November Issue

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Staff PageCour tney Adcox

Safa Alazab Tashanta Bryant Alexander Cruz

M ir iam Zuniga Garcia

Writers

Sodaytra Green Ainsley Jackson

Gerardo Lopez-Vi l laJasm ine Richardson

Taylor Stevenson

T able of Contents

H istor y of Thanksgiving, p 3

M em es, p 5

Recipes, p 8

Thanksgiving Footbal l , p 11

Thanksgiving M ovies, p 13

Pol ls and Tr ivia, p 15

Black Fr iday, p 17

His t o r y o f t hank sg iving

Thanksgiving is a hol iday when fam i ly and fr iends com e together to eat and give thanks to the people or th ings they?re thank ful for. I t?s also a t im e to get com for table, r em in isce about old t im es, r elax, en joy the heat and watch T.V. Thanksgiving today is easier for us now than the f i r st Thanksgiving feast. For the f i r st feast, the people which were pi lgr im s didn?t have the resources and enjoym ents that we have today. Pi lgr im s had to wait a whole year for their crops to grow fu l ly, then they had to cook the food. They also didn?t have shel ter so, therefore, they didn?t have heat. M ost of the or iginal pi lgr im s died because of the coldness. So that?s why I th ink Thanksgiving is better today than the f i r st Thanksgiving.

I t?s know that pi lgr im s celebrated the ?fi r st Thanksgiving? in 1621 on Provincetown H arbor. In 1621, the 53 surviving pi lgr im s had their f i r st harvest. The feast lasted three days. There were or iginal ly 102 pi lgr im s, but due to the M ayflower Com pact that took place on Septem ber 16, 1620, the M ayflower voyage cost 45 pi lgr im s their l ives. M ost of the deaths were dur ing the winter fr om frost bi te. After a long 66 days on the M ayflower , the pi lgr im s f inal ly r eached what was known as the ?New W or ld.? Dur ing the t im e they reached the new wor ld i t was st i l l

win ter , so they were st i l l suffer ing and struggl ing to f ind resources to get around. There was also another tr ibe that joined the feast. The tr ibe consisted of 90 W am panoag Indians fr om a nearby vi l lage; i t also consisted of their leader M assasoi t .

Thanksgiving was celebrated each year after that. Thanksgiving then star ted to spread, and the governm ent star ted to pay m ore attent ion to the celebrat ion. In 1789 George W ashington declared a nat ional day for thanks and prayer. George W ashington declared that day to honor the U.S. const i tut ion. Today?s Thanksgiving that everybody know was proclaim ed an off icial federal hol iday by president Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Abraham refer red to th is hol iday as a day of ?Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwel leth in the H eavens.? Abraham didn?t just m ake Thanksgiving a nat ional hol iday so the whole nat ion could give thanks for i ts ?advantages and pr ivi leges.? Abraham had another r eason he wanted to f ind a way to br ing the nat ion together dur ing war or a ter r ible t im e.

Another way people celebrate Thanksgiving Day is by going to the parade in New York City (NYC). The nam e of the parade in NYC is ?M acy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade.? The idea of th is parade cam e about when European im m igrants wanted to celebrate their new Am er ican hol iday. This parade star ted in 1924 in Newark , New Jersey by Louis Bam berger at h is store (Bam berger?s). The parade star ted to spread to other stores and went m ore publ ic, so M acy?s decided to take on the parade in 1924. The parade was or iginal ly supposed to get people in the m ood for Chr istm as shopping. Before M acy?s had decided to take on the parade in 1924 they had their own Thanksgiving tr adi t ion. The tr adi t ion

was m ore of a H al loween them e. Chi ldren would dress up as vagabonds, pain t their faces and go around their neighborhood ask ing, ?anyth ing for Thanksgiving.? In today?s M acy?s parade in the l ineup they have f loats, Central Park Zoo anim als, and brass band clowns. There were also com edy acts.

