A Six-Spanish-Dialect Thanksgiving

Since moving from Canada, where we had many family in friends, we’ve mostly been doing our own family Thanksgivings solo. We’ve also been out of the country for many of them. But this year, we were invited by friends, to our very first Miami Thanksgiving. How do these differ, you may be asking, from a non-Miami Thanksgiving. From my vast experience of attending one, I’m happy to present sweeping generalizations. First, you have extremely welcoming hosts, incredibly generous hospitality throughout the day, a type of warmth that only comes from being treated like you’re family, you eat at a long family-style table surrounded by palm trees, and have a minimum of six dialects of Spanish being spoken. We met that requirement with Spanish from Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Spain, and Guatemala. BAM! The food was delicious and we stayed late, enjoying the company and conversation. Looking forward to many more Miami Thanksgivings!