So this week is my first official ‘thanksgiving’.Like many of the American holidays I’ve experienced so far, I’m pretty sure it’s going to make me feel weird.
July 4th set the tone by asking me to celebrate the day America kicked England’s ass.
Then there was Halloween … where America goes more over-the-top than a Versace, Disneyland collaboration.
And so we come to thanksgiving … a day that is arguably, even bigger than Christmas here.
Where you get together with those you love and express what you’re thankful for while tucking into a turkey dinner and eating pie.
OK, so the eating bit is going to be good, as will the days off … of which you also benefit as this is the only post of the week … however, before you start taking the piss that I’m always on holiday, please note I’ve not had any personal time off this year annnnnnd this holiday makes up for the fact I didn’t get to enjoy the annual national October holiday in Asia for the first time in over 10 years.
Better? No, didn’t think so.
Anyway, to ensure the whole holiday shebang gets off to a good start, I’ve organised the inaugural Thanksgiving Deutsch Planner Pie-off for later today where we all bring in our handmade masterpieces and do battle for the ultimate accolade of Prince/ss of Pie.
Think Great British Bake-off with more swearing, threats and stomach aches.
And pie.
However despite all that fun and frolics, the other bit of Thanksgiving will be bloody awkward … by which I mean the whole ‘what are you thankful for’ bit.
Not because I’m not thankful for a whole bunch of stuff, but because I have absolutely no desire to share it with people I vaguely know.
Maybe it’s my British genes coming through.
Or maybe it’s because I hate being told to do stuff that others want me to do.
Which I guess is additional evidence that I am an only child … hahaha.
So I will end this post with the same response I gave when I was recently interviewed by a magazine and asked, ‘what do yo love about being in America’.
“Your bacon and free soda refills.”
They didn’t find it funny either.
So Happy Thanksgiving everyone, see you in a week.