Even though Thanksgiving took place years ago, we st i l l celebrate i t . Thanksgiving today is di fferent in m any ways than the f i r st Thanksgiving feast, but we st i l l have som e sim i lar i t ies. An exam ple of a di fference between today?s Thanksgiving and the f i r st is how long i t takes. Today Thanksgiving on ly lasts for a day, but the f i r st Thanksgiving took three days. A sim i lar th ing that they both have is that we eat and pray on the day of Thanksgiving. Other di fferences would be how the ?M acy?s Thanksgiving Day Parade? cam e about. At the end Thanksgiving is st i l l a day to give thanks and prayer to your love ones.

This is a painting that was painted in 1943 by Norman Rockwell. This picture was painted to represent how today's Thanksgiving is.

This is a picture of the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade 2017.

This is a picture that was painted in 1914 by Jennie Brownscombe to describe what the first Thanksgiving feast looked like.

Writ t en By: Tashant a Bryant

MemesM em es are som ething that is

r enowned to about al l of us. M em es can be found in di fferent languages. For exam ple, in M exico, two popular m em es are ones that consist wi th a m in ion and Kerm it the Frog. There are st i l l people who don 't what m em es are. A m em e is a a hum orous im age, video, piece of text,etc that is copied and shared on the In ternet. M em es can com e is any form of l i terature or context. In other words, they can be inappropr iate, r acial , stereotypical , dank , dead, etc. But their h istor y defines them di fferent ly and shows them di fferent than what we know so far of m em es of today. I t?s surpr ising that the term ?m em e? was f i r st used in Biology. I t was coined by evolut ionary biologist Richard Dawk ins in h is fam ous book , The Selfish Gene, focusing on cul tural ideas, behavior , and style. In th is book , Dawk ins talks about how m em es wi l l go on in the future and wi l l descr ibe the hum an society; but the m em es he is talk ing about is the one in Biology. In a way he is r ight, m em es are descr ibing the hum an society and is one of the m ost vi r al th ings in 2018. But that was just the word i t sel f but where does ?m em es? com e fr om or develop around what t im e. The m em e i t com es fr om the star t of the 1900s. You m ay now know the but there were m em es back than. But they were not in the form ant as we see them today. They did have the

picture and the caton with i t . But when you read i t 's hard to understand since i t 's the hum or that we are used to. But I bel ieve the evolut ion of the m em es were being changed through the events of the events of the t im e. Like you com pare the 60s to the 80s you see a di fference is cul ture. I bel ieve th is was the sam e th ing for the m em es through i ts evolut ion.

Dur ing W or ld W ar I I , kilroy was here was a sym bol for the Am er ican servicem an. Any place in the wor ld where a Am er ican servicem an went wi l l see th is sym bol . I t was found in r estroom s, on tr ucks, tanks, ships, and bom bed out wal ls. And alm ost any place i t could be painted, penned, scratched, or chalked. Even dur ing an invasion or batt le, som eone would leave the sym bol where those fol lowing would see i t . I t was a sym bol of courage, pr ide, encouragem ent, and very defin i tely a m orale booster. That is why i t was al l around the wor ld. This is a loving m em or ial em bracing al l who served dur ing W or ld W ar I I years fr om 1940 through 1945. This is an exam ple of one of the old m em es. I t 's even st i l l used today, but not in the way i t was used dur ing W W II, instead of kilroy was here they would put a di fferent nam e l ike ? juan was here?. An exam ple is when on the m ovie of the fair ly odd

parents were tr avel ing channel through channel . and when the evi l babysi t ter found out she did the sam ething.she stopped by spr ingfield in the show "The Sim psons". After she left the ci ty in disaster she left her nam e and then put after i t "was here". so th is can seen that even after W W II th is m em e was st i l l used.

To read a m em e the r ight way, you wi l l have to look at the words f i r st , then look at the picture that is being presented.

To understand a m em e you wi l l have to know the background stor y of the wr i t ten capt ion and the picture that is presented. To f ind the m em e funny to your r ight, you have to know the m eaning behind i t . The top par t of the picture is about God saying "let there be l ight" fr om the Bible. The bottom par t is about a m oth, and we al l know that m oths are attr acted to l ight. So i t wi l l be in terested what the father is saying, since he said "let there be l ight".

