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The Real Story of Thanksgiving

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44min | Aired on Nov 22, 2010 | TV-PG | CC |

The story of Thanksgiving zigzags through American history with some surprising twists. What started as a somber Puritan day of prayer is now about football and food. How did we get there?

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