Koreans React To Thanksgiving Day In The US For The First Time | 𝙊𝙎𝙎𝘾

[@tombystander]

Nothing is better than napping in a recliner after Thanksgiving with ur family rustling about

[@Xcxc13]

and forgetting about the Land Theft & Genocide that still continues to this day by White America. Especially with the ICWA Supreme Court Case, where white people want to take Native children and strip them of their culture AGAIN

[@jasminewhitehead1752]

I swear! It like just peaceful having all my family over and the time is good and I can just nap.❤

[@StationaryBeggar]

@@Xcxc13 Good times

[@SherriLyle80s]

...After you help with the clean up since the other has been standing for 12 hours cooking. 😉

[@Will-fk2dk]

100%! I LOVE Thanksgiving! It's the perfect Holiday to have after October and Halloween. It kicks off "Holiday Season", and it just gets you in the mood for the rest of the Holidays. I love it! My 2nd Favorite Holiday, right behind Christmas!!!

[@_previously]

I do want to add that as an Asian American, many cultural dishes and fusion dishes are common! There is always cultural and ethnic foods served with the traditional Thanksgiving food at my thanksgiving and tbvh, it’s so much more fun and tasty to have some diverse flavors on the table! I’ve also been to a Mexican, Black and Nigerian family’s thanksgiving and the food was also completely different but, still amazing! Friendsgivings, Thanksgiving potlucks at work or school are also common! It’s a very cozy holiday that we celebrate and a completely different vibe depending on the family or people you’re with. For my family at least, we don’t celebrate Thanksgiving for the holiday itself but, to spend time with loved ones.

[@Kaneki6386]

This 💯

[@jiho1988]

Yes! We definitely also had rice, kimchi and other Korean dishes with the more traditional Thanksgiving foods too.

[@krissybell76]

My family does Armenian Thanksgiving dishes. The fusion of culture and food is the best part of what is otherwise a questionable holiday.

[@ivechang6720]

We shared Thanksgiving with Egyptian friends for years. Before we had lived on college campus and shared with an entire multinational community. It's just so much fun the more mixed it gets!

[@thebazile5253]

Yep my mom always makes a spanish turkey, rice, and has bolillos to make sandwiches with. And she would also make some other traditional Thanksgiving food as well.

[@crankdattaytay]

As a Black American from the South, we eat ham, turkey, sweet potato soufflé, stuffing, macaroni, cranberry sauce, collard greens, cornbread, Hawaiian rolls, sweet potato pie, and banana pudding!

[@devronl08]

Dressing instead of stuffing but yeah, everything else is it! 😂

[@hevxhev]

That's right! Although I'm Black and from the North. Can't wait for Thanksgiving coming up, this month flew by!

[@Shauna0120]

U just listed my grandmas whole menu 🤤 I can’t wait

[@crankdattaytay]

@@devronl08 my family alternates the word but it’s the same dish lol

[@devronl08]

@@crankdattaytay Yeah we used to as well until I had actual stuffing at a friends and yeah, it was not dressing and from then on I was like let me be clear what I mean 😂 🤦🏿‍♂️

[@terricooper3678]

The best recent Thanksgiving story here in the U.S. is when a young man received a call that was a wrong #. He ended up meeting the elderly woman and then going to her house for Thanksgiving with her family for the past few years. Coworkers will often invite other workers who are alone, without any family, to their house for Thanksgiving too.

[@h.s.6269]

I remember watching a video on that. Iirc it was a young black man and an older white lady. They made it a tradition for him to always be there. It was a great story that happened all because of a fluke and a kind heart!

[@kimson305]

Yeah they like family now lol

[@caryeastwood6691]

Public service workers (Police, Firefighters, Paramedics, dispatchers, on call workers, etc) who have to work on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and other holidays will have some sort of potluck. If they can't or are not allowed to do something at the station, they will be told where they can swing buy and pick up a plate of food from either an off duty co-worker, a fire station helping out fellow government workers, or even a restaurant that is open.

[@beck3798]

You could absolutely celebrate with friends! It's not uncommon for people to bring friends and others who don't have families to celebrate with to their own family holidays. It's also super common amongst younger millennials and gen z to have "friendsgiving" which is a thanksgiving celebration done solely with friends. Friendsgiving is particularly popular amongst the LGBT+ community to celebrate with their chosen family since their biological families might not accept them or be on good terms with them. Chacha, my family would welcome you for Thanksgiving in a heartbeat! lol

[@Multi-Stan_Scorpio]

My I brought now husband whose family never celebrated thanksgiving with me only after dating each other a for 3 months it was his first time meeting everyone they loved him he got right in and he actually thanked a lot afterwards saying it was his best thanksgiving ever since his family never got together like that and just enjoy each other’s company

[@Snow-xd4rv]

What does LGBT have to do anything. Friendsgiving is just friends celebrating together and eating together. Nothing else

[@Snow-xd4rv]

And I don't think it was created because of that reason but okay

[@beck3798]

@@Snow-xd4rv Bruh.

[@miiamidblu]

@@Snow-xd4rv Big yikes...

[@shannonflorer6187]

It's totally not weird to bring friends to Thanksgiving. It obviously depends on each family, but we would have anyone come to our family dinner that didn't have anywhere else to go. In fact my Korean friend is coming to experience an American Christmas with my family in a few weeks

[@Navesblue]

Nice! That's super awesome of you! Come back to let us know how it goes, please!

