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Thanksgiving Can Still Be Special

Thanksgiving is a bit of a weird holiday for me. When I was growing up, and all through college, it involved having the same meal every year at my grandparents’ house. But after college, when I moved across the country for a job at a newspaper, things got wonky. That first year, I worked on Thanksgiving—covering local meal deliveries to elderly residents—then hosted a potluck for some of the other