I haven't had a Thanksgiving here before so it was a very interesting event. I didn't realise that Thanksgiving has it's roots in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation, blended with Harvest Festival.
The traffic going up the freeway was horrific. It took me 3 hours to get somewhere that should have taken me just over an hour and a half. I guess the rest of SoCal was trying to get somewhere for lunch as well.
The fare was nice. Turkey, mash, stuffing, roasted vegetables, sweetcorn and gravy. I took an apple pie for dessert and a very tasteful pumpkin cake iced to look like a turkey.
I thought this was the highlight of Thanksgiving.
There was also pumpkin pie.
I missed the roast potatoes and Yorkshire pudding I normally have at Christmas dinner, but as I wasn't drinking it meant that I didn't have the normal stuffed to burst feeling I have after Christmas dinner at home.
I was thankful for a pleasant afternoon!
As soon as Thanksgiving was over, the green light was on for Christmas. If you think we start early in the UK, I can confirm that Charlie Brown's Christmas and the Christmas Concert from the Rockerfeller were both on the TV before December even started...It's a Wonderful Life (which I love) was on December 1st...So I guess now is the big countdown...
Red cups seem to start earlier in the Starbucks here than at home, and Christmas music has been everywhere for the past few weeks!!!
It feels very strange walking round in a T-shirt with Christmas a few weeks away...
No comments:
Post a Comment