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On Thanksgivings and Givings Thanks

Ah, Thanksgiving – food, family, friends, football games, and the full-out explosion of Christmas. For those celebrating in the North, it is also the beginning of consistently crisp air (translation for my Southern friends: constant cold as all get out). I’ll never forget our Thanksgivings (yes, Thanksgivings) the first year we moved to Canada. New […]

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