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Life Abroad (Inside & Out)

The Calendar Doesn't Pass the Vibe Check

Thanksgiving at Hard Rock wasn’t on my bingo card, but here we are.

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Jen Cook
Nov 04, 2025
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a group of people standing around a red christmas tree
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In October 2024 — just a couple of months after our move to Valencia — it started to sink in that holidays would be forever changed for me. While friends and family in Tennessee and Kentucky were pulling out their sweaters and winter jackets for the season, I was still walking around Valencia in a T-shirt and shorts m…

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