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| | Happy Thanksgiving! A day that — I’m hoping! — is filled with delicious food and heartwarming time with family and friends.
Unfortunately, it may also entail probing and inappropriate questions from meddling relatives. If you’ve ever been asked about your love life, your weight or your politics, this list of the top questions not to ask at Thanksgiving dinner is for you. It even includes some canned responses to help you navigate the awkwardness. Feel free to send it to your most annoying family members or bookmark for future holiday gatherings.
Xo, Ashley Rockman |
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| | | | | | | | Even more tricky to navigate than family politics is the real, complicated history of the first Thanksgiving — not the feel-good version we learned about in school. Grateful Pilgrims peacefully breaking bread with Indigenous people? Not so much. “So much of Indigenous peoples’ history is a footnote in textbooks: the forced relocation to reservations and the territorial land-grab by European settlers, the nationwide genocide of Native people and the ongoing ramifications of that history for them today,” senior reporter Brittany Wong writes. She spoke to Indigenous educators and activists to find out what non-Natives need to know to be a good ally. |
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| | | 6 things non-natives should do on Thanksgiving |
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| | | | | | | At this point, your social feeds are likely starting to fill up with photo after photo of turkey, stuffing, potatoes — the works. So why not feast your eyes on these gorgeous courthouse weddings instead? Surely your eyes (and stomach?) need a break from all that pie porn. |
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| | | These may convince you to have a courthouse wedding |
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