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Source: Santa Ynez Valley News
If my childhood Thanksgiving memories serve me correctly (and I think they do, since I have this vivid image of Plymouth Rock involving just a bill sitting here on Capitol Hill…)*Ahem* Start over. If my childhood Thanksgiving memories serve me correctly, my extended family’s mention of the things for which we were thankful arose organically during the course of the meal.On the other hand, I know many families are less organic and more “douse siblings and cousins with petrochemicals and guilt them into reciting what they’re grateful for.”Yes, such families have a master of ceremonies in charge of this time-honored/awkward/think-I-left-the-water-running-in-my-apartment ritual. The MC may not be able to master matching his socks or remembering his passwords, but give him a ceremony and he can master that sucker like a champ.I consulted AI in preparing a list of typical blessings cited at such Thanksgiving meals.
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