Holiday season

Holilday season is almost here. That sounds strange if you do not live in the US, but next week is going to be a quiet because of Thanksgiving. I wrote about Thanksgiving last year so I will not tell you again that Thanksgiving is about eating turkey (the bird, not the country). Nor that the Friday after is known as Black Friday because of all the sales going on everywhere. Thanksgiving is generally more important than Christmas, perhaps mostly because it applies to all beliefs.

Imagine going to work with Christmas. That would be really weird if you have celebrated it as an important holiday your whole life. But personally I have nothing with Thanksgiving, and neither have the many other nationality postdocs here. I imagine that a good number of people are spending time in their labs. Myself, I will spend Thanksgiving with a few close friends in an ocean view house in Connecticut. Sounds gorgeous, and it will be lots of fun for sure. But remember that it is getting pretty cold here at the moment. In the weekend we still enjoyed a pleasant 22 degrees Celsius, but this morning it was minus 4! Fortunately somebody introduced the magic game of Settlers of Catan into my social circle so time spend inside will not go to waste.
Thanksgiving is about eating (it is a harvest celebration, after all) and the American contingent in our small group is making extensive plans for a huge meal. Eating, drinking, playing some board games… sounds like a typical Christmas to me!