7 Days

 

Thanksgiving is exactly 1 week from today!

For all my Non-American (and Non-Canadian) Friends and Family: Have you ever celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving in October or American Thanksgiving in November?

For my American and Canadian Friends and Family: Have you been outside of Canada or the US during Thanksgiving and had to celebrate it differently than when you’re at home?

Before I became a Canadian Citizen (ie I was only an American Citizen) I celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving in Canada one October.

I celebrated American Thanksgiving many times over the years while living in West Germany as a Kid and in Germany as a Teenager. We had all the Traditional American Food just made in our German Kitchen.

While Studying in Yaroslavl, Russia I had to celebrate American Thanksgiving. They had no Turkeys, no Stuffing, no Cranberry Sauce, no Pumpkin, etc.

My Russian Thanksgiving Dinner was: Kholodets (which is a meat jelly), Shchi (cabbage soup), Olivier Salad (diced potatoes, eggs, beef, sweet peas, and pickles with a mayonnaise dressing), Vinegret (red beets, potatoes, carrots, chopped onions, sauerkraut and brined pickles), Morkovcha (Korean-Style spicy carrot salad), Kotlety  (pan-fried beef cutlets), Kvas (a fermented non-alcoholic beverage made from black bread), a store-bought cake and Vodka.

Note: I never liked Kholodets or Kvas.