Innocent Turkey= Tasty Dinner!
Oh dear, I forgot to write about my first American Thanksgiving. I was really looking forward to this momentus event in the days before it: I tried to think Thanksgiving-y thoughts, and watched Pieces of April, to get in the mood. As it turns out, it was a very lovely holiday. I went to my host family's house for the meal, along with Danni and Charlotte, their other foreign exchange hostees, (Danni is from Romania, and I've probably mentioned Charlotte, light/bane of my life, before).
The family presence was John and Jennifer, their two children Willa and Hayden, John's sister Linda with her husband Howard and 16 year old son Adam. They were all friendly people and we had some good dinner conversation; apparently Adam talked more than he usually does in the presence of three glamourous foreign college women. The food was delicious: such Thanksgiving staples as yams, mashed potatos, gravy, turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie. We snagged plenty of leftovers too, to be heated up and eaten later in the evening. I'm feeling hungry right now just thinking about it.
Since Christmas seems to start as soon as Thanksgiving is over, the next afternoon we all went downtown to see the Christmas tree lights being turned on. Hundreds of people were all gathered in Pioneer Square, listening to soul versions of carols and waiting for Santa and the Mayor to join together in plugging in the fairy lights: a magical moment! The giant tree was decorated simply in hundreds of little gold lights, to match those already lighting every tree lining the streets of the city. Portland at night is gorgeous right now, y'all.
The family presence was John and Jennifer, their two children Willa and Hayden, John's sister Linda with her husband Howard and 16 year old son Adam. They were all friendly people and we had some good dinner conversation; apparently Adam talked more than he usually does in the presence of three glamourous foreign college women. The food was delicious: such Thanksgiving staples as yams, mashed potatos, gravy, turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie. We snagged plenty of leftovers too, to be heated up and eaten later in the evening. I'm feeling hungry right now just thinking about it.
Since Christmas seems to start as soon as Thanksgiving is over, the next afternoon we all went downtown to see the Christmas tree lights being turned on. Hundreds of people were all gathered in Pioneer Square, listening to soul versions of carols and waiting for Santa and the Mayor to join together in plugging in the fairy lights: a magical moment! The giant tree was decorated simply in hundreds of little gold lights, to match those already lighting every tree lining the streets of the city. Portland at night is gorgeous right now, y'all.
posted by susie r at 8:15 PM
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The Christmas lights sound all nice; they put the ones up in Norwich a few weeks ago but I was, errr, unable to see them, since I was dressed up as a Cyberman for Children In Need. Ahem.
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