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Thanksgiving Essay

The importance of Thanksgiving is good because it gives you time to spend with family or friends. It can be good because it also gives you a chance to say what you are thankful for. It also give you a chance to reconnect with family, like say if you and a family member/friend are fighting and it's a really big fight and thanksgiving allows you to make peace with your family/friend.

One thing I think makes Thanksgiving important is the fact that you can sit at a table with a really busy family and just enjoy it. Another thing that is important is the food. I think food really speaks a lot when you have a thanksgiving dinner. Because it’s thanksgiving, it’s the time where the Pilgrims and the Indians came together

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