Comments on: Celebrating Thanksgiving Abroad : An Expat Perspective http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/ My Stomach and the World. Food, Recipes, Travel and Photography by Sara Rosso. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:53:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mandi http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-150871 Mandi Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:50:55 +0000 http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/#comment-150871 Love this post! As an American in Germany, I've definitely given way more thought to what Thanksgiving means to me here than I did back home. Your tips for non-Americans are spot on. Thanks for sharing! Love this post! As an American in Germany, I’ve definitely given way more thought to what Thanksgiving means to me here than I did back home. Your tips for non-Americans are spot on. Thanks for sharing!

]]> By: Courtney http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-64154 Courtney Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:15:29 +0000 http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/#comment-64154 This is a fantastic list of advice, I will definitely keep it on hand for my Italian friends. Last Thanksgiving I spent at least a week rounding up the ingredients for a traditional TG meal, slaved in the kitchen for two days (though with great pleasure) got out and polished the right amount of settings of my fiance's grandparents' good silver only to have 6 people cancel at the last minute. I was crushed and I'll admit it a little mad that they would treat my beloved Thanksgiving meal as any other dinner. It ended up being fine- those who made it were in love with the food. But I am glad you explained just how important it is to us Americans, and included the cancellation details. I am sad that this year I will have just had my baby or will be giving birth over the holiday. I have not yet made any American friends so I think I will be Thanksgivingless this year. Certainly I'm happy about the baby, but like you alluded to, it is even bigger than Christmas for some of us. This is a fantastic list of advice, I will definitely keep it on hand for my Italian friends. Last Thanksgiving I spent at least a week rounding up the ingredients for a traditional TG meal, slaved in the kitchen for two days (though with great pleasure) got out and polished the right amount of settings of my fiance’s grandparents’ good silver only to have 6 people cancel at the last minute. I was crushed and I’ll admit it a little mad that they would treat my beloved Thanksgiving meal as any other dinner. It ended up being fine- those who made it were in love with the food. But I am glad you explained just how important it is to us Americans, and included the cancellation details.
I am sad that this year I will have just had my baby or will be giving birth over the holiday. I have not yet made any American friends so I think I will be Thanksgivingless this year. Certainly I’m happy about the baby, but like you alluded to, it is even bigger than Christmas for some of us.

]]> By: Mark Stevanus http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-59582 Mark Stevanus Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:53:03 +0000 http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/#comment-59582 Very touching article on Thanksgiving. Thanks for putting in writing the sentiments I have every year. One of our biggest challenges is finding a turkey that is smaller, they usually do not appear in stores here until Christmas. Inevitably we always have a bird that weighs between 8-11 kili! Very touching article on Thanksgiving. Thanks for putting in writing the sentiments I have every year. One of our biggest challenges is finding a turkey that is smaller, they usually do not appear in stores here until Christmas. Inevitably we always have a bird that weighs between 8-11 kili!

]]> By: alessio http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-20567 alessio Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:43:50 +0000 http://www.msadventuresinitaly.com/blog/2007/11/27/celebrating-thanksgiving-abroad-expat-perspective/#comment-20567 Thanks for the post, it's been a pleasure to read for an Italian watching American culture "from the outside." We get most of our imagery about Thanksgiving from TV - we had a share of sitcom episodes over the years and a good one this year as well! - and it's great to read how the feelgood atmosphere is real for everyone involved. Do we need to wait one whole year for more?! :-) Thanks for the post, it’s been a pleasure to read for an Italian watching American culture “from the outside.” We get most of our imagery about Thanksgiving from TV – we had a share of sitcom episodes over the years and a good one this year as well! – and it’s great to read how the feelgood atmosphere is real for everyone involved.

Do we need to wait one whole year for more?! :-)

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