As we approach Thanksgiving, I think about something a friend of mine did. He happened to attend an Independence Day celebration on the 4th of July with a married couple from Great Britain. As fireworks exploded into bright colors in the sky above, my friend lightly elbowed the English gentleman. “I don’t expect you have much of a celebration for the fourth where you come from,” he said.
Short answer: “Nope.”
While Independence Day celebrates our original
colonies becoming a separate nation, Thanksgiving celebrates the gathering
together of friends, neighbors, and family. A host of countries have similar
celebrations. And, frankly, I think any country that doesn’t have a
Thanksgiving Day (or equivalent) should adopt one.
This Thanksgiving will be Desiree’s second one
since arriving here in the United States, and she is fully invested. We will be
hosting a small gathering. Desiree will cook her first-ever turkey. And, in a
perfectly Filipino twist, our house is already decked out for Christmas.
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