[@cloudsn]

Yeah, exactly! If someone finds out you don't have anywhere to go for Thanksgiving, you'll get invited for sure.

[@jamiesilver7401]

Yep not weird at all! My parents met because my mom went to Thanksgiving at her college roommate's family's because she couldn't go home for the holidays. My mom's college roommate is now my aunt lmao.

[@Rhov9]

Exactly! It’s about giving thanks - for friends and family and communities. It’s a time to be grateful. And then people go spend tons of money the next day for Christmas gifts for each other. Wait - is Thanksgiving just a primer for getting good Christmas gifts? Have I been doing this all wrong my entire life? 😂 I’m just kidding (kinda)

[@Navesblue]

......So how'd it go?

[@jmomm]

Thanksgiving is definitely a "more the merrier" holiday! People would be sad to hear of anyone not having a place to go & would welcome anyone joining! Usually a guest would offer to bring a side dish, or an item that is their family favorite. Since there are so many different cultures in the US, side dishes/desserts vary greatly. An awesome result is that people are so excited to adopt these "new recipes" into future Thanksgivings!

[@adamcrapsermotorsports]

Thanksgiving is a huge holiday in the US, but it definitely isn't bigger than Christmas.

[@Atropabelopa]

it is for the simple fact not everyone is Christian but everyone celebrates Thanksgiving as it's not a religious holiday

[@adamcrapsermotorsports]

@@Atropabelopa 81% of non-Christians still celebrate Christmas, just not the Christian part. After Halloween, most people decorate for Christmas. Theres Christmas music, no Thanksgiving music. Christmas movies, the list goes on. Thanksgiving is big, but it's not as wide spread, extensive celebrations, or popular as Christmas is.

[@011mph]

@@adamcrapsermotorsports wait where are these stats coming from?

[@adamcrapsermotorsports]

@@011mph Pew Research Center. Probably more like 75% as the survey was almost 10 years ago.

[@tophat7735]

@@Atropabelopa I would argue against this. Thanksgiving may be more widely practiced, but it’s definitely not bigger than Christmas. The US glorifies Christmas to an insane level. Christmas in the US is not solely a religious holiday, it is a federally recognized holiday. Many, if not most, non religious people participate in Christmas because it’s become a cultural holiday, not exclusively religious. For an entire month leading up to Christmas, it is front and center everywhere you look. Decorations, music, movies, traditions. Thanksgiving does not get that sort of attention in the slightest.

[@kimleemoon]

I’m not surprised Choi was invited to his friend’s Thanksgiving dinner. It is common for Americans to invite friends, co-workers, roommates, bf/gf to holiday events, especially if we know the other person can’t be with their own family for the holiday. There’s usually more than enough food for guests and, in general, we love socializing and meeting new people.

[@ronbo11]

Luckily, I've never experienced a Thanksgiving Dinner that ran out of food. So much is made so friends are always welcome. The shared joy of many people is so amazing.

[@sarahoestrike387]

We cook for everybody to take home leftovers😅😅

[@Con5tantine]

One of the things that I think other countries forget about America is that we are such a relatively young country and nation when compared to places like Korea or France. Our 'traditional' foods look modern because relatively, they are! We don't have foods that come from over thousands of years. 😁

[@harveybeadman]

I mean.. a lot of the "traditional" Thanksgiving dishes are thousands of years old, just pre-colonial

[@telemperor]

Bringing friends to the family meal is the best part. Sharing the blessing is a part of Thanksgiving. Though it is just myth the story was supposed to be that all the pilgrim families and native peoples gathered together to celebrate the fact they survived the year.

[@rainstarr1]

Inviting friends and friends of other friends is common here in the States. I would invite everyone in this video 😊. Our Thanksgiving is a mix of different cultures food. American, Soul Food (African American) and Korean. We are a multi racial family. We take pictures, talk, play games. The men usually watch football and there's always the Macy's Day Parade on TV. Usually everyone takes home left overs and they're usually eaten for several days. Happy Thanksgiving everyone❣️

[@farrelllusher2893]

Sounds almost like my Thanksgiving, except instead of Korean, we have Japanese. Also, we do have the "Turkey Bowl" Flag football game earlier in the day.

[@nashtags6791]

Honestly if any of y’all are traveling to America in November I’m sure you’d have no shortage of of invitations to dinners 😂. Hosting international friends and just bringing friends in general is pretty common, especially if it’s already a pretty big family. Most of the time people don’t even notice but when they do they’re happy you’re there!

[@Alexis-ew9jh]

That was an instagram Thanksgiving. They are usually a lot more chaotic, louder, with family and friends. Everyone is invited to Thanksgivings.

[@h.s.6269]

And warmer too. Mine always has so much affection and laughs, with everyone happy to relax and see relatives. Both very laid back and heartwarming. The Instagram one was just photo ops and pretty things, not playful debates about which recipe is better, everyone getting kicked out of the kitchen when too many gather, etc etc.

[@theblackbear211]

I very much liked Choi's story of going with friends to Thanksgiving, to me that is absolutely appropriate. Much of Thanksgiving is about sharing hospitality, including inviting in people who are unable to spend the day with their own families. Some people extend even further this to sharing with those who have less. A day of being thankful for what we have, by sharing it with those who might have less.

