Thanksgiving in Old Shanghai

By Tina Kanagaratnam | November 23rd, 2023 | Americans in old Shanghai, Thanksgiving, Old Shanghai | 0 Comment

A service of Thanksgiving. A big turkey dinner, with all the trimmings. A hotly contested football classic. It all sounds very traditional, very American, and so it was: except that this was how Thanksgiving was celebrated by Shanghai’s American community in the 1930s. Thanksgiving Service at Holy ...