Research Paper On Thanksgiving

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Do you know how what percent of U.S. citizens celebrate Thanksgiving? Not all U.S. citizen celebrate Thanksgiving. 87% percent of them celebrate Thanksgiving. Marianne Smallwood states 13% of U.S. citizens do not celebrate Thanksgiving. Even though not all of us celebrate it I still think that it is a good holiday to celebrate.
Many types of food are ate on Thanksgiving. Food is a thing that you can find all Thanksgiving dinners. Most people have ham and turkey. Some have venison or fowl. Pie is something that is a another item that can be found at almost every house during Thanksgiving. Vegetables are something that are common at Thanksgiving dinners.
Their are different the same types of food served at most dinners but prepared differently.
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They might do the same activities. On Thanksgiving most people watch football on TV. They might even place bets amongst each other. Lots of people even go Black Friday Shopping. They might go Black Friday shopping right after Thanksgiving dinner or the next day. Some people go hunting. They might go after or before dinner. They might also go in the morning. Others play board games. They might play them as family or just a couple of them.
People who celebrate Thanksgiving could do the samething as you. People who celebrate Thanksgiving usually celebrate it with family members. They might play board games with their family. They might play the same games you might play with your family. They might have the same types of food on Thanksgiving that your family has.
People have different things that they do on Thanksgiving. They probably have different traditions than your family. Some might go shooting with your family instead of play board games with them. They might only do Thanksgiving with their siblings and parent and not their aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas and grandpas. They travel to a family member's house. They might travel on Thanksgiving not to a family member’s house but on a vacation.
In my opinion Thanksgiving is a good holiday to celebrate because it there are many things that you can do with your family. Mostly everything we do on Thanksgiving somebody else is probably doing but a different way. The similarities and differences are different because they are close to the same but slightly different in the way they are played or

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