Pepe the Frog, Bad Luck Br ian, Grum py Cat, Alone, Over ly Attached Gir l fr iend - the in ternet in fu l l of m em es. So you wonder to yoursel f ?how do i m ake a m em e.? W el l that?s not hard to do. Al l you need to do in fol low these steps.

Step 1. Download an app or visi t a websi te

Step 2. Look for a picture that is tr ending or one you prefer

Step 3. Add the capt ion(the joke) to the picture that you bel ieve f i ts i t

Step 4. now share through the In ternet or on any social m edia that can be seen by people

W r i t ten by Gerado Lopez-Vi l la and Alexander Cruz

Thank sg iving Rec ipes f r om t he St af f o f t oo Good t o Tit l e

Am er ica is a place that is a hom e to m any di fferent people. H owever , celebrat ing Thanksgiving is som ething we al l have in com m on. W hen

th ink ing of Thanksgiving, we th ink of foods such as beans, greens, potatoes, tom atoes, lam b, r am , hog, dogs, you nam e i t , but m ost

im por tant ly the ham and tur key. H ere at Too Good To Title we th ink of each other as a fam i ly, so fr om our fam i ly to yours here are a few side

dishes to consider for your Thanksgiving dinner.

Spaghet t i Ver de (Gr een Spaghet t i )

In gr ed i en ts

Spaghett i noodles

3 Chi le Poblanos

3 tbs sour cream

¼ of on ion diced

1 clove of gar l ic

Sal t to taste

1 can of Chicken broth

½ butter st ick

Pr epar at i on

1. Cook 3 chi le poblanos over a pan unt i l the sk in of the pepper turns black . After they f in ish cook ing, peel the sk in of the pepper , then, r em ove al l seeds.

2. Blend the 3 the chi le poblanos, 3 tbs of sour cream , ¼ of on ions, 1 teeth of gar l ic, and the can of chicken broth together in a m edium to large bowl.

3. Boi l the spaghett i4. Let ½ of a butter st ick m el t in

a big pan.Then, put the cooked spaghett i in the pan with the butter and m ix i t for 1 m inute.

5. Add the blended ingredients. M ix the spaghett i constant ly on low heat for about 15-20 m inutes.

Gr een bean casser ol e

In gr ed i en ts

2 cans(10.5) Cam pbel l?s condensed cream of m ushroom soup

1 cup of m i lk

1&½ tsp gar l ic sal t

1&¼ black pepper

1 bag (28 oz.) fr ozen O?Br ien potatoes

2 cans (14.5 oz. each) any style Del M onte green beans, drained

1 container (6 oz.)fr ench cr ispy fr ied on ions, divided (2 ? cups)

2 cups shredded cheese, divided

Pr epar at i on :

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together soup, m i lk , gar l ic sal t and black pepper. St i r in for potatoes , green beans , 1 ? cup of on ions and 1 cup of cheese.

2. Pour m ixture in to a 13x9-inch bak ing dish. Bake, uncovered, for 30 m inutes or unt i l hot and bubbly. Spr ink le with r em ain ing 1 cup cheese and 1 ? cups on ions.

3. Bake for 5 m inutes or unt i l cheese is m el ted and onions

Cr eam Cheese Cr escen ts w i th St r aw ber r i es an d W hi p Cr eam

In gr ed i en ts

2 (8 count) Pi l lsbury (or iginal) crescent r ol ls

2 Cream cheese 16 oz. blocks

1 tbs Vani l la f lavor

½ st ick Butter

Pack of str awber r ies

2 tbs Cinnam on

W hip cream

Sugar

Con t i n ued on the n ext page

5. Bake for about 11-13 m inutes or unt i l golden brown. After the crescent is done, heat ½ st ick of butter up unt i l fu l ly m el ted. Then, st i r 1 tbs of cinnam on in with the m el ted butter. Glaze the m ixture on top of the crescents then put crescents back in the oven for about 2-4 m inutes. W hen ready, let the crescents si t for at least 5 m inutes.

6. W hen ready to eat, cut crescents how ever you please. Even though m acerated str awber r ies and whip cream are considered toppings and are not m andatory to have on your crescent, i t does help m ake the desser t..Enjoy!!!!

