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Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving? The history of the holiday's traditional foods

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Turkey 's spot on the holiday table can be traced back to a famous American author Sarah Josepha Hale's popular book.

She advocated for an annual Thanksgiving until President Abraham Lincoln made it an official holiday in 1863 .

Much of what is eaten at Thanksgiving today originated from Mexico and South America .

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English

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