Black Friday without Thanksgiving

Ever since I moved to the UK nearly 18 years ago, each year I say “this year, I’m going to make a Thanksgiving dinner”.  And I haven’t done yet.  It’s not that I don’t want to keep some cultural traditions in the family . . . it’s just that it’s not easy when everyone has school and work.  It’s just a normal day here. However, yesterday, I made a roast chicken dinner.  I know it’s not turkey, but it was huge.  The kids, as they do, came in for the meal and left before dishes  . . . but they enjoyed it. One interesting thing here in England is that I hear all about Black Friday.  There are Black Friday sales everywhere today.  But . . . not Thanksgiving.  Black Friday, of course, is the federal holiday (part of the long Thanksgiving weekend) where everyone goes out shopping. We have Black Friday . . . but not Thanksgiving.  We observe the shadow and not the object. It always amazes me.