{"id":3525,"date":"2021-02-16T16:08:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=3525"},"modified":"2021-02-16T16:08:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T21:08:37","slug":"thanksgiving-2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayliang.us\/?p=3525","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As with everything this year, Thanksgiving was a little different than usual. Instead of the usual 20+ guests crowd, we had 11 people total, 9 adults. Everyone had tested negative before they arrived. (The new prerequisite: don\u2019t bring a side dish or flowers\u2014bring a negative test result.)
Cooking Thanksgiving dinner for 11 is barely cooking Thanksgiving dinner at all. It was a surprisingly unstressful experience. We actually ran out of things to do at around 4:00 pm that day.
Our Thanksgiving menu is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thanksgiving 2020 menu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thanksgiving 2020 spread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Whatever the constraints, it is still a holiday that celebrates thankfulness and gratitude. We are indeed fortunate in our lives, and in this year of all years, we feel grateful for our many blessings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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