So, I was not expecting to have a Thanksgiving in China. I expected to get a couple people together and try to scrounge up some semblance of a feast worthy of Thanksgiving.
That isn't what happened.
Teaming up with some American students at the foreign dorm down the street, we managed to get quite a Thanksgiving Day party going on. We had just about every kind of Thanksgiving food you could want. Turkey, pork, candied carrots, bread and than some non-traditional Thanksgiving food that people kind of improvised (fajitas, Korean kabob things, vegetable dumplings, sushi). All the food was great. The story about getting the turkey is great too. The Turkey Team (West Point kids, I think) just go to Wal-Mart and find the only turkey. The butcher asks how much they want (because no one would want a whole turkey) and Turkey Team is just like: "No. All of it. We want all of it. Give it to us." Conquered that. But we had a couple dozen people at this little shindig. At its peak, I think we represented the United States, China, Korea (the good part), Argentina, Spain, Russia, Mongolia, Mexico, Jamaica, Niger, Pakistan and probably a couple others that I can't think of right now. Everyone brought some food or drink, happiness and all that kind of stuff that makes Thanksgiving awesome. Just across the city, there was another Thanksgiving party too (probably representing the other half of the world). Don't believe anyone that says that Thanksgiving doesn't exist in China.
We even got on television for our shenanigans.
So, my Chinese Thanksgiving was super fun. Probably in my like...top three Thanksgivings ever. In China. With my giant multi-national family.
Still missed my family in the States though. This definitely helped.
I'm totally thankful for Chinese pilgrims,
- Andrew
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