Alexander Marten Zhang
112/365 - Happy Thanksgiving, United Statesians
In the USofA, people have a holiday tradition of getting the thursday and friday this week off so they may gather (or hide from) their loved ones and share a feast.. which often includes a turkey as the main course. Other festivities include watching parades and sports games on the tele, arguing with family members who may only be seen once or twice a year at this time (and, honestly, at Christmas) and bloating up so badly from overeating that we really should institute the First Nation's Potlatch custom of regurgitating food before going back for seconds and thirds.
We are not near our families this year, but our hearts and minds extend out to them. I'm sure we'll be missed as we decide to spend our holiday in the damp and rainy streets of NYC watching one of the biggest parades on the planet and.. thankfully.. NOT eating turkey, which as a meat I am rather put off by. We are, instead, hoping to cross paths with an open sushi bar and will be spending the rest of the time wandering the city and maybe catching a movie or two.
Regardless of where you live and whether you celebrate or not, the spirit of the holiday is to be thankful for what we have and enjoy the company of our loved ones. I'm very thankful, believe me, until I return on Friday to report I was mugged.. and, while I cannot share much with my family, I will make every attempt to document the time my wife and I will spend together this weekend and might go so far as to share some of it with you here.
One last bit for those of you who think Thanksgiving is about honoring our ancestors (the "pilgrims") who journeyed across the vast ocean to land in America and then proceeded to kill, rape, enslave and pillage all across the continent.. We don't celebrate that part of the holiday. My ancestors were exiled or otherwise left their distant homes due to persecution and hardships. They really had few options on where to go. And, at least on one side of my family, they ended up in Canada - where the REAL Thanksgiving was last month.
112/365 - Happy Thanksgiving, United Statesians
In the USofA, people have a holiday tradition of getting the thursday and friday this week off so they may gather (or hide from) their loved ones and share a feast.. which often includes a turkey as the main course. Other festivities include watching parades and sports games on the tele, arguing with family members who may only be seen once or twice a year at this time (and, honestly, at Christmas) and bloating up so badly from overeating that we really should institute the First Nation's Potlatch custom of regurgitating food before going back for seconds and thirds.
We are not near our families this year, but our hearts and minds extend out to them. I'm sure we'll be missed as we decide to spend our holiday in the damp and rainy streets of NYC watching one of the biggest parades on the planet and.. thankfully.. NOT eating turkey, which as a meat I am rather put off by. We are, instead, hoping to cross paths with an open sushi bar and will be spending the rest of the time wandering the city and maybe catching a movie or two.
Regardless of where you live and whether you celebrate or not, the spirit of the holiday is to be thankful for what we have and enjoy the company of our loved ones. I'm very thankful, believe me, until I return on Friday to report I was mugged.. and, while I cannot share much with my family, I will make every attempt to document the time my wife and I will spend together this weekend and might go so far as to share some of it with you here.
One last bit for those of you who think Thanksgiving is about honoring our ancestors (the "pilgrims") who journeyed across the vast ocean to land in America and then proceeded to kill, rape, enslave and pillage all across the continent.. We don't celebrate that part of the holiday. My ancestors were exiled or otherwise left their distant homes due to persecution and hardships. They really had few options on where to go. And, at least on one side of my family, they ended up in Canada - where the REAL Thanksgiving was last month.