Kill a turkey today?

Happy Thanksgiving to all you crazy Canadians out there!

Aw, what the hell, same to all you sane ones too!

Canadian Thanksgiving isn't all that different from the American version. We, too, engage in turkecide and dance around bonfires while devouring the still bleeding flesh of our sacrifice. Our bloodlust just prevents us from waiting that extra month and a half so we celebrate on the second Monday of October.

Phew! Made it by 2 minutes. It's a shame, really, how often I forget birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and the like while I am here in South Korea. If it's any consolation, I haven't missed a single Kim Jong-Il birthday in the last 4 years.

February 16.

Back to Thanksgiving. Turkeys are not easily found here so we improvise. We prepare a scrumptious banquet full of traditional and contemporary Korean delicacies, invite a number of homeless and less fortunate, and eat the food in front of them.

Happy Thanksgiving Mr. Kim!


Posted by Jacques Vertefeuilles.