[@rockinchik06]

I haven't spent Thanksgiving with my family in 7 years, since I've been living in Korea ㅜㅜ I miss it so much. However, I always try to celebrate it in my own way by trying to see my close friends and doing something special with them near Thanksgiving. This year my bf & I plan on spending Sunday together and we made reservations for a Thanksgiving dinner at a restaurant in 이태원. He's never had American Thanksgiving food so it will be fun to introduce him to it.

[@clairefranzen5753]

Thanksgiving has a very special story to how and why it was created. Everyone's traditions are different and makes it special for them.

[@LISASWORLDOFKPOP]

Special as in Native American Genecide? Land displacement and disease spread by Europeans?

[@ningowo2306]

My favorite part of thanksgiving is the Parade in NYC! My dad and I have watched it every year together. Literally. We have a seventeen year streak now (from my first thanksgiving to my seventeenth now.). It is truly the beginning of the American holiday season!

[@sophiaisabelle027]

Thanksgiving is a special get together event. Seems like the OSSC reactors had the best time of their lives.

[@brittanygoodrich9392]

Yep, totally not weird to celebrate with friends! We even have a name for it - Friendsgiving. One year, my family's Thanksgiving was a mash of people from 4 different families that didn't have anywhere else to go. So, if you're an international student and you get an invite, go! The families just want to share their traditions with you.

[@telemperor]

Btw if you ever come to America in November I'm sure we can get you to a fan's Thanksgiving dinner. We love celebrating with other people.

[@kayleen2946]

I wish they had the opportunity to try some of our Thanksgiving dishes. And inviting friends and acquaintances is the best part of the holiday! We celebrate sharing and being thankful for abundance with as many people as possible. You would all be welcome in my home for the holidays, I'll save you a plate!😊

[@shoelacy7101]

If someone invites you to thanksgiving and you don't have anywhere else to go/be absolutely go! We love having people over and sharing food and having a good time. Besides friends count as family!

[@jennhurl]

In America, if you know someone who is alone for the holiday, inviting them over is basic etiquette. No one should feel alone on Thanksgiving or Christmas. Our tradition is to go around the table & say something you are grateful for. What the film didn't show you is Thanksgiving is also BIG day we watch football. We grab our pie & head for the couches! For me, there's nothing better than falling asleep after eating way too much and waking up around half time in the game. 🤣

[@MichellesGenXLife]

It is very common to bring friends to a family celebration, especially if it is someone who is alone. I always allowed my kids to bring someone if they wanted and everyone treated them as family.

[@cheerfulsatanist]

What's interesting is a lot of the foods that get passed down are very specific to the family while there are things like mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce that are specific to the holiday, there are a lot of dishes that for that particular family are special and they get passed down. A lot of them are actually holdovers from the Great depression. Because everyone is so poor at the time and food was scarce in people had to scrape things together and make do with where the time would be considered the lesser food which had to be seasoned heavily to be good I've now become major Staples that are a reminder of a time when everyone has less and now we have more so well we don't necessarily need to eat cheaply and is sparsely as they did back then we still keep serving the dishes that are great great grandparents found ways to perfect and make delicious when they have little to no ingredients or money to work with. And turkey is traditionally sort of Thanksgiving although a lot of families have started changing it up to things like chicken, personally I serve our family ham because we have four children and it's a lot easier than making a turkey and everyone likes him and tends to go better with leftovers and it's a lot easier to make him correctly whereas turkey is a complicated nightmare.

[@SlothQueenX]

You know I remember, I saw a video where the channels owner took his korean friends out to have an authentic thanksgiving meal in Korea somewhere. I think it would be cool to have them do that

[@junem342]

It is common to include friends, neighbors to singles and local military enlistees who are away from home be it, Thanksgiving, Christmas to Easter - holidays. Ham & Turkey are popular and many of the side dishes could differ depending on region of the states you live in and family traditions (yes there are handed down recipes too) Guests and family often bring a dish to share too. Common among all is sweet potato & green bean casseroles, scalloped potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce & gravy, pies and salads. Ending in food comma's in front of the TV watching football with later retail therapy for some.

[@IzzyKawaiichi]

"Friendsgiving" has become the new trend in recent years, particularly for young adults who moved away and can't get home for the holiday (or can't afford to go home twice for Thanksgiving and Christmas only a month apart). Actually, as an American living in Seoul, this weekend I hopped on a bus to go down near Busan to visit some family friends who were having people over for (late) Thanksgiving. There were about five different families-- some Korean, some American, and some other foreigners! Thanksgiving is usually a time to gather with family, but it's not necessarily about your biological/legal family. The friends who I met with actually came to my family's Thanksgiving meal over ten years ago back in the States! I've had Thanksgiving with friends, neighbors, strangers... It's not at all impolite that he went to his friend's place on invitation. If they didn't really want him there, they wouldn't have invited him! Because it's also such a big deal and a time for communal gathering, it's not at all unusual to invite people who aren't in your family and who you know won't have anyone to meet with. Don't ever feel like you *should* turn down an American's invitation to Thanksgiving! If they're asking you to come, it's because they really do mean to invite you! You aren't breaking any social rules by saying yes! However, also don't feel like you *have to* accept. It's not rude to say no either. Things can get kind of tense at the table if someone brings up politics, which... happens pretty often. If you don't think you can handle it, it's okay if you don't want to be there! Pro Tip: If you DO go to Thanksgiving, bring your own (empty) food containers because chance are you WILL be taking home leftovers, and this is not up for debate. I came back to Seoul with a small cooler bag full with smaller bags of turkey, mashed potatoes, and green bean casserole. The Thanksgiving Leftovers Sandwich is a very real thing.

