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(festive electric guitar music)

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- I feel like 2020 has gone by in a blur.

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And I woke up today and
realized that Thanksgiving

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is just around the corner.

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The holiday season this year

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is probably going to feel
a little bit different.

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Many of us are not going to
be flying across the country

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or the world to see family members.

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And we're probably going

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to be spending a lot more time at home.

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But even though things are
gonna be a little bit different,

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it doesn't mean that they
have to be any less fun

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or wonderful.

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So here are some ideas that we have

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to make Thanksgiving 2020
a really memorable one.

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Many aspects of the holidays this year

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are gonna feel a little different.

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But the one thing that doesn't
have to change is food.

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So to help with all of
these culinary adventures,

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I have come across a wonderful
brand called Great Jones.

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They have launched an entire
range of baking products

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that is perfect for the holiday season.

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I particularly love
their new casserole dish,

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which is just big enough
for a nice roast chicken,

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or a big tub of lasagna,

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which might be what we
end up eating this year

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since we're not gonna have
a huge family gathering.

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One idea I had was that I could bake pies

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for people in my neighborhood
that I really like,

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like my neighbors and close friends,

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and deliver it to them
before Thanksgiving.

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Great Jones also has a
really beautiful baking tray

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that is perfect for cookies.

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And I know that in my family,

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we are gonna bake tons of
cookies and wrap them up

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and send them to our
relatives all over the country

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so that they can enjoy
them over the holidays.

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Many of us haven't had the
chance to spend much time

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with family members this year,

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and I don't know about you,

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but I feel really Zoomed out sometimes.

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There are also other family members

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who are just not really
that into technology.

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So now might be a really good
time to get back to basics

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and perhaps go back to
writing old-fashioned letters.

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I have come across an amazing
British company called Papier

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that creates beautiful stationery sets

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that are perfect for letter writing

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during this quarantine period

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where we're far from our loved ones.

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You can create beautiful
old-fashioned note cards

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with your initials on them.

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It could be a really wonderful activity

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that you do by yourself,

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or it could even be a family activity.

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You could have your kids gather 'round

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and collectively write a note to grandma.

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With the holidays, we have
this amazing gift of time

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when we're not working
and we can spend time

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doing things that we
don't usually get to do.

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In my family, we have been
working on this enormous

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and interminable Lego set that is made up

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of over 1,600 pieces.

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We have been gathering around the fire

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and putting the pieces together
bit by bit every night,

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and our four year old daughter

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has been really enjoying
watching it all come together.

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It's something simple, but something

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that we can only do when
we have time on our hands.

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Thanksgiving 2020 isn't
what any of us had planned,

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but perhaps we can think of it

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as an opportunity to
indulge in some self-care

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and connect with people in our lives

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in interesting and new ways.

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And perhaps, years from now,

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we will even look back at this year

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as a particularly wonderful
and memorable one.

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(lighthearted festive music)

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(wind softly blowing)