An Expatriate in Taiwan

Tag: Thanksgiving

  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving came and went last week with nary a care in Taiwan. After all, most places have had their Christmas decorations up for 3 weeks already. While not by any means a Christian nation, Christmas does, at least, allow children to be entertained and gives everyone an excuse to go shopping. Normally, Mrs. Expat and…

  • Thanksgiving Dinner

    Well, it was a pretty uneventful Thanksgiving, as Thanksgiving is wont to be in Taiwan.  It isn’t particularly celebrated, although the Taiwanese do have a name for it: [hanzi]感恩节[/hanzi] (gÇŽnÄ“njié). If you have been reading the Taipei Times, you may know that the Kaohsiung Ambassador Hotel, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, was holding an American…