We will celebrate in "traditional military style"-- gather with people from work, try to make as many of our usual dishes as we can, given the locally available ingredients & kitchen limitations, and observe the differences between each of our family traditions/recipes (i.e. "they didn't put marshmallows on the sweet potato casserole?!?!?" and "I would have liked stuffing so much more if my mom would have made it like this!").
Sounds strange to say, but after spending 10 holiday seasons overseas, spending Thanksgiving & Christmas with family during the 4 years we were stationed in the states felt really weird. And then we requested another overseas assignment, LOL.
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