Something You Should Know about Thanksgiving
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What Really Happened At The 1st Thanksgiving
November 24, 2011
Interview with Josh Clark from www.howstuffworks.com
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Mike Carruthers:
At the first Thanksgiving was turkey on the menu?Josh Clark:
We're not entirely certain whether there was a wild turkey on the menu because turkey was actually a catchall term for any kind of foul. So even if they were eating turkey it doesn't necessarily mean it's what we recognize as turkey - and likely they weren't.
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Thanksgiving Facts
November 25, 2010
Interview with Lee Hendler, Founder of Freedom’s Feast
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Mike Carruthers:
You think you know the story of Thanksgiving but some facts you may have missed.Lee Hendler:
The first Thanksgiving feast, as it were, was, we think a harvest meal shared by the Plymouth pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indian tribe in 1621.
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Improving Holiday Family Celebrations
November 26, 2009
Interview with Herbert Rappaport PhD, author of the book The Family Gathering Survival Plan
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Mike Carruthers:
Going home for the holidays… as great as it sounds, holiday celebrations with family can be trouble.Herbert Rappaport, PhD:
There's a sibling that makes a comment, there's an uncle who's going to be critical at the way somebody from the next generation is doing their Thanksgiving dinner, there's somebody who maybe drinks too much.
