Thanksgiving -- a holiday during which we are supposed to be thankful
for all of the good things life has brought to us -- is also known
in American slang as "Turkey Day." The reason for this is that
in early American history, the settlers from Europe sat down with
the Native Americans on this day and ate turkey.
Even now, on Thanksgiving Day, it seems as if everybody in America eats turkey.
Strangely enough, they don't often eat turkey on other days.
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