Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Holiday new experience at Bucs' academy

Our holiday is a way for new immigrants to learn some of our history without studying a book, much easier to learn while eating good food. - - Donna Poisl

Thanksgiving another way to introduce U.S. culture

By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com

PITTSBURGH -- Down in El Toro, Dominican Republic, a town located on the outskirts of the capital city of Santo Domingo, about 80 people will pass through the cafeteria at the Pirates' Latin American headquarters on Thursday. And there, they'll find Thanksgiving dinner.

It will be a fairly traditional Thanksgiving meal as we would know it in the U.S. But for a group of young men that have been raised in various Latin American countries, it will serve as a unique cultural experience.

"Some of them had heard of Thanksgiving because Dominican society is influenced by America," said Caleb Santos-Silva, a U.S. citizen working for the Pirates in their Dominican academy. "We wanted to do something for Thanksgiving to let everyone know what we do in the states."
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