W r i t ten by : Sodaytra Green

In st r uct i on s

1. Preheat the oven on 350 degrees. Then, in a large bowl, m ix the cream cheese, vani l la f lavor , 1 tbs of cinnam on, ½ cup of sugar , unt i l blended wel l . Rinse and take the leaves off of the str awber r ies. Then, cut each str awber r y in hal f. In m edium sized bowl, st i r the str awber r ies in wi th ½ a cup of sugar. Let them si t in the refr igerator for about 30 m inutes.

2. Spray your pan down with cook ing spray, then unrol l and lay one can of crescent r ol ls on a reasonable sized pan. Pinch the per forated areas of the crescent r ol l together so that there are no openings in the rol l . Be sure not to add accidental holes and i f so, close the holes up as best as possible.

3. Pour the m ixture on the crescent dough and evenly spread out the m ixture. Don 't spread the m ixture too close to the edges of the crescent dough. Leave room for closing.

4. Unrol l and lay the second crescent r ol l can on top of the m ixture. After pinching close the per forated areas of the top layer of dough, close both the bottom and top layers of dough together so that the m ixture is closed up between both of the crescents rol ls.

f oo t bal l ho l iday

Footbal l is som ething m ost every fam i ly takes a par t in watching on Thanksgiving. M any fam i l ies watch i t on TV whi le cook ing, eat ing, or just hanging out wi th others. Som e people even spend the day attending the gam es with their loved ones. Footbal l has been a par t of Thanksgiving for m any decades, but how did footbal l becom e a Thanksgiving tr adi t ion?

The f i r st footbal l gam e that was played on Thanksgiving broadcasted via r adio over 94 stat ions across the United States on Novem ber 29, 1934. M any people tuned in to l isten to the com m entary about the m atch between the Detroi t Lions and the Chicago Bears George A. Richards, the owner of the Lions, set up a hol iday gam e as a way of drawing attent ion to h is own fr anchise, that was usual ly overshadowed by h is ownership of the Lions. The gam e concluded with a close score of 19-16 with the Bears tak ing the win. The broadcast was very successful and th is was the star t of a tr adi t ion that

would last for years to com e.

Even though the hol iday is about spending t im e with the fam i ly, that did not stop fans fr om enjoying the gam e on Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is the per fect m ark ing point for fans because i t is towards the end of the season, so each gam e gives the real ist ic vision of the playoffs. This r esul ts in plenty of fans to be exci ted to watch and l isten to the gam es. W hen the Detroi t Lions played the Chicago Bears in 1934, a lot of people attended the gam e, in fact the gam e was sold out wi th al l 26,000 seats f i l led in the stadium . People even waited outside and just l istened to the gam e, hoping to celebrate a victor y for their team . I t is said i f there had been m ore seat ing avai lable that an addi t ional 2500 t ickets would have been sold. W e can defin i tely say that th is gam e was a success.

The Dal las Cowboys and the Detroi t Lions play every year on Thanksgiving, not necessar i ly

against each other though. I t has becom e an annual tr adi t ion for the Lions to play on Thanksgiving since the gam e against the Bears in 1934. The Dal las Cowboys took a break fr om playing on tur key day for around 5 years between 1936-1941, but they are now playing every year on Thanksgiving. Detroi t and Dal las fans can always have a good gam e to look forward to whi le having som e del icious food.

To th is day a bunch of people watch footbal l wi th their fam i l ies and fr iends on Thanksgiving day. I t 's est im ated around 25.8 m i l l ion viewers watch footbal l on th is hol iday, which is qui te a large num ber. M any footbal l fans base their Thanksgivings around watching the gam es th is includes, m ak ing food before, after , or in between gam es, m ak ing footbal l them ed dishes and dr inks, and having enough seats for everyone to have a good view of the TV. Fans m ay also wear their lucky jer seys on the hol iday in hope for a Thanksgiving win. Footbal l has and st i l l does have a m ajor effect on how Am er icans

spend their Thanksgiving hol iday.

