Before we sit down to feast, my family and I enjoy an assortment of appetizers. Appetizers are a common dish in American culture where you eat a small amount of food before dinner is served and converse with family members. At this time I spoke with my youngest brother who is included in my nuclear family. My nuclear family consists of my mom, my dad, one older brother and two younger brothers. After asking my youngest brother what Thanksgiving meant to him he replied:

“It’s the time where you get together and express the privileges that you have.”

In American culture, the holiday of Thanksgiving allows us to count our blessings and spend time with our close kinship group. It has taught me that family plays a big role in shaping a person into who they are.

Kenneth J. Guest, Essentials of Cultural Anthropology (New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2016), Page 236.
Alex Ingalls, interviewed by Julia Ingalls, November 23, 2017.