The Holiday Season is upon us. Usually we are used to this beginning with Thanksgiving the last Thursday of November, however, living in an international household this year we celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving tonight.
Tammy cooked all weekend preparing us a traditional Thanksgiving meal that she would have if she was back in Canada. Her meal consisted of chicken, mashed potatoes (one with cheese, one without), rice, chicken rice, meatballs, Yorkshire pudding, peroggies, green bean casserole, salad, roasted carrots, and of course gravy. For dessert we had chocolate trifle, raspberry trifle, and a berry jello. Everything was amazing.
Tammy’s dad is of Polish descent and both parents were born and raised in England. Our Thanksgiving resembled American Thanksgiving with a Polish and English twist to it. Yorkshire pudding is a typical dish in England and peroggies are a typical Polish dish.
All 5 of the volunteers came as well as some staff from Charis House, people from church. It was a packed house with close to 20 people for dinner. We went around and said one thing that we’re thankful for. The particular one I chose was Facebook so that I can easily keep in touch with all my friends back home. But I’m thankful for many other things. Like email, phone cards, care packages, wireless internet, MacBooks, webcams, myspace, new friends, old friends, family, new family, my boyfriend, comforts of home, the ability to try new things, God, music, pictures, laughs, smiles, sunshine, and many more things that makes life worth being thankful for.
I’m looking forward to sharing American Thanksgiving with my new friends and family next month!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_pudding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierogi
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