Turkey Day Of Thanksgiving

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My family and I do not celebrate turkey day (Thanksgiving), however, we do occasionally eat a turkey dinner. It is hard to choose just one item from this dinner because I like combining the flavors of the cranberries, mashed potatoes, and stuffing to create a sweet and savory flavor, but if I had to choose one of the items that the meal absolutely could not go without it would be the delicious stuffing topped with turkey gravy (yes actual gravy not brown sauce.).
There was once a close elderly friend of mine who had parkinson's disease, due to his disease his hands shook uncontrollably and it was very hard for him to work on his projects. He invited my family and me over to help him put together a puppet show stand. We lip synced old music

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