thanksgiving dinner

Appreciative family feast

Thanksgiving dinner is the traditional meal eaten on Thanksgiving Day in the United States, typically featuring roast turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie.

The meal is usually shared with extended family and marks the centerpiece of the holiday: We're hosting thanksgiving dinner this year.

By extension, any large, elaborate family feast.

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meal formality and occasion

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Packaged frozen meal

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abundance versus scarcity

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Severe food shortage

starvation · hunger · food scarcity · going hungry · bread and water

togetherness versus isolation

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Consuming food unaccompanied

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Family

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G