Thursday, November 22, 2007

Gobble gobble!

Happy Thanksgiving! Poor Mr K had to work today as Thanksgiving, as all of you not-natural-blonds know, is an American holiday and thus not celebrated here. We are having Kasia and Peter over for a little non-turkey dinner tonight and then going to the home of Mr K's coworker to have Thanksgiving tomorrow with said coworker's wife and kids and sundry other Americans imported for the holiday. I wish I could be home with my family for the holiday but maybe next year we can make the trip back.

So, in a country without Thanksgiving, you may be wondering how on earth anyone here knows when to start decorating for Christmas. The answer is.... late October. Yup, my first sighting of Christmas-related decorative goodness was before Halloween, which is also not much of a holiday here. Every day more stores put out more Christmas decor and suggestions for gifts, and things are starting to look very festive around here. The fact that we're expected to get more snow Sunday through Wednesday of next week also doesn't hurt! A nice thing about no Thanksgiving here... no Black Friday shopping... which is a bonus, considering we kind of live above a mall.

Anyway, Happy Thanksgiving! I'm off to pick up lentils, hams, and other non-turkey items! Entertain me: vote in my new poll!

4 comments:

Fabian Trunz said...

Who needs thanksgiving anyway? Keeptaking I say!

Miz K said...

I had some friends in Atlanta who used to celebrate "Drunksgetting" about the same time...

Kasia said...

Thanks for amazing time last night! I really had a splendid time with you two! Lental soup was great, I'm just slightly considered that lentals and me aren't best freinds :( Now I'm wondering how to get you guys to come to us :D Happy Campari Soda or Thanks Giving! And thanks for everything once again!

Jen said...

Hey there, hope you're having a nice Thanksgiving dinner tonight. Even if it is a day late, I'm sure it'll taste just as good!
To address the question you left on my post, I'm not sure whether we'll be here this time next year or not - that depends entirely on our success (or lack thereof) in finding employment over here...is Mr K's company hiring?? :-)