Thursday, November 27, 2014

Thanksgiving/Amerikanisches Erntedankfest

Preparation:
Vorbereitung:



 Making cranberry sauce
Preiselbeersauce kochen

 Pecan chocolate cookies
Pekannußschokoladenkekse

Apples ready to be baked
Apfel zum Backen bereit

Eating:
Essen:



 Brussels sprouts with maple syrup
Rosenkohl mit Ahornsirup

 Spice-rubbed turkey breast
Putenbrust mit Gewürzen

 Cranberry sauce
Preiselbeersauce

Sweet potatoes
Süßkartoffeln

Baked apple with vanilla ice-cream
Bratapfel mit Vanilleeis

Teatime:
Kaffeetrinken:


Pecan chocolate cookies
Pekannußschokoladenkekse

Going for a walk:
Spaziergang:





 Some houses have their Christmas lights already.
Einige Häuser haben schon die Weihnachtslichter.




 All students are gone.
Die Studenten haben eine halbe Woche Ferien und müssen das College verlassen.






Happy Thanksgiving!

16 comments:

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    1. Thanks so much, Christine. I hope you also had a good time and blessings to all of you.

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  2. Happy Thanksgiving! Euer Fest schaut schön, stimmungsvoll und lecker aus! Und der Schnee ist wieder weg.

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    1. Über Nacht sind wieder 7 cm gefallen :).

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    2. Bei uns wird es auch spürbar kälter. Vielleicht kommt nun auch der Schnee.

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    3. Jetzt ist er hier wieder weg, ganz verrückt, sogar in Buffalo war fast alles weg.

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  3. Happy Thanksgiving! Your celebration looks beautiful and peaceful! Blessings, Barbara

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    1. Thanks so much, Barbara, and thank you for the wonderful old-fashioned thanksgiving card. So sweet!!

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  4. Happy thanksgiving! Your celebration looks just right! There is a house in our next road that had its Christmas decorations up last week, I bet they will be taken down on the 26 :-(

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    1. Thanks, San, that sounds so much like what most Americans do. I do it the German way, I do like to keep advent and Christmas apart.

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  5. Happy late thanksgiving Eva to you and your family. Das sieht ja alles richtig lecker aus und Euer Tag ruhig und erholsam. Der Schnee scheint sich bei Euch auch ein bisschen zurückgezogen zu haben. Wir grüssen Euch herzlich

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    1. Ganz lieben Dank! Ja, der Schnee ist heute fast ganz weg und Thanksgiving war wirklich mal ein ruhiger Familientag. Das hat uns allen gut getan.

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  6. I'm wondering, do you take off lessons during Advent? We did several years ago when our children were younger. But this year I have lessons planned for the first two weeks of Advent. Then off the last two weeks of Advent to finish Christmas preparations. But now that Advent is upon us, I'm reconsidering. Thoughts?

    Thanks and Advent blessings,
    Barbara

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    1. We do, but not the first two weeks. We normally do less work, it happens automatically with all the Christmas preparations and social events, but I try to do some work. The college is also in session for about two more weeks which makes it easier to maintain at least a resemblance of a schedule. You could do just school in the mornings and Advent/Christmas related things in the afternoons. When my children were smaller, I sometimes also took off more time, but now, with high school, that is not possible anymore.

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  7. Hello Eva, Happy Thanksgiving and Happy First Sunday of Advent! Your day looks wonderful. What a lovely meal and after dinner walk. I have some more pictures I will try and post tonight too. The holiday season is upon us. It's such a special time. We send all of you much love :)

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    1. Thanks so much, Dorina. I will look forward to your pictures. Christmas will be here soon, I know. The girls are really excited, which is fun to watch. Veronika picked an advent bouquet today. That was so sweet.

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