Happy Thanksgiving from Everyone at Livtopia, MexRetire.com and MexLiving.com

November 23rd, 2006

beanfield rainbow There are more people than ever before celebrating Thanksgiving in Mexico this year. Some of them may have a dinner on Friday night because it’s not really a holiday here. Others have just heard about it from their gringo friends and like the idea. But most of them are people who’ve brought the tradition with them to Mexico where they’ve retired or come seeking a better and more fulfilling life.

The staff at MexRetire.com wish all of them, and you especially, a terrific Thanksgiving and a blessed holiday season. We’re happy to be able to share so many success stories, so many lives changed, and so much enthusiasm for the holidays, for the country and for the togetherness that we feel more strongly than ever before.

Just about anyone who experiences Thanksgiving for the first time as an adult - be they visitors to the US or Canada, or guests at the homes of our retirees here in Mexico – experience the day as one of uncompromised enjoyment with family and friends. There is almost no buying and selling, no pressure to perform, a big dinner and talking, maybe some music and laughter. And we hear all the time how impressed people around the world are with this holiday, more honorable and easily understandable than perhaps anything else we do.

We are thankful too, that so many good friends and family members are gathering around us this year, bringing their new, though very old tradition across the border. We know many with us here are learning new and totally different and delicious ways of preparing pavo (turkey) with their new Mexican neighbors. May we suggest that you whip up some green mole or pipian sauce to go with the leftovers? Pipian is an ancient dish that goes very well with turkey and will undoubtedly have your Friday or Saturday turkey leftovers standing at attention. One of our favorite and simple recipes is here. We promise it will send an exciting flavor through the rest of your weekend.

We hope you will visit www.MexRetire.com again and let us know your interests and your hopes for next year, or for the rest of the hoildays. With thanks for all the kind words we’ve received, for all the confused inquiries and excited hopes we’ve helped with, we’ve been grateful throughout the past year to hear from all of you.