{"id":4462,"date":"2023-11-28T15:52:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2023-11-28T15:53:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T20:53:31","slug":"the-joy-of-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/the-joy-of-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy of Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Stetson-and-World.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Stetson-and-World.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Stetson-and-World-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Stetson-and-World-768x110.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Stetson trustees, faculty and staff hosted 22 international students for this very American holiday!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"638\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4469\" style=\"width:561px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-1-1.jpg 638w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-1-1-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year WORLD asks the Stetson community to host our international students for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. This year, 6 people signed up and hosted 22 students!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Dufour-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4471\" style=\"width:674px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Dufour-1-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Dufour-1-2-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"4467\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-1.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"4470\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"4465\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-2-1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/George-family-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The students really enjoyed themselves as well as the hosts. A few comments the hosts shared with us were <strong>\u201cI didn\u2019t think I was going to have this much fun tonight!\u201d<\/strong> &nbsp;and <strong>\u201cFamily gatherings are important to me. &nbsp;This is the first time I have felt this comfortable and good since arriving to Stetson this year.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-2-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Braz-2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are so grateful to our hosts who took the time to show our students what Thanksgiving means. The time spent together was special, and we are sure the parents of these students were grateful knowing their children were in a warm, welcoming environment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stetson trustees, faculty and staff hosted 22 international students for this very American holiday! Every year WORLD asks the Stetson community to host our international students for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. This year, 6 people signed up and hosted 22 students! The students really enjoyed themselves as well as the hosts. A few comments the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/the-joy-of-thanksgiving\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Joy of Thanksgiving&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4475,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions\/4475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/world\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}