Luli's First Thanksgiving

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This is the true story of Luli an eight-year-old immigrant girl from Marianao a city southwest of Havana Cuba.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Luli now finds herself learning about Thanksgiving a new tradition that was not observed in Cuba since Spanish-speaking countries were not colonized in the same way as the United States.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Turkeys are not native to Cuba so Luli was quite surprised to see a huge frozen turkey in the supermarket that she'd mistaken for a gigantic chicken. Grocery shopping became a weekly adventure for Luli and her brother Mayi especially after experiencing food shortages in Marianao.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Spending time with family and good neighbors sharing meals and showing gratitude is what Thanksgiving is all about. Luli's family agreed this was a holiday they would be embracing in America their new home.</span></p>