Bringing Thanksgiving to China

By: Adam

Today I happened to be looking back through our blog and it struck me how much I enjoyed it. It was as if I was reliving the moments of the past. A journal where vivid memories of sights, sounds, and smells have been stored in the recess of my brain. Only to be awaken later by something familiar at a later date. Because of this I have vowed to blog more. I now realize the trend of blogging and moving overseas is as follows: 

1) blog everything from food to cockroaches to silly babies

2) blog trips once every holiday

3) blog randomly, going long periods where family members have wondered if your still alive.

I will reverse this trend and alleviate Heather's exhaustion of writing this blog on her tiny iPhone screen. So, in honor of my small rant I'd like to talk about our favorite holiday, Thanksgiving.

This year we decided that Thanksgiving is all about celebrating with people you care about and what better way to celebrate than invite your Chinese friends over to experience their first Thanksgiving. So, 6 stores later and a specially ordered roasted turkey we set about creating Thanksgiving. The night before we baked our pies in our 10" toaster oven. 

Surprisingly you can make a lot with a little as I think these were the best pumpkin pies ever, or it could have been that we had to work so hard for them. Success never tasted so sweet! The next day we set about cooking all the side dishes. It was a lot of fun and really felt festive. By 5:00 our friends arrived. All our friends are Chinese so this was all very foreign to them. We explained what each dish was and after all sharing what we were thankful for we dug in. Everyone enjoyed the food immensely. We sat around the table until the wee hours sharing lots of laughs and comparing cultures. All in all, it was a fantastic Thanksgiving we will never forget.