Five Senses Of Thanksgiving

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Do you ever think how you use your senses on Thanksgiving day? On the day of Thanksgiving you pretty much use all of your senses. In this essay I will explain how I use my five senses on the day of Thanksgiving. Have you ever watched your parents, aunts/ uncles, or even your grandparents prepare the food? When it’s around Thanksgiving time I help my mom prepare a lot of food. The first thing we usually make is (of course) the huge, rounded, butterball turkey. Sometimes we add special spices like onions and herbs on the inside of the turkey. Then we bake it in the supper hot oven. My brothers usually watch the turkey being cooked, they describe it as you can see the turkey going from a really white color to a perfectly golden brown color. When

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