Why Do People Celebrate Thanksgiving

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People celebrate Thanksgiving by getting together as a family and making a feast together.
The traditonal food for thanksgiving is perfect mash potatoes with gravy on it,and sauteed green beans with shallot crisps,and cranberry relishand also chardonnay-glazed carrotsand some porcini-chestnut stuffing.
One of the important foods of thanksgiving is classic roast turkey.

Heres a photo of classic roast chicken.

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