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T H A N K S G I V I N G

The Michigan Daily photo staff share photos from their Thanksgivings,

featuring traditions, family and memories.

Photos by Michigan Daily Photo Staff

The annual appearance of my grandma’s blue turkey plates is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving.
(Alexis Rankin/Daily)

As soon as my family wakes up on Thanksgiving we start cooking. We make a lot of food, but the hard
part is keeping my sister’s cat from eating all of it. (Alexandria Pompei/Daily)

Runners congregate on Woodward Ave. in Detroit for the annual Turkey Trot, a Thanksgiving staple in
our family. (Darby Stipe/Daily)

One of the cornerstones of my Chinese-American childhood has been Thanksgiving potlucks with the
other Chinese families in my neighborhood. Because these are the people I’ve grown up with, they
feel like a part of my family all the same, and I especially treasure this time of year to reunite with old
friends I haven’t seen all year. (Alice Liu/Daily)

My family members look at a picture of my grandmother - who passed away last year - on my mother’s
phone. To me, thanksgiving is a time where my family celebrates the time we are able to spend togeth-
er and commemorates the passing of another year. (Nikhil Brueggeman/Daily)

Normally, my dad’s hands are seen typing away at his laptop since he is a software engineer. Thanksgiv-
ing is the one day a year he gets to spend all day cooking, his favorite hobby. (Amelia Cacchione/Daily)