Thanksgiving celebration

I happened to go along with my husband for the Thanksgiving dinner celebrations hosted by his manager, it was probably the first formal dinner i have gone and also had a home cooked American food.

It was a gathering of around 15 people and the manager's husband and kids. It was not the first time i was meeting his team, been with the crowd earlier on two occasions, so they were not strangers to me, and i understand they all insist my husband to bring me along thinking that im stuck in the house and would have a change, though i appreciate their warmth, i dont know whether i really njoy except that iam there and i noticed no one else brings their spouse, i think i know why.

Most of their conversations are about office stuff, politics, gossips, pretty girls etc., and someone outside can rarely make sense, i mostly sit like dumb and listen, sometimes laugh without even knowing for what they are laughing,but this time, i ended up playing with her last kid who is 6yrs old, this was much better than doing nothing.

The party started off with drinks and starters, turkey was being cooked in the oven,
she was preparing some other stuff too. This was a like pot luck party, where every one brings cooked stuff ( starters kind ) or store bought one.As mine, i had made grilled chicken tikka and to my surprise, everyone loved the stuff and whether i was thrilled or not, my husband being a foodie, got a kick out of it, he went blah ,blah over it.Most of them there are in 50's and 60's,few in 40's and the youngest lot being the 2 indian guys, you could see some people dont really enjoy we Indians taking up their roles, that too kids kind and also be in their parties,they kind of show an attitude, u do feel that, but then in their age its very difficult to adapt to the global changes, so best is to ignore it. That way his Manager is really open minded, u dont see many
being friendly outside office, but she really has a team spirit and does not make u feel any less just bcos you are a non american, sometimes its funny when someone acts weird, they have forgotten its a land of immigrants and they were also once immigrant, cant help it,life's like that.
When the food was ready, we all gathered in the dinning room, these people really have early dinner, it was around 7.00pm, some one offered a prayer. Dinner started with a Salad, then the main course was served,
it was Turkey, mashed potatoes, vegetable stuffing, coleslaw, i was surprised all were healthy food, our idea of American food is always the junk stuff , burgers and pizzas, food was quiet good. Then the yummy part of the dinner, desserts , quite a few variety, chocolate cheesecake, apple pie, icecream, vanilla cake with fruit topping, and it was so hard to resist, i somehow managed to stick to one and did not try all.

After the dinner was over, everyone was playing beer pong, iam sure that must have been the most interesting part for everyone there,as usual no difference to me, anyway it was fun watching, overall it was a good evening, wasn't boring. What i really liked is the managers attitude, she really celebrates life, full of energy and is so cheerfull, somewhere in her mid 40's, with three kids, she seems to manage work and life and have fun too... thats the spirit i guess.