A Frenchman's appreciation of Thanksgiving

Wake up, America. Thanksgiving is awesome.

Thanksgiving is a special time that Americans get to enjoy friends and family.
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Thanksgiving from across the Atlantic is always a strange thing to behold.

As a Frenchman, I see it through the distorting lens of American media. Every U.S. sitcom has the requisite Thanksgiving episode, replete with all the same themes and anecdotes. Most of them are bad: My uncle is crazy! Thanksgiving is politically incorrect! Putting together such a huge meal is too much pressure! Turkey tastes bad! (Ok, you've got a point there.) We hate our family!

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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry is a writer and fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His writing has appeared at Forbes, The Atlantic, First Things, Commentary Magazine, The Daily Beast, The Federalist, Quartz, and other places. He lives in Paris with his beloved wife and daughter.