By: Tayl or Steven son an d Jasm i n e Ri char dson

The Detroit Lions were the NFL Champions in 1935. This shows the

1934-1935 team for the Lions.

movies o f t hank sg ivingM ovi e 1 - Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohem ian Rhapsody is a m ovie based on the r ivet ing legacy of the classical r ock band Queen. I t depicts how the band cam e to be and how they m ade som e of their h i t songs. This m ovie wi l l be released Novem ber second of th is year and is r ated PG-13. I t is dir ected by Bryan Singer (previously known for dir ect ing X-M en and The Usual Suspects) and the com pany who helped produce i t is 20th Century Fox. The three m ain actor s in th is m ovie are Ram i M alek (known for h is r ole in N ight at the M useum ), Ben H ardy (known for h is r ole in X-M en: Apocalypse), and M ike M yers (known for h is r ole in Shrek). I f you en joy Queen and classic r ock , you should defin i tely go see th is m ovie.

Trai ler l ink :https:/ /www.m ovieinsider.com /m 7

967/bohem ian-rhapsody/ videos/13874

M ovi e 2 - Robin H ood (2018)

Robin H ood is a m ovie based on the wr i t ings of H oward Pyle in 1883. I t?s a m odern twist on the back stor y of Robin H ood whi le st i l l keeping the feel of a k ingdom from the old days. This m ovie wi l l have a lot m ore act ion than previous Robin H ood f i lm s and looks very exci t ing. I t wi l l be released on Novem ber twenty-f i r st of th is year and is r ated PG-13. I t is dir ected by Otto Bathurst (known for dir ect ing M argot) and the com pany who helped produce i t is Lionsgate. The three m ain actor s in th is m ovie are Taron Eger ton(known for h is r ole in The Smoke), Jam ie Dornan (known for h is r ole in Fifty Shades ser ies), and Jam ie Foxx (known for h is r ole in Django Unchained). I f you en joy act ion-f i l led

m ovies with a touch of r om ance th is m ovie is for you.

Trai ler l ink :https:/ /www.m ovieinsider.com /m 1

3207/ -hood/videos/13853

M ovi e 3 - Fantastic Beasts: The Cr imes of Gr indelwald

Fantastic Beasts: The Cr imes of Gr indelwald is the second m ovie in the Fantastic Beasts fr anchise. I t is r ated PG-13 and wi l l be released on Novem ber sixteenth. I t?s dir ected by David Yates (known for dir ect ing som e of the H arry Potter m ovies) and the three m ain actor s in the f i lm are Johnny Depp (known for h is r ole as Captain Jack Spar row ), Eddie Redm ayne (known for h is r ole in The Danish Gir l), and Jude Law (known for h is r ole in The H oliday). I t takes place after Newt Scam ander captures Gr indelwald in the f i r st m ovie and cont inues the plot after that. I r ecom m end watching the f i r st m ovie or r eading the books before seeing th is m ovie.

Trai ler l ink :https:/ /www.m ovieinsider.com /m 12886/ f

antast ic-beasts-and-where-to-f ind-them -2/ videos

M ovie suggest ion for Thanksgiving

H ome AloneThanksgiving is a t im e to spend with fam i ly and fr iends. I t?s the per fect t im e to si t around in your l iving room and watch m ovies together. For som e people, that m ovie should be H om e Alone. The or iginal H om e Alone was released on Novem ber 16th in 1990. Since then, there were four other H om e Alone m ovies m ade, creat ing f ive in total . This m ovie is an Am er ican com edy or iginal to watch with the fam i ly and enjoy.

H ome Alone is about an 8-year -old boy nam ed Kevin who l ives in a big house with a big fam i ly who m isunderstands h im and don?t pay attent ion to h im . One Chr istm as, they planned to go to Par is, which lead to everyone running around to get r eady for the tr ip. In the m ovie, the n ight before they go to the air por t to leave for Par is, Kevin wishes h is fam i ly would just disappear. The next m orn ing, they were gone. They ended up leaving Kevin by accident because the power l ines were dam aged. Due to the power outages, their alarm clocks didn?t go off and they had to hur r y to get r eady, r ushing to go to the air por t to catch their f l ight before i t was too late. Kevin eventual ly woke up and not iced nobody was at hom e. H e was as happy as can be at f i r st , unt i l he real ized that there were robbers com ing to break in to h is house. Kevin decided that he wouldn?t be outdone by other people anym ore. H e created boobytraps and other th ings to protect h im sel f fr om the robbers, leading to h i lar ious in jur ies and jokes. Despi te winn ing against the

