The holiday began on Wednesday when we celebrated at work. Cherie and I challenged our team to make traditional Thanksgiving dishes for lunch and bring them into work. We gave out recipes (in US measurements and temperatures), and had them make the food. We gave them things like dressing, sweet potato and marshmallow casserole, green bean casserole, mac and cheese, and pumpkin pie. They really did a fantastic job, and I think everyone enjoyed their food, most of which they were eating for the first time.
Thursday, the six other Americans that came over with me, as well as a couple of other friends we've made along the way celebrated together. I took Thursday off of work and spent the entire day cooking food for our festivities later that evening. I made broccoli casserole, corn pudding, apple pie, and pumpkin pie. Yummy. And we had lots of other tasty food that everyone else brought.
Our day was different than other Thanksgivings in the past. More people had spent the day at work or in class. It was easy for me to run down to the corner store to grab some more sour cream and eggs when we realized we didn't have enough, and even stop in the florist to buy an autumn-coloured bouquet, because there was no risk that these places would be closed. We had to explain why we celebrate Thanksgiving to people who had never done it before, and we got to share in new traditions of all of our families. There were Skype conversations happening all night long with various family members of all of ours. There were some tears. But overall, it was good. And I'm thankful for that.
Yep. A pretty good time if I do say so myself.
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