"Please let me know how much dosh we can donate to the cause, as we don’t have any special Thanksgiving recipes passed down from ancestors who sailed the mighty Atlantic in hope of a new and prosperous life. And let us know if there are any traditions we should follow… I have seen a few Thanksgivings on TV so I’m expecting lots of shouting, door-slamming and general drama."
Email from our English friend Karen, who’s joining for the epic 21-person (22? 23? 35?! - Amy, can you verify?) Dubai Thanksgiving we’re co-hosting with our American friends J&A.
There is very little in life I love more than subjecting non-Americans to Thanksgiving… they tend to get all wide-eyed and slack-jawed at the earnestness of it all.
(And I tend to shamelessly play the earnestness up after too many several cheeky glasses of wine consumed throughout the day while cooking… “Now let’s all hold hands and sing ‘Kumbaya!’”)
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This is so beautiful, I could weep.
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thekidhasarrived said:
Ooh yes, the best of part of having non-Americans over for Thksg is subjecting them to the-tremendously-earnest-after-7-glasses-of-wine “everyone goes around the room and says what they’re thankful for this year” ritual.
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The (mis)adventures of an All-American girl in the Middle East.
