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What happens on Thanksgiving Day overseas?

Hello again, I'm Mormon Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Thanksgiving Day is just another Thursday for most of the issues, Americans care about most. Thanksgiving

Day is just another Thursday for most of the world, but it's still a powerful moment for

Americans living abroad. Whatever there are reasons for being out of the country, Thanksgiving

means thinking about who they are and what matters most. On To the Point, we'll talk with Americans

in Germany, Spain, China, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia.

Do they try to celebrate this most uniquely American of holidays?

Can they find turkeys?

What do new friends and neighbors have to say?

And how do these Americans abroad compare their native country to the rest of the world?

What happens on Thanksgiving Day overseas?

First, here's the news.

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D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Hello again, Warren-Anne, back with To the Point. Thanksgiving Day is a powerful moment for Americans living abroad.

On To the Point, we'll talk with American expatriates and visitors in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Do they try to celebrate Thanksgiving with or without turkeys?

How do they compare their own country with the rest of the world?

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