Bissau, Togo, France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Iraq, Bosnia and Israel gather around the Thanksgiving table each year. Not everyone always makes it, but someone long missing usually appears to make the gathering more thankful to be in a huge family. I've heard of strife-filled Thanksgiving Day dinners and can't imagine a better opportunity for this than our gatherings, but we live in wacky harmony. Sure, some of us are so foreign ( and I include myself here) to whatever the American Standard... Sign in to see full entry.