Roving Reporter: Thanksgiving 2021
Ryan Weiner, Leona Sungkharom, Chloe Mitchell, Annie Zhao, Justice Huang, Maggie Haven, Mia Gorman, Dominic Frallicaridi, Aidan Dilo, Charlie Hynes, Thomas Hauck, Ellie O’Connor, Julie Pinto, Caroline Macaulay, Jadyn Jacobs, Leann Jenks, Claire Devlin, Michael Chiocco, Grace Bouzan, and Amelia Sinclair
Harbinger reporters asked students questions about their Thanksgiving traditions and Black Friday shopping plans for this year.
Social distancing procedures were practiced during all interviews. Masks were worn inside at all times and only removed if outside and at least 10 feet apart.
Sophomore Colleen Donohoe
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? “Yes, I am participating in Black Friday. My friend and I are going to the Natick Mall for 7 hours.”
Freshman Alana Liseno
What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions? “I go over to my cousin’s house, and it’s a time when we get to spend time with family, and I enjoy that.”
Freshman Angela Davis
What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions? “Seeing all of my family. Most of them live far away and they're all coming.”
Sophomore Ava Butt
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? “Yes, I plan on going to get people gifts for Christmas on the Cape, as well as maybe some stuff for myself as well.”
Freshman Bella Thompson
What are you thankful for this year? ¨I'm thankful for the house that I live in.¨
Social Studies Teacher Brian Kellett
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? “Definitely not. I have long transitioned to doing all my shopping online. I’m all for getting a great deal, but I don’t like going to stores much anyway.”
Senior Cassidy Mitchell
What are you looking forward to doing this Thanksgiving weekend that you weren’t able to do last year due to COVID restrictions? “It’s honestly going to be very similar to last year. It’s just going to be a small get-together with family, which is what we did last year. We don’t really like big get-togethers because it’s a lot of cooking and cleaning, and we want to enjoy our vacation...
Freshman Charlie Zilinsky
What are you thankful for this year? “Good health and good food. I’m not sick and I’m not in the hospital.”
Senior Eddie Collins
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? “Probably not because I basically have everything I could want or need right now and I don’t feel like getting up super early in the morning to drag myself to superstores and spend a bunch of money on stuff I probably don’t need.”
Senior Julia Hayes
What are you thankful for this year? “I’m thankful that I have such a great group of friends and family that I can spend time with. I’m also thankful that everyone has been staying safe and healthy during COVID.”
Senior Julia Kierul
What are you thankful for this year? “Going to college, applying to various places and having more free time due to not [figure] skating anymore. I was a figure skater on the Polish national team, so I didn’t have much time for anything else.”
Freshman Lexi Tugeon
What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions? “My family always goes down to my grandparents’ house and watches the [Macy’s] Thanksgiving Day Parade. In the afternoon, after we eat, we go to see Christmas lights at a church.”
Sophomore Molly Giguere
What are you looking forward to doing this Thanksgiving weekend that you weren’t able to do last year due to COVID restrictions? “I can see my grammy this year. I couldn’t see her last year.”
Sophomore Matthew Carreras
What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions? "I get to do all of the deserts. I just keep experimenting with new ones every year. Some of them make my family gag, but sometimes they're like ‘Oh yes, make that one again!'"
Senior Polina Berisheva
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? “I won’t be participating in Black Friday, but maybe Cyber Monday if I’m feeling up to it. Honestly, I think all of these sales are a scam and just a way to get people to buy things that they don’t need.”
Senior Reed Probst
What are you thankful for this year? “I am thankful that this is the first Thanksgiving I have been fully vaccinated, and we are back in person five days a week. Everything seems to be normal again.”
Senior Robert Hurley
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? “Yes I will, to get ahead of my Christmas shopping for my family and friends.”
Senior Serena Binto
What are you thankful for this year? “This year in particular, I’m thankful for my friends and the fact that I can start doing normal things with them after two years of not being able to see them in person. Also, my sister because we’ve gotten really close over the last year.”
Applied Arts & Technology Teacher Zbigniewa Giegucz
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? "No, I don’t do Black Friday, and I never go out to do Black Friday. For me, it’s a time when the family just does things together and relax. But I do start preparing for Christmas on Black Friday. So instead of going out shopping, I pull out all of my Christmas stuff and try to unpac...
Senior Tim Toronto
Will you be participating in Black Friday this year? Why or why not? If yes what’s your Black Friday plan? “Black Friday is really 'unfun', and I don’t like the idea of people going back to their primal instincts for a crappy TV.”
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