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| Jules Crittenden: Thanksgiving in Europe |
| 2007-11-19 |
| The most American holiday of the year is coming up. Thanksgiving. A touching event unlike any other I know of, just a meal and simple thankfulness for the good things in life. Wrapped up in the oppressive lie that is American history, of course. I was just discussing some of our quaint customs in an email exchange with my Dutch pal Michael van der Galien. HeÂ’s in an American Studies program in Rotterdam or Amsterdam or some other dam place,* so I suggested he get a bunch of his clog-wearing dike-plugging buddies to stage a real American Thanksgiving. Sort of like World War II GI re-enacting or cowboy dressup, both popular among the Euros. Because, you know, even though they like to give us a hard time, they actually love us and want to be like us. So hereÂ’s the deal. . . . Go read it all. |
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