Hope all you Americans had a happy Thanksgiving! Here in Mexico, Thanksgiving is known as Acción de Gracias (literally action of thanks). But it’s more fun to say Feliz Día del Pavo (Happy Turkey Day).
We spent this Thanksgiving at the Playacar home of our friends, Michele and Rob, with over 100 other guests, spanning the globe from the U.S., Mexico, Argentina, England, Holland, and probably a few other countries. Everyone’s got something to be thankful for!
Aside from the large number of guests, this Thanksgiving was like many other Thanksgivings — excess, excess, excess. Eight turkeys, cranberry sauce, 4 trays of stuffing, 16 pounds of corn, 8 pounds of peas, 5 trays of potatoes (sweet, not sweet, mashed, all kinds), salads, carrots, pickled onions, tortillas and desserts filled a ping pong table doing double duty.
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But this Thanksgiving will be remembered for the not-so traditional Thanksgiving events. There was the fire in the smokehouse (okay, that one might be a tradition for some). Then there was the pea challenge, where Tracy the tourist was challenged to eat the leftover peas (about 4 or 5 pounds worth) for $500 USD. She wisely gave up after about a quarter pound.
And the best part of this Thanksgiving was that our friend DJ (seriously injured in a recent motor scooter accident) was able to join us. He was released from the hospital a few days ago, and is well on the road to a full recovery.
We have much to be thankful for!
More Thanksgiving pictures here.
