Thanksgiving

High school potluck lunch

Thanksgiving under a tent

 We have talked about how much the Colombians love their fiestas, here is another example. Thanksgiving is not a holiday celebrated in Colombia - but we do celebrate it at our school. And boy, do we celebrate. The party started on Monday with a potluck luncheon for the faculty. Tuesday was a turkey (sort of) lunch in the cafeteria. Wednesday was only half a day of school where each student in the high school was paired up with a student in the primary/elementary school. There the students put together gift boxes for the Colombian workers at the school - the bus drivers, the cafeteria workers, the cleaning people, the security guards and more. We then had a big assembly where people were honored and thanked. We then started our 4.5 day weekend. Later that night we got together with 20 or so of our friends for a big traditional American Thanksgiving dinner. We had tons of food and fun. Now just two more weeks until Christmas break! You have to love these celebrations!

More HS lunch pictures

Thanksgiving lunch in the school cafeteria. Yes, there is turkey there somewhere

Making Thanksgiving baskets

The Colombian workers getting their baskets

The school assembly

Our "American" Thanksgiving dinner

Fabulous food!

Someone decided to squirt whipped cream into the mouths of the children

Believe it or not a lot of people had not seen the spoon on the face trick. So I took it upon myself to teach people how to do this.

My first protege

Pretty soon, everyone was doing it