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ThanksgivingPeople describe what they eat at Thanksgiving dinner. Hi. my name is Polani Pozzani. its the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Many Americans celebrate this holiday with family dinners such as this one. Lets take a look and see where this tradition came from. in the year 1620, some Europeans came to North America and settled in what is now Massachusetts. They were called the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims didnt know how to grow crops in the New World, so the Native Americans helped them. They taught the Pilgrims how to grow cron and squash, or pumpkin, how to gather cranberries, and how to hunt wild turkeys. the Pilgrims and the Native Americans gave thanks by celebrating the good harvest together. We still eat the same foods on Thanksgiving - roast turkey with stuffing, cranberry sauce, and for dessert, pumpkin pie. And there is no better place to find people getting ready for this holiday than at the grocery store. We talked with some people here about their plans for Thanksgiving. How do you usualy celebrate Thanksgiving? Well, its been traditional in our house to have the family over at our house. We make a big turkey dinner. And who usually comes? My husbands mother and father and his sister and her husband and two children. And our two children. Sometimes we have friends come over and have dinner with us, although this year its just going to be the family. Do you ever eat turkey at other times of the year? Very rarely. Maybe, what, once? Once or twice. What do you do for Thanksgiving? We usually invite my grandparents over and my brothers and their families and my aunt, and its me and my sister, along with my two older brothers and my parents. And what do you usually eat? My grandma usualy brings a Mexican dish, because shes Mexican. Then my mom has all the traditional stuff: turkey and mashed potatoes and dressing, corn, pumpkin pie... all that stuff. What does your grandmother bring?