Oh, yeah: Thanksgiving
This morning some co-workers and I were talking about Christmas and ''must-have'' foods. I raised the issue of Thanksgiving -- that (in my perception) T-Giving has drawn off some of the ''must-have'' foods burden away from Christmas -- whereas here in Aussie-land, they only have Christmas.
A co-workerer asked me when T-Giving is celebrated. I said, ''The last Thursday in November'' -- looked at the calendar -- and realized, ''Oh. Today.''
Easy to forget, when it's not part of the cultural landscape. Similar to the Fourth of July: When it's not a public holiday (and no sales on lawn furniture and soft drinks), it's easy to slide directly from July 3rd to July 5th without realizing that ''July 4th'' equals ''The Fourth of July!!!''
I'm a foreigner.
Ayep!
--GG
posted by Gye Greene @ 12:17 PM
2 Comments:
Happy Thanksgiving to you. You guys should have a little feast over there. It's the best meal of the year.
Maybe next year! :)
The next day, tried to hit a restaurant for something w/ gravy on it, but the lines were waaay too long -- so ended up w/ Chinese.
--GG
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