"We don't celebrate Thanksgiving...I'm Jewish"- Alan
The holiday season has already begun in Melbourne. With Thanksgiving soon approaching, Shaun and I have begun planning our orphan Thanksgiving. We invited our British roommates and new Aussie friends to partake, but much like Halloween in New Zealand, they didn't quite understand the meaning of Thanksgiving. We had to explain: only Americans would come up with an entire holiday for eating. As you can read, Alan did not understand that Thanksgiving was not a religious holiday. He thought it was just like Christmas.
Shaun and I have been busy arranging our new place, cleaning it from floor to ceiling, and looking for jobs. And trying to make friends. We went to the Myers Christmas Parade, the equivalent of the Macy's Day parade. It was almost 90 today so the Christmas carols about snow and hot chocolate seemed strange.
I don't have internet at my new house so contacting me could get tricky. I'll check my e-mail once a day, at best. But if you need to get a hold of me, call my cell phone. Cheers!
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