It is that season again, and as every year, we follow traditions that have been passed on, generation after generation.
In the past 10 years, we have come a long way in our abilities to find effective tools of communication to help diminish time constrains, particularly when it involves different locations around the globe. In these 10 years, we have seen all sorts of e-learning programs and web conference systems get more and more sophisticated to help cross borders and allow loads of material and information to be transferred cohesively across cultures and individuals of different nationalities.
When I moved to the United States it was in the month of October. Everything was new to me. The stores displayed pumpkins I had never seen before and advertised Thanksgiving, a holiday I did not know. Eating a turkey did not mean anything to me, nor was I impressed by all the side dishes, so we had an ordinary dinner; it was a day like every other day.