Thankgiving in Spain - Spanish

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Thanksgiving was a hit!  Trying to find the right ingredients or the brands I trusted in Spain was near to impossible.  Did you know that Spain doesn't have cranberries, just the juice (not very common though) and in one grocery store we found cranberry sauce, but they put it with the tobasco sauce?  I had given up looking when I just happened to look up on the top shelf and there it was next to mustard and spicy sauces.  Random.
I prepared a story in Spanish to read to my family (see below for my Spanish readers), skipped school on Friday and cooked up a storm.  Turkey, home made gravy, carrots, home made mashed potatoes, hot rolls (store bought and microwaved because Pillsbury doesn't exist here), my marshmallow yams, cranberry sauce, black olives and two hand made pumpkin pies (literally, i mashed the pumpkins!).  I started the day with Lola, Marcos's mom.  She was nice enough to pluck the few remaining feathers that were left on the Turkey and help me clean out all the grossness inside.  (Yuck!) Then on to the peeling of carrots and potatoes, and last my yams.  I have to thank my Mom for the email advice (and remembering her cooking in the past) as well as Youtube videos.  They were SUPER helpful.  Here are some pictures.
Boiling the pumpkin
Mashing the pumpkin
Home made crust
Pouring the pumpkin yumminess
Carrots, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy and Turkey.  Yams were still in the
oven, plus cranberry sauce, hot rolls, and black olives. 
The Thanksgiving Table
Paco says, "yummmmmm!"  Eat up friends!
Pumpkin Pie! YUM... though it didn't taste like homes! 
Thanksgiving Story in Spanish
El dia de Acción de Gracias se celebra en 1621.  Los peregrinos navegaron desde Plymouth, Inglaterra al mundo nuevo en el barco llamado Mayflower.  Había 110 personas en el viaje que duró 65 dias. El primer invierno fué muy duro.  Mucha gente murió.
El 16 de marzo de 1621, un Indio llamado Samoset se acercó a los peregrinos y les ofreció ayuda.  Samoset les enseñó muchos métodos de supervivencia.
En octubre la cosecha tuvó éxito.  Tuvieron mucha comida para el invierno.  Ellos quisieron celebrarlo con los Indios para expresar su gratitud.  Tuvieron un banquete que duró tres dias.  Comieron maiz, gansos, pavos, patos, anguilas, almejas, abadejo, cebada, pan de maiz y carne de venado.  Ellos tuvieron muchas razónes para estar agradecido.
Ahora, celebramos el dia de Acción de Gracias el tercer dia de noviembre.  Comemos pavo, maiz, zanahorias, panecillos, ñames, puré de patatas, relleno, arandanos rojos, cazuelas, y aceitunas negras.  Mucha comida, asi que siempre hay sobras.  En mi familia, es una tradición decir algo por lo que estar agradecido.  Por ejemplo: Estoy agradecido por mi Dios, familia, amigos....etc.
En este dia de Acción de Gracias, estoy agradecido por mi familia española y la oportunidad de estudiar español aqui durante tres meses.  Espero que os haya gustado mi historia y penseis en las cosas por las que estaís agradecidos.

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