Thanksgiving 2015 in Romelast night we went to a Thanksgiving feast at the home of the people who run our American Leasing company. There must have been 50-60 people there and they were mostly Italians. Of course, Italians don’t celebrate our Thanksgiving, but they sure can cook for one! Our hosts cooked a 45 pound turkey to perfection and everyone brought a side dish. I have never seen so much wonderful food on a table before. Everything from salad, vegetable dishes, dressing, cranberry sauce…one homemade, white sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, meatballs, tiny pizzas. And there must have been 20+ desserts…pecan pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate cakes, tiramisu and things that I don’t know what they were…just delicious looking. Most of these people didn’t speak English, so I had fun speaking Italian with several people. One woman knew a little English and she was a hoot. She told us in Italian and English that 40 million turkeys are consumed in America each Thanksgiving. Then she proceeded to tell us that JFK was the first president to pardon the Thanksgiving turkey, so the next week they killed him. Then she said the pilgrims weren’t really thanking God for the harvest, they were thanking God for being able to steal the Native American’s land! Hey, nothing PC about that woman! My favorite cartoon this year was of a bunch of turkeys standing around and one was on stilts. Another turkey says: “You know, he may be on to something…they don’t eat flamingos for Thanksgiving.” All in all, it was a wonderful time to be with new friends, celebrating our holiday so far from home and old friends and family. And to reflect on what we are all thankful for.