My first everything in the USA

I have been an "Alien" in Savannah, state of Georgia, for three months and half now. Around here weekends are to relax, socialize and spend money.
In October the city spruced up for the fall and with it pumpkins and scarecrows. Halloween was crazy: candies, costumes, parties...

 

November is time for Thanksgiving (Thursday) and Black Friday.

For Thanksgiving, Americans travel to meet their loved ones. The majority of them do not return for Christmas. They say it is family time...

In stores, books for children speak about the Pilgrims that were starving and the Indians who helped them learning how to survive in a new land. But in the 21st century what are they giving thanks for?

The newspapers of the weekend before Black Friday advertise 50% or more off in all products. It’s the bargain of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At dawn of the next day family values are replaced by consumers. Black Friday begins, they go shopping until they drop.

Elisabete Carvalho, a Portuguese living in the USA
Nov. 9, 2010