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50 Wholesome Pics From People Who Did Thanksgiving Right

Depending on where you live, Thanksgiving is either the time for some explosive family arguments or just a celebration of turkey you see in North American media. While it might have problematic history, there is still something nice about gathering on a cold November and sharing some delicious food together.

We’ve gathered some of the cutest and most wholesome posts about Thanksgiving to brighten your spirit this year. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.

#1 I Love How Proud He Is Of His Creation

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#2 Thanksgiving Meals For Shelter Dogs

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#3 After The Pandemic Hit, I Started A New Tradition Of Making A Full Meal And Then Delivering To Friends And Family Who Can’t Cook, Don’t Want To, Or Have To Work. This Is Year 3

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#4 He Freaked Out When He Noticed He Was Getting A Thanksgiving Plate As Well

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#5 Meet 18-Year-Old Mr. Kitty, Who Got Adopted Into His Forever Home This Thanksgiving. Faith In Humanity Restored

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#6 This Is Wilford. I Found Him In The Snow Last Thanksgiving, And Now He's My Best Friend

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#7 98-Year-Old Nana Meets Her Great Great Grandbaby On Thanksgiving. Thankful For This

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#8 Drove My Two Goldens From California To Georgia For Thanksgiving To Be With My Parents' Four Goldens

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#9 Peaches After His Thanksgiving Dinner

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#10 Free Thanksgiving

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#11 My Mom Makes A Plate At The Table For Her Cat On Thanksgiving Every Year, And She Always Joins Us So Politely

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#12 Pie Anyone? I Was Wondering What To Wear On Thanksgiving And Had Some Leftover Yarn

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#13 When Both My Parents Lost Their Jobs, I Was The Only Person Working In A House Of 4. When My Coworkers Found Out, They Came Together To Make Sure We Had A Proper Thanksgiving

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#14 We're From Japan, Can We Still Join Thanksgiving? Never Been To The US, But I Love The Idea Of A Holiday About Gratitude And Food. Here’s Our Plate For Dinner

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#15 My Granddad Wanted To Show Us His "Pride And Joy" This Thanksgiving. Turns Out, It Wasn't His Grandchildren But Rather His Sense Of Humor

I show up at my aunt's house and my granddad is sitting in the corner with a big grin on his face. I walk over to say hello and he asks, "Have you seen my pride and joy?" He pulls out this picture and starts laughing uncontrollably. It's definitely Thanksgiving time again!

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#16 My Mom Has Waited 36 Years For My Allergic Dad To Let Her Have A Cat - He Finally Caved When My Sister Came Home For Thanksgiving With A Stray She Found Stuck In A Bush

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#17 Posted By A High School Senior

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#18 Good People Left In Maryland! Happy Thanksgiving To All

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#19 One Year Ago Today I Lost My Best Friend. This Was The First Thanksgiving Without Him Since Before I Was A 13. Today I'm Donating Over $200 Worth Of Supplies To Animals In Need To Honor Him

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#20 Shiloh Never Cuddles. This Was The Best 20 Minutes Of Thanksgiving Break

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#21 Painted My Brother-In-Law's Dogs To Commemorate The Passing Of One Of Them

My BIL has 2 wonderful dogs that I usually see at family holidays, this year unfortunately Lola passed away (the Boston terrier). I decided to do a painting of the 2 of them at thanksgiving, which was one of her favorite holidays. Going to send this to him as a surprise as soon as the oil paint is dry.

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#22 The Sweetest Little Patient I Got To Spend Thanksgiving At Work With In Our Shelter's Animal Hospital

Her name is Mariah and she is being treated for canine parvovirus in our shelter's clinic which has an area specifically for parvo patients to receive medical care like IV medications (on her foot that is an IV). So happy to see this little girl thriving against a terrible illness.

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#23 I Think It Will Be A Fun Thanksgiving Addition

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#24 Happy Thanksgiving! I Call This Picture "We Have No Idea How We Actually Managed To Take This"

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#25 My First Ever Pie! Test Run For Thanksgiving

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#26 Maybe Y'all Can Find Joy In This. Happy Thanksgiving

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#27 Happy Thanksgiving! Jillian Is Grateful

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#28 The Porch Goose Is Ready For Thanksgiving

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#29 We Got To Spend A Quiet Thanksgiving Outside. We're Pretty Happy About That

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#30 Happy Thanksgiving From Mr. Belvedere

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#31 On Thanksgiving I Got To Help With A Release Of 1,600 Baby Turtles On The Beaches Of Cabo. First Pic Is The Turtles And Second Is Me Guiding One

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#32 Doesn't Look Great But It Tasted Great! Thanksgiving From A Pakistani American Family

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#33 Thanksgiving Would've Been