I love Thanksgiving. It’s an easy holiday to celebrate. No presents, no drama, just a nice meal. Also, no negotiations need to take place. It’s a full on American holiday, no British influence whatsoever.
For Christmas and Easter we make sure both American and British traditions are met. At the moment, we’re negotiating between a turkey or a ham for Christmas Day. I’m pushing for turkey and Yorkshire pudding!
If you’re an American away from home, an especially Happy Thanksgiving to you, I know what it’s like for you to be abroad. Pond Parleys has a great description of what it’s like to be an American abroad at Thanksgiving and for British people celebrating the holiday in the US.
We’ll be watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade in the morning and then preparing our Thanksgiving feast. When it gets dark, I love cycling around the peninsula and looking into houses and seeing families celebrating.
Enjoy your day, whatever you’re doing!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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In the US midwest, the Scandinavian influence means that we always had meatballs for Christmas. Ham was only for Easter. And turkey only for Thanksgiving. Of course, I’m a pescetarian and eat none of these now, so perhaps it’s not bad to be living in England!
You might want to catch up at Pond Parleys. The debate is still raging.
I used to wonder why my American boyfriend (now husband) in London used to trail all over trying to get a good Thanksgiving meal. Now I know. Without the green bean casserole of course.
Thanks! We had some American friends over and had a big turkey dinner. My friend brought …. GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE… I had told her about all the debate. However, she made it from scratch (fresh french beans and no mushroom soup) and it actually was good! Apparently you can buy the onion garnish in the salad section at tesco! Who would have known!
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