[@jtothac5364]

I would love to make a feast for the OSSC folks. Y’all would love smoked meat. Pass a joint around and have some drinks. It would be a great time

[@TheLibraBookworm]

Thanksgiving is all about being grateful and showing your appreciation to others so bringing friends who don't have family to celebrate to Thanksgiving parties is very common because it shows that person how much you care about them. Also the parties can be pretty big in size that's why there is so much food. My Thanksgiving gathering this year will have at least 30 people.

[@h.s.6269]

Yea they can definitely vary in size depending on the family and year! Anywhere from 3 to 30!

[@maggiebrayton4258]

The start of Thanksgiving is a lot darker than celebrating the fall harvest. It would be nice to see reactions to the history of it.

[@buzzfeng4365]

Homemade macaroni and cheese is amazing. You will never eat the stuff that comes in a box after eating the homemade version. Have you tried cranberry sauce made from fresh cranberries? It goes better with turkey than any other type of fowl.

[@audioRKO]

The meaning of thanksgiving is being thankful of what you have (being humble) and enjoying the company of family and close friends. I hosted my first thanksgiving and was helped by my grandmother to do all the traditional food we served in years prior (being cajun from Louisiana we made oyster dressing, which is way yummier than it sounds), the next year we spent with close friends and divided the food we cooked and this year (due to medical reasons of family) we spent just me, my husband and children and we made loaded BBQ baked potatoes. It's mainly about being with those you love and being thankful of all you have and all that you give each other. Also the history of the holiday is a fascinating story

[@LJ_S1K]

Another aspect of Thanksgiving is some guests bring their own dish to whomever's household is hosting the thanksgiving. Depending on how big the family is this can take a lot of coordination in deciding who makes what dish, but more importantly who doesn't make what, ya'll know someone in your family or friend group who is not allowed to make a certain dish anymore 😂😂 On the other hand, some people are designated to make a specific dish every year because they make it the best. Also Friendsgiving arealso popular and depending on the circumstance can be held any time near the date of the actual thanksgiving. So some people go to to multiple thanksgivings in a day or in a few days.

[@sonofsarek]

Mac and cheese is something they eat in the Southern US. I have never seen anyone eat that in the north on thanksgiving.

[@alexschmitt6207]

No, we love to bring our foreign friends to Thanksgiving! It’s an honor and I would be disappointed if they said they couldn’t come

[@williamfriend5942]

The did a good job showing families that only serve turkey on Thanksgiving. But, they totally missed telling about the families that also serve ham as the main course. Then there all the great side dishes that go with ham. Most are like me, I must have both Turkey and Han on Thanksgiving and then have them both again on Christmas, Yum! we Americans are fat for a reason, lol!!! LOVE KOREA 100% 😘

[@ambrabridges2161]

We had a Friendsgiving at my church, with everyone bringing something. We had two turkeys and two hams, along with every side imaginable, and a lot of desserts. This is definitely the "eating season".

[@ShaneTheCrazyArtist]

You can also have ham for thanksgiving instead of Turkey I think. My family usually cooked both Turkey and Honey Ham and then we eat pumpkin pie for dessert

[@strawbeare]

Just a correction. The biggest holiday in the US is Christmas, secondly followed by Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving isn’t the biggest holiday here. Great reactions ❤

[@kimricautumn6918]

everybody does Thanksgiving, though, even if you're Jewish or Muslim or whatever.

[@strawbeare]

@@kimricautumn6918 never said people didn’t celebrate Thanksgiving but it’s the second biggest and second most celebrated holiday. When you search it up most of the statistical graph show this. Sometimes Thanksgiving is closely behind Christmas, other times, quiet a bit far

[@CookiesTriedToEatMe]

Actually the biggest and most celebrated is July 4th.

[@itazuranakisu]

@ CookiesTriedToEatMe 4th of July over Christmas? Nope. The sales in the stores are also usually aren’t better than thanksgiving or Christmas sales even with “Christmas in July” promotions. It’s interesting, as a side note, but historically some white Americans didn’t like that black Americans were celebrating 4th of July after the civil war (particularly in Vicksburg) due to feeling upset at their loss (I don’t even understand why they would celebrate since they were traitors to the country, government and flag) and actually in some cases tried to stop them from doing so and eventually used the Jim Crow laws to make it burdensome for black Americans to celebrate.

[@kimricautumn6918]

@@itazuranakisu What does selling stuff have to do with how big a holiday is? You have been brainwashed by advertisers lol

[@halatiny6537]

They wonder if we finish it all. Most families usually don’t💀 but that means leftovers for SO LONG until you finish it all. That’s the best part.

[@amandapearl2books]

just wanna say if I had a friend from another country who didn't have family for the holidays they absolutely would be invited to my house, my family would welcome them with open arms. It's not weird at all, don't worry!