robbers, Kevin real izes how badly he m isses h is fam i ly. H is m other r eal izes they left h im at hom e and they are reuni ted in the end. This m ovie shows the im por tance of fam i ly and why we should be thank ful for i t , even i f they get on our nerves som etim es.

W r itten by Ainsley Jackson and Safa Alazab

Po l l s and Tr ivia

Pol ls

Do you pr efer Tu r k ey or H on ey H am ?Turkey: 39.5%

H oney H am : 60.5%

Do you pr efer Pum pk i n Pi e or Chocol ate Pi e?Pum pk in Pie: 21.6%

Chocolate Pie: 78.4%

W hen do you pu t up the Chr i stm as t r ee? Befor e or af ter than k sgi v i n g?

Before:10.5%

After : 89.5%

Bl ack Fr i day shoppi n g? Yes or No?

Yes: 62.5%

No:10%

M aybe:27.5%

Tr ivia

1. W hi ch tw o zod i ac si gn s ar e associ ated Novem ber ?A. Ar ies, Libra C.Scorpio, Sagit tar ius

B. Aquar ius, Cancer D. Libra, Sagit tar ius

2. W hat year w as the f i r st Than k sgi v i n g?A. 1621 C. 1523

B. 1521 D. 1623

3. W hen d i d than k sgi v i n g becom e a feder al hol i day?A.1654 C.1679

B.1863 D.1849

4. W hen i s Than k sgi v i n g th i s year ? A. Novem ber 22 C. Novem ber 25

B. Novem ber 29 D. Novem ber 24

Answers: 1. C 2.A 3.B 4.A

5 hel pf ul Tips f o r

As m any of us know, Black Fr iday is probably the scar iest day of the year. The biggest deals of the year are attr act ing large crowds of people. Because of th is, m any decide not to par t icipate in Black Fr iday shopping. But that is com pletely unnecessary. Today I wi l l be giving f ive t ips to help you prepare for Black Fr iday shopping.

Ti p 1: M ak e a Li st !This is crucial to have a successful shopping exper ience. List th ings l ike the stores you want to go in , what you want to get, and who you are shopping for. You can do th is on your phone or on paper.

Ti p 2: Recei pts!!W hen you'r e shopping, keep up with your r eceipts. I f you decide you found a better deal on an i tem , or changed your m ind about a gi ft , you m ay need a receipt to r eturn your purchase. You should also ask the return pol icy on cer tain i tem s. Som e stores m ay change their r eturn pol icy around the hol idays, so ask to be sure.

Ti p 3: Thef t !!!One of the biggest fears for Black Fr iday shoppers is theft . W om en are subject to theft m ore than m en because of one th ing; purses! To l ighten your chances of becom ing a vict im of th is despicable cr im e, don?t take your purse. Instead, take a jacket or a wr ist let that you can hold. (Just m ake sure you don?t lay i t down som ewhere.)

Ti p 4: Don ?t Go Al on e!!!!Black fr iday shopping can be a scary t im e of the year. To prevent m adness, go with fr iends or fam i ly m em bers. I f you go with a large group, and

decide to spl i t up, have at least one person in each group that can dr ive. Also, m ake sure that you know the area that the other group wi l l be at, and keep your cel l phone on. This is to m ake sure al l the group m em bers are safe.

Ti p 5: Look At Deal s Befor ehan d !!!!!M ost people know the tr ick behind m any Black Fr iday deals. The store raises the pr ice before Black Fr iday, then claim s the regular pr ice is a deal . To avoid being scam m ed, search the pr ices on cer tain i tem s you want.

These are three helpfu l t ips for Black Fr iday shoppers. I hope you use them to have a successful shopping exper ience.

Written by

Courtney Adcox

&

Miriam Garcia