Vista Elementary School “I eat mashed potatoes and turkey and beans and rice and pumpkin pie.”
Logan E., age 6, Mountain Vista Elementary School “We eat Thanksgiving pizza and turkey and cake and pie.”
Zamara R., age 5, Mammoth-San Manuel Pre-K-12 School “We like to eat turkey and pie”
Harllow M., age 5, Mammoth-San Manuel Pre-K-12 School “We eat turkey and eggs with mustard and pie after turkey and corn”
David H., age 6, Mammoth-San Manuel Pre-K-12 School “Usually, we go to the trampoline park. We eat ham and chicken and green beans and
noodles.”
Layla Y., age 6, Mammoth-San Manuel Pre-K-12 School “My dad makes turkey for him, my mom, and brother, but I don’t like turkey.”
Alex F., age 5, John F. Kennedy Elementary School “Mostly fun stuff, like spending time together. I like going to my grandpa’s and grandma’s.”
Mason M., age 5, John F. Kennedy Elementary School “We eat cake and go to my mom’s nana and my nana’s.”
Emily R., age 5, John F. Kennedy Elementary School “We like to eat dinner at my nana and tala’s house. We eat turkey and pie”
Rollin Z., age 5, John F. Kennedy Elementary School “We kind of do stuff for our family, like buying stuff and making food.”