[@sabb5829]

You can invite friends to thanksgiving also it’s not just for family 😊

[@siouxsan5705]

We love thanksgiving…not celebrating a war based victory or any religious event …just being thankful.thankful for our life with all it’s up and downs, thankful for our families and sharing our “bounty” with family, friends and people in our community.

[@kimricautumn6918]

Adding to say that Thanksgiving is the perfect holiday to bring friends or roommates or whomever home for. It's cozy but not intimate in that way for most families. (Christmas is more intimate, for instance.) Also, turkey is because it's a native bird so it has tradition. And in general, Thanksgiving dinner is pretty easy- it's not gourmet cooking. It's a lot of work just because it's a lot of dishes but the dishes are mostly basic.

[@AstraSystem]

That's about how our Thanksgiving looked! We pulled out an extra folding table to make a buffet with all of the dishes. And of course a wide array of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks were available. Many families will always cook enough so that everyone goes home with a plate. Or in my family's case, folks will often come with their own Tupperware to take food home. I enjoyed my Tupperware leftovers for the last two days. I still have 3 different slices of pie left. 😂

[@ThatMusicFan13]

The best part about Thanksgiving is definitely the leftovers. We eat a lot of food on Thanksgiving, but we cook so much that we still have food left over for the next couple of days.

[@reyanime]

Thanksgiving is basically a food and family holiday.

[@malcolmbenjamin6687]

I can't wait for the video that explains to them how Thanksgiving really started.

[@Xcxc13]

1000% and the Genocide & how they used it to unify white America who were divided because they still wanted to enslave human beings

[@_Nijineko]

Most people think the Thanksgiving ceremony started with our around the time of the Pilgrims, our that it was a harvest tradition... even most Native Indian tribes have forgotten the true origins, but there is at least one tribe left that still recalls and can trace the Thanksgiving ceremony to over 2000 years ago.

[@WannabeZLister]

If any of you ever come to the states, you're welcome to join my family for Thanksgiving! The food is delicious of course, but we make a lot of fall & winter themed cocktails and play games. Then it's late night Black Friday shopping, but we go about an hour after the stores open because opening time is scary intense 😂

[@maryelizabeth1216]

A family recipe that my mom makes every Thanksgiving is egg noodles with peas and the Turkey broth as it is something that my grandma made for my grandpa when they moved from Italy to the United States. It's delicious ^^

[@rekdreams247]

I wouldn't say its the biggest. Also its important to know and talk about the history behind it because some of us choose to use it more as a remembrance day or just a day of thanks unaffiliated with the country's history with indigenous people. Regardless, its still important to know. Funnily enough my family i dont think has ever had turkey on Thanksgiving now that i think about it, but it is a big tradition for most. Theres usually so much food because everyone will bring dishes to share as well. The 'kids table' is also a thanksgiving staple. Some people prefer to watch parade but theres also usually big american football games happening as well. Cooking together is also a big deal. In my family thats how the kids learn the recipes to be passed down, by learning over years of helping our parents with thanksgiving and christmas cooking. More than anything I think its about family. Though there are also 'friendsgiving' where people have thanksgiving dinner with friends. Idk about everyone but i have a few friends that do this because they dont have much family they are close with or talk to and celebrating with friends is the only way they got to have thanksgiving. its like accepting friends as you family

[@Xcxc13]

Yeah they tend to ignore the history & narratives of Native peoples & our feelings during these times :/

[@srahhh]

My big family Thanksgivings always involve family friends/neighbors, and because of the nature of the holiday, if you know a family (e.g. of immigrants) with no other holiday plans... they're getting invited. And then they're just part of the Thanksgiving group that we see every year! Christmas would generally be close/extended family only, but the vibe of Thanksgiving is all about being welcoming and sharing what we have. If you're in the American suburbs with nowhere to go for Thanksgiving and you're friendly with your neighbors, seriously just say "we've never done Thanksgiving before" and if they're hosting a group they'll probably INSIST you join.

[@veeree1746]

Family, food and football 😊

[@Herbalgalaxii]

Lady in the second video had one type of cheese. In black households you can't be in charge of the Mac and Cheese if you don't use at least 4 different cheeses. She is not invited to the cookout 😂😂

[@jpeopolis]

Starting a fund to cater a Thanksgiving dinner for your cast and crew. I'm sure there are American restaurants in Korea that offer such services. Let's DO this. Also, not to pray on your sympathy, but due to a personal situation I cannot spend the holiday with my family. So, you know. Feel bad for me? lol Grateful for you all. Becks

[@stevedavis5704]

Growing up in the midwest part of the USA we had turkey and ham every year but some years we also had pheasant,duck,deer,squirrel,rabbit or just to be different go out and shoot a turkey rather than buy one. I think every family has what they favor for side dishes and to tell the truth get togethers are great ways to find new favorites. This year my church held a potluck for thanksgiving with about 150 people coming and going and the food variety was really nice. Found a couple of dishes I got the recipe for and found a couple I will never try again. But that’s what makes it fun.

[@robertakline9785]

Thanksgiving is a day to celebrate with friends and family, it's a day to show your love and appreciation for the people in your life.

