Thanksgiving Day was the first day I truly missed the United States. I mean, how great is Thanksgiving as a holiday? Nobody has to work and you grub and watch football all day long – my kind of holiday. Instead of missing it, Lauren and I decided to bring Thanksgiving to Germany and we did it big. We spent 2 hours at the grocery shopping alone and we even wore our dirndls – true culture blending.
I can’t explain how fun it was sharing this very American holiday with my closest friends here. Everything was a hit. Well, the sweet potato casserole didn’t fly with most of the Germans who found it “too sweet”. If you live in Germany and eat German desserts, you may understand this. However, I definitely thought it was the best part of the meal.
I’ll let the pictures do the rest of the talking:
turkey, sweet potato casserole, veggies, stuffing, green bean casserole and salad
dinner prayer – thank you, Ben
ein prosit!
aftermath
Not pictured: pumpkin pie. This is particularly devastating because it was straight up homemade – no pre-made pie crusts or canned pumpkin in this part of the world. It turned out DELICIOUS. So delicious that I had it for breakfast the next day.
We also conveniently “forgot” to go around the table and say what we all are thankful for, but I think it was pretty clear without being said: food, friends, and Deutschland.
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looks like you had a lot of fun! I live in germany too and we've never celebrated thanksgiving, I wish we would though
I missed Thanksgiving a lot too when I was in Deutschland but it's great you could bring it there! I too think sweet potato casserole is too sweet, lol.
This looks so delicious. I kind of wish we had Thanksgiving in Australia just for the food!
Love love love it! The sweet pot casserole got some funny looks here too. THat's ok, more for me! Glad you had a great one girl.
I think I miss sweet potato casserole more than anything else!!! Love the dirndls!
Sooooo fun!! Glad you got to share it with everyone in Germany! And what else is e point of thanksgiving than eating dessert the next morning?! Yummmm!!
Loving the authentic German clothing! Looks like you guys had a blast!!
You are a magnificent goob! You look great. So very proud of you!
Love always,
Daddio
glad you were able to celebrate with your new friends! our annual expat thanksgiving has become a wonderful tradition around here, and I think the Germans might look forward to it now as much as I do. how can one NOT love a day of eating and drinking?