Multicultural families share what's on their Thanksgiving table

Thanksgiving dinner
A table set for Thanksgiving dinner.
Gonzalo Bacigalupe | Creative Commons via Flickr 2009

No dinner table will look exactly alike this Thursday, especially if you live in a multicultural household.

The Thanksgiving spread doesn’t have to be just turkey, mashed potatoes and green bean casserole. Here are some voices from various communities who tell us what’s on their holiday menu this year. Give them a listen!

An Italian Thanksgiving
by Sharon Mansur
A Syrian-German Thanksgiving
by Rihab Naheel
A Liberian Thanksgiving
by Richard Zehn
A Vietnamese Thanksgiving
by Jan Bui
A Jewish Thanksgiving
by Joanna Dulkin
A Hyderabadi Thanksgiving
by Nausheena Hussain
A Lebanese Thanksgiving
by Kathy Haddad
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