the person with the majority of the tube after it separates gets the prizes inside! The prizes consist of very valuable gems such as a mini stencil, a joke, and a paper crown. If you weren't lucky enough to get a stencil, you might have gotten a spider ring or a fake mustache. (My joke was very clever. Q: What athlete at the winter games stays the warmest? A: The long jumper!! -- A jumper is a sweater in England.)Then it was time for the food, and we had a feast.
There was turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn, salad, bread, AND pumpkin pie. After dinner, we had a raffle drawing, and one of our professors who does stand up comedy on the side did part of her act for us. Several of us were still feeling festive after the dinner officially ended, so we went out to a club in 
Piccadilly. I had fairly low expectations about all of this thanksgiving hullabaloo, but I don't think it could have gotten much closer to home...it was really wonderful.Most everyone else is off on Thanksgiving trips starting tonight or tomorrow. I'll be here working on my human rights paper (hopefully finishing it) and studying some other subjects. I don't really have a whole lot planned for this weekend simply because I don't have anyone to do things with: people have either scampered off to different places around the world, or those that are here have friends coming in. But I'll make due...and hopefully get to see some other things in London I haven't done yet. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
