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Friends sit around a table with food on it, touching their wine glasses in an act of 'cheers.'
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Thanksgiving

A holiday celebrated primarily in the United States which takes place on the fourth Thursday of each November. It celebrates a shared dinner in 1621 between English colonists known as Pilgrims and the Wampanoag people.