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Wolf of X@WolfofX · Nov 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving..! 🧵 1. Grandma who texted wrong person for Thanksgiving in 2016, invites him back for dinner…

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A heartwarming collection of Thanksgiving stories and traditions, including a grandma's annual dinner with a stranger she texted by mistake, a woman who cooked for state troopers for 40 years, a family's 800lb grizzly bear dinner guest, and classic parade and cultural moments spanning decades.

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    Happy Thanksgiving..! 🧵 1. Grandma who texted wrong person for Thanksgiving in 2016, invites him back for dinner every year

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    2. For 40 years, Adele cooked thanksgiving dinner for troopers at the Hampton Bays/Riverhead barracks. Sitting by her window wearing her tiara for her 91st birthday, Adele was overwhelmed to see that they all showed up for her to celebrate. x.com/SilavaYasi3809…

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    3. This is 'Brutus' a 800lb grizzly bear who sat down for Thanksgiving dinner every year with the Anderson family in Montana. Brutus was adopted by naturalist Casey Anderson as a newborn cub.

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    4. Thanksgiving at the animal shelter

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    5. Love that they also invited him to Thanksgiving dinner to show appreciation

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    6. How to cook a 1950s Thanksgiving turkey

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    7. Welcoming Thanksgiving on the 405 Freeway in LA

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    8. Norman Rockwell’s “Home for Thanksgiving” first appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post on November 24, 1945.

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    9. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade The Parade first took place in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit

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    10. Vintage 1950s Coca-Cola Thanksgiving commercial

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    11. Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 1931

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    12. Landlord Seeks To Spread A Little Holiday Cheer

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    13. Norman Rockwell's Thanksgiving. All of the people in the picture were friends and family of Rockwell in Arlington, Vermont, who were photographed individually and painted into the scene.

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    14. Barney's thanksgiving in 1997 didn't go as planned x.com/Visionaledge/s…

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    15. That’s One Way To Make Sure Your Guests Arrive On Time For Thanksgiving

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    16. 🦃

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    17. During Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2008, Cartoon Network managed to Rickroll millions of viewers. Rick Astley appeared on the Cartoon Network's float, interrupting the puppet cast of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends to sing his hit.

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    18. Gas Station Offering A Free Thanksgiving Meal To Anyone Who Shows Up

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    May your Thanksgiving be a day of reflection, where you appreciate the people who make your life special. Wishing you a happy and healthy Thanksgiving, surrounded by the people you love most. Let the spirit of Thanksgiving fill your home with peace, unity, and generosity.

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    9th year