Descriptive Essay On Thanksgiving

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I always have a great time with my family on thanksgiving, but always despise cleaning the kitchen after a thanksgiving dinner. After a thanksgiving dinner, dirty empty plates litter the kitchen. Leftovers surround the kitchen. Food buries the tables around the kitchen. At the center of the kitchen, dirt dishes compile into a mountain of dishes. Everywhere, people are washing plates and cleaning messes. Mops and brooms swiftly sweep across the floors of the kitchen. Empty wine glasses pollute the kitchen. People scurry around the kitchen clearing the tables, throwing trash into the trash can. Dirty tables are wiped and cleaned. Dirty pots and pans are scattered all around the kitchen. People clean the dirty, empty fridge. People wipe the rusty,

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