Singapore Thanksgiving

Remember the old joke "Do they have the fourth of July in England?". (Yes, it's right after the 3rd.)

Well, they don't have Thanksgiving in Singapore (nor Black Friday the day after). It's a regular work day. But this did not stop us from having a wonderful get-together with some American friends here. Six families all got together for a pot-luck feast. Our contributions were Raye's pumpkin challah and Paul's wild rice / corn chowder soup.

Yes, you can get turkeys here: Butterball, no less. Finding smoked beef sausage (for the soup) was much more difficult. We found the closest thing to it at Carrefour's the French version of a super Walmart.

Today is also Paul's dad's 82nd birthday so we stayed up late to give him a call just after midnight in Singapore so we could be the first to wish him a happy birthday.

The girls are enjoying a "Village Thanksgiving" with our wonderful extended family in Plano. Paul's sister, brother, mother, aunt, uncle, etc. are all getting together in Montgomery, AL.

P.S. The high temperature here today was 30C / 86 F, compared to -5 C /23 F in Ankeny, IA where Raye's brother is celebrating the holiday.