To the Point
What Happens to Thanksgiving Overseas?
Americans leave the United States for different reasons, but on Thanksgiving Day it’s hard not to feel more American than ever... wherever you are. We talk with American ex-patriots and visitors in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Do they try to celebrate Thanksgiving--with or without turkeys? How do they compare their own country with the rest of the world? (This edition of To the Point will be pre-empted on KCRW by special holiday programming.)
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenAmericans leave the United States for different reasons, but on Thanksgiving Day it’s hard not to feel more American than ever... wherever you are. We talk with American ex-patriots and visitors in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Do they try to celebrate Thanksgiving--with or without turkeys? How do they compare their own country with the rest of the world? (This edition of To the Point will be pre-empted on KCRW by special holiday programming.)
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The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally America’s biggest shopping day, and retailers are gearing up. Different strategies reflect a fact of life in today’s America: the gap in confidence between upper and middle-income wage-earners. Nation-wide big-box chain WalMart is but one example.
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Thanksgiving Day is just another Thursday for most of the world, but it's still a powerful moment for Americans living abroad. Whatever their reasons for being out of the country, Thanksgiving means thinking about who they are and what matters most. We talk with Americans in Germany, Spain, China, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
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