I've met lots of Americans, and many of them fit the stereotype, so no worries! I don't take any of it personally.
Nothin' wrong with some good funnin'.
In the US, Thanksgiving is November 22nd this year. It's always the fourth Thursday of the month. I specify 'in the US' because Canada also has Thanksgiving, but it's in October, I believe.
I'm not sure what we're going to do for our mock-Thanksgiving, since celebrating it on the traditional day would mean keeping the older boy home from school.
Gew?rztraminer is actually Alsatian in origin, not German, though you can find Gerwurs from Germany, too. (Don't worry, I made that mistake at first, too.) Some consider the ones from NZ to be among the best in the world--kind of like NZ sauvignon blanc. I've had a couple of nice ones here. It's one of my favorites because it pairs well with strongly flavored food, especially spicy foods. I like it for Thanksgiving not because it pairs well with the turkey but because it pairs well with everything else.
I started serving it on Thanksgiving about 5 years ago, when I first discovered it. Since then, it seems to have caught on and last Thanksgiving I had a hard time tracking down a bottle since most of the moderately priced ones were gone. In the end it worked out nicely because it gave me an excuse to drop $25 on a bottle of wine!
I'm not really a fan of chablis myself, but I have to admit I've never had a really fine one. Perhaps a bottle straight from the source would convince me of the error of my ways.
Sorry to prattle on, but I love to talk food and Thanksgiving always brings out the babble!