[@alyssavanvoorst2473]

It's acceptable to bring friends. My Thanksgiving looks quite different than that ahah. We never say what we are thankful for and at least one person ends up super drunk.🤣

[@noahr607]

I’m just about to head out for Thanksgiving break today! So excitedddd 🎉

[@Charlee1776]

Thanksgiving is such a family holiday that I don't think there are 2 families that celebrate it exactly alike. The only important part is to remember to be thankful and share it with your loved ones over a lovely meal on a day you can all gather and spend time just enjoying one another. 🦃

[@cstephen98]

Macaroni and cheese means they're from the South where that counts as a vegetable dish ;)

[@teresahutch6322]

Christmas is the biggest holiday. Also, Thanksgiving Day is actually the celebration the pilgrims who first came to America had a feast with the Native Americans. They shared food and gave thanks for coming to a new land. Unfortunately, it's not taught this way anymore.

[@czechmatey]

That's because that's literally not what happened between the natives and the europeans. Read American Holocaust for starters.

[@teresahutch6322]

@@czechmatey actually that is what happened. The pilgrims were starving and the native Americans gave them foo and showed them how to grow crops there. If you're referring to later events, like the Trail of Tears, that was later. Thanksgiving was literally the pilgrims giving thanks for the Native Americans and the new land that they had come to. I'm not denying that horrible things happened to Native Americans. I'm saying the reason we have Thanksgiving is because the pilgrims were thankful for coming to the new world.

[@jbb2650]

I love how kind these people were about our traditional Thanksgiving. I would love to have them come to mine and share with them. ❤️

[@ichiroutakashima4503]

I really dig MJ's new hairstyle that my whole focus for the actual content is lost, lol.

[@audrycamille5286]

It's not uncommon for people to celebrate with friends, especially if the host knows the friend will be away from family during that time. Those who offer an invitation are considered both polite and generous. There's also "friendsgiving" where the celebration is among friends only.

[@chaotickem]

Everyone I know loves celebrating with anyone that can come!!! My family had a bunch of my sister’s friends come this year cause they don’t have a great relationship with their families. Everyone is welcome 😊

[@Rytonic69]

When I was younger, we hosted a German exchange student who LOVED Thanksgiving. My dad always says "It's the three F's of American culture. Food, Family, and Football." Every family does Thanksgiving different, but it's still a lot of fun. Everyone gets together, watches the parade, has a giant feast, then passes out watching the Football game while eating pie. While it is mostly about family, friends are welcome, and bringing a foreigner in is a great way to show off American culture. Regarding why we eat Turkey, well... It's a massive bird native to North America, so why not!

[@tigerl21]

Some of my most memorable Thanksgiving Days were when I invited my friends from South Korea who were here studying abroad. I didn't realize just how unique an experience it was to people outside of the US.

[@mentalrebllion1270]

My family’s thanksgiving is often celebrated with a spiral cut ham, broccoli cheese casserole, mashed potatoes, cranberries sauce (homemade though), turkey, salad, rolls, baked mac and cheese (cheese sauce is made from scratch with a roux even), pumpkin pie made with honey and not sugar, sometimes beef and noodles (it’s either ham or beef and noodles unless the gathering is large enough), and frankly whatever else anyone brings. If there is a lengthy celebration we might also make deviled eggs to be enjoyed and snacked upon. Brunch versions of this are the ham, rolls, biscuits and gravy (homemade), hash browns, eggs, bacon, sausage, cranberry sauce (again, homemade), and waffles. Oh and mimosas. My family doesn’t drink that much or often though and drinking by guests is often only done by those staying with us who have no plans to leave for any reason through out the day (they are banned from any amount of driving, we have a designated set of drivers for that among the family). As for activities, we watch the Macy’s parade, the dog show after, dad falls asleep, and mom watches the football 🏈 game. Snacks like chips and dip are brought out during this time for those that still wish to snack. For us, the thanksgiving meal is more often done around lunch time rather than waiting for dinner. My parents are often the hosts for those willing to make the trip and dad is the main cook of the kitchen and is in charge as “head chef.” I often am the sous chef and help with nearly all the dishes. If asked to contribute a dish I point out all the ways I helped with all the other dishes but if it’s still insisted on I make some quick rolls or biscuits (I’m a good baker and used to professionally teach to be honest) or a quick dessert that doesn’t require oven or a long cooling time. More often I’m charged with monitoring the rolls since they often will end up burnt because they got forgotten in the chaos and because everyone is tired and this food item will be baked last. My sister will make the potatoes and the gravies needed as well as the deviled eggs. My brother doesn’t often have time to make a dish with us so he will bring one. If he does have time he just acts as a sous chef as I. Dad is always in charge of the main meat dish and prepping the salad. The broccoli cheese casserole is pretty much made by all of us and the crust of it is prepped by whichever child relative we have as it’s crackers that need to be smashed, something that is easy to include a child with and make them feel like they are contributing. Mom is in charge of the pumpkin pie and, if we make it, a sweet potato casserole. For me, I make the noodles for beef and noodles, I peel the potatoes for the mashed potatoes, I make the cheese sauce, I peel the eggs, I cut any veggies sent my way for the various dishes, and I make the rolls or monitoring them if needed. Pretty much if someone asks, I contribute immediately as I can do all of it. As I mentioned before, I used to teach cooking before, albeit, I taught children. I worked as a cooking instructor for children with class sizes of about 10-20 children ranging from as young as 4 to as old as 16. I’m used to a rowdy kitchen. Food is very important to my family though and big family holidays are often celebrated this way, with a large and hearty meal. One of the few shake ups is if we have one in the late spring or summer. In that case we just serve paella and it’s something that is cooked and eaten outside. Oh! One other item. Sometimes, if we can snag some, we purchase tamales 🫔 and those are also eaten for big food holidays.

[@KaidanKarasu]

My friends growing up, in our neighborhood, would come to Thanksgiving at my place because their families didn’t celebrate. They did this through college too! And we would bring other friends that didn’t have anywhere to go for the holidays. We also only make a few traditional things, everything else is more like Viet and Cajun fusion lol

[@diegordsoto]

3:52 the moment Youngju went into hangry mode 😂😂😂

[@Duke00x]

Thanksgiving is part harvest festival and part family reunion and part welcome party. It is about giving thanks for the gifts and bounties we have received over the past year and sharing those with lived ones be they family or friends (so yes friends new ones included are often invited to thanks giving dinners). So the whole country/city/town and community has a harvest festival the family has a reunion and a welcoming party for friends and family. It is about connecting to your community, to your friends, and to your family. And being thankful fir the gifts (monitary and sentimental) them being in your life has given you and being thankful for a bountiful harvest in all things in life.

[@shaylablueangel]

It so funny how and interesting to me when I watch videos like this. How different the world in with culture and things changing and some staying the same. I hear them talk a lot about how cool it is and nice for people to get together like this. It’s everyday, common for us, but so foreign to them. The welcome attitude, the sharing, the giving, the compassion for others, enjoying life and wanting others to join in. Even if they are not blood related family. Their culture has a lot of aspects of respect and responsibility, especially with the older people in their families, that it would seem like this isn’t a new thing and it would happen there to. But it doesn’t, Americans, Hispanics, Italians, French, Indians (native, and from India), do things like this all the time, parties and family, and guests coming to your home and actually wanting them there. I’ve heard others talk about this when reacting to videos like this, they don’t know why, we would invite someone to something like this. To us, it doesn’t matter where your from, what your culture is, what your gender, age, or nationality. America is a melting pot (a place that has a lot of things) of cultures, countries, and people from all over. We grew up with all of that, we don’t need to only feel comfortable with people that have the same skin color or nationality that we have. Idiots, and bigots think like that, but the majority of Americans aren’t like that. I understand it, because coming from a country that has one race of people that are there, and a few of other races. That would be weird or concerning to you, and you might feel the need to only have that around you. Americans don’t do that, we have tons of friends from all different walks of life, we see that everyday, it’s nothing to us. That’s why I love this Country, I wish it was like there everywhere, but it’s not. That’s why I like finding things out about other places. ❤

[@chrislockwood1476]

I love Korea and it's people. I want to go there someday. Making new friends is always a good thing. Bless Korea and it's people.

[@melissadonnell9208]

One girl asked about the drumsticks. In my family the 2 youngest (who can eat them) gets them. Another thing, my daughter has a friendsgiving. Usually the saturday after thanksgiving with all her friends. It's usually a pot luck

[@GavinFox2028]

I always love ❤️ these guys reactions to their first times seeing that and to anything 😊

[@RM_formerlyjustRMbutYTsucks]

Inviting non-relatives is common. They don't even have to be friends; many families and other groups will make their gathering open to anyone they know who doesn't have somewhere else to join -- coworkers, neighbors, classmates, exchange students, whatever. This is also common for found families (those of us who have to find and make our own families if we don't have or are not accepted by our original families). The menu varies widely by region, resources, preferences, and family traditions. Ditto for the number of dishes and the amounts. Not all of us celebrate Thanksgiving. Others of us use it as a day of remembrance. Approaches vary, especially considering some of us come from a different perspective than the traditionally idealized historical version. A lot of us do honor our ancestors during Thanksgiving, similar to Chuseok. It's just that our ways of honoring aren't necessarily the same, either as Korea's or as each other's. We honor ancestors by talking about them and sharing our memories of them with each other. We honor them by passing down recipes for generations, bringing "Grandma's salad" every year, including "Daddy's famous beans" on the menu, making the secret mac-and-cheese recipe your best friend's nana passed down to you when she took you in after your original family was no longer in your life, etc. We honor our ancestors by preparing foods that are traditional to our cultures; there are hundreds, thousands, of different cultures within the US, and those are honored when we include foods from those traditions, be they Grandpa's kimchi or Auntie's frybread or Great-Grandma's gulyás or Great-great-great-Uncle's khinkali. Thanksgiving looks a bit different -- sometimes a lot different -- for every group. We each adapt it to our own situations, traditions, needs.

[@desireedoan9267]

You always make room at the Thanksgiving table for folks away from home were thankful and the Turkey is indigenous to the United States so since 1621 we have been eating turkey yum but we have venison, pork, really everything at the table one year we did spaghetti and meatballs just one year

[@Ash-kp8rt]

The foods can also be region based. For example I'm in the state of Maryland, USA. A big tradition here is crabs since we have the Chesapeake Bay. So crab cakes, crabs, crab legs, crab dip, and Old Bay seasoning on just about everything including the Mac&Cheese.

[@ms.wilson6439]

The second family is actually a very famous singer/actress family. Her name is Adrienne Bailon- Houghton, she was in 3LW and Cheetah Girls. She's Puerto Rican and her man is black. Her husband is a gospel( Christian) artist and producer.

[@tianajohnson2338]

Happy Thanksgiving frm Pyeongtaek! Pls know that the food & traditions varies on the culture/ethnicity of the person

[@creepycutiegoth4113]

In my home we love cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas 🥰

[@draughtismycraft]

Hi gang. Having myself grown up as a working class American with Southern Roots, Thanksgiving was huge. Always Turkey and often ham. Always mash potato and 🌽. Always pumpkin, pecan and apple pie. Always sparkling apple cider. Creamed pearl onions. Sweet potato casserole or pie. Something with green beans. This weird, green, jelly salad thingy. Stuffing. Herby wild rice blend. Some sort of squash. The Turkey Corn 🌽 and Squash, including pumpkin, are indigenous to North America,and we're all cultivated by the First Nations indigenous people. If not for some of the Natives teaching local farming practices, the European Colonists would not have survived. They shared a Harvest feast at some point, which has slowly been romanticized into modern Thanksgiving. And while not all Americans honour their ancestors in the Korean or Buddhist fashion, the passing down of recipes and traditions is a way of honouring their memory and also make those we have lost feel present. The smells and the sounds are always the same, and when new couples blend their separate traditions, magic can happen. And after a meal, besides naps and 🏈, many of us sing and play instruments, play card games, get drunk, and always tell stories of family past, or of the parts of our lives we don't share. And it is also super popular specifically because it isn't religious. No matter your Faith, or lack thereof, if you live in America or Canada, and even parts of Mexico, it is your holiday as well.

[@Kingdom_Of_Dreams]

My favorites are turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans (or green bean casserole), creamed corn, and bread rolls! Yum! Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

[@cowgirlbebop14]

I'm actually going to the best friend's house for Thanksgiving this year, and it's not the first time. She's also come to my family's house for Thanksgiving before. Inviting friends is not uncommon at all, so don't feel bad about accepting the invitation!

[@lilykep]

It's SUPER common to bring friends and acquaintances to Thanksgiving dinner, especially if they don't have anywhere to go. Friendsgiving (aka a Thanksgiving party with just friends) is super common especially among younger people who may live too far from home to travel or may not have the best relationship with their families. If you are invited to a Thanksgiving party, you should 100% attend, it is a sincere invitation.

[@michaelsmith6729]

I think part of what they are not grasping is that the USA is so big that it can be very difficult and expensive to see relatives frequently. So for many families this is a family event to see those relatives that you are not normally able to visit with. You get to sit around the table, eat good food and catch up on what all your relatives have lived through over the past year.

[@bandfanarii]

making Mac and cheese in the crock pot should be illegal 😭like be fr

[@tinamisner1322]

Christmas is a bigger holiday in the states than Thanksgiving

[@stephenmedeiros499]

MJ looks so different with her haircut!! Love it!!

[@jonok42]

This year we had family and friends together. We had 3 different meats, ham, roast beef, and a small turkey. We had dressing/stuffing, bread, green salad, roasted root vegetables, mashed potatoes, gravy, and for dessert we had blueberry, pumpkin, pecan, and apple pies. We all sat and talked about what we were thankful for, and we enjoyed wine and sparkling ciders. The hardest part of the day was that our refrigerator quit working. Not the best day to have an appliance break. Still a great day, and thankful for family and good friends!

[@bettywhitelouie1868]

Hello, and I would love to invite all four of y’ll and Darin to come have a celebration of togetherness I’m African American and my family is multi cultural Asian , Hispanic we watch moves dance and enjoy 😉 life and we do honor our ancestors with many pictures display ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jenlisasweetner9840]

Mexican thanks giving hugs different that’s for sure!!! Drinks drinks party hard

[@niles8102]

My friends and I host a potluck friendsgiving every year the week nefore, so we have time to do our family events as well :) I make my special pumpkin cheesecake and it is always a hit!

[@LISASWORLDOFKPOP]

Koreans should learn about the Real Thanksgivings lol the dude said "honoring their ancestors" 🤣

[@yasminemixon9340]

He was talking about a Korean event in their country, not Thanksgiving.

[@cgreen9190]

Thanksgiving is like a chore for a lot of people. Some have multiple family homes to visit where you try your best to be civil and eat the same old food. If you have divorced parents then you might have to make a stop at each house and your in-laws house, followed by your own thing at home. When I was a teenager I lived with my dad so after the obligatory thanksgiving visits, we would go home and my dad would make us some ribeye steak and baby back ribs! mmm! We aren't big fans of dry turkey and peoples "special" recipes. Friendsgiving is big for a lot of people that don't have family close by, don't like to go to see family, or just don't have family. I've actually been invited to a few and kinda wish I had gone to those instead of my family thanksgivings haha!

[@gladlawson61]

I wish the ossc fam was here for Thanksgiving. Let's get drunk and watch sports! Its thanks giving

[@wolflove2009]

True thanksgiving dinner for family or friend in USA 🇺🇸. History thanksgiving. Good dinner or lunch alway good eat and pie . Nice family heartwarming. Nice eat and pie