We had leftovers for lunch/brunch together at the table. I love my aunt and loved spending Thanksgiving with them. I'm sad my dad and her have grown apart. We'd also stay the night in my aunt's house. She had no guest rooms so we all slept in the living room. It was fun.
Before schooling was for the rich or lucky. It elevated you. It might have meant skilled, having good manners and being acceptable to society. Modern people are more knowledgeable and education is encouraged. Slang and rude behavior is discouraged but more commonplace than it would have been a few decades ago. Now being schooled is more about completing tests and getting through the year.
Advancements through the years have helped build schools faster, making more of them accessible to the public. Mass printing and factories make learning tools easily available. Now having two notebooks is common, not a luxury. (That bit of knowledge is from my mom, who was lucky is she got one in the ranch she grew up in when she was in Mexico.) Technology has helped too. Electric lighting, computers, intercom systems.
Great blog post, I loved the puffy shirt tidbit. If there's some witty banter I'm in.
I've never been movie fan, so I don't really know. The first Harry Potter is the only book to movie I've read/seen. I liked the movie, but the book was more fun to read in the dark before sleep.
I love surprises. I had some surprises in DreamFever and Shadow fever by Karen M Moning. I haven't watched many movies, so none there. Ooh and Richelle Mead's Vampire academy series. I have Masked by moonlight in my book crate. =D I'm adding it to my read sooner pile.
I usually find the night peaceful. It's the only time of the day I can actually concentrate enough and read. So, it's a good time for me. But if I have to move around at night, to use the bathroom or something, the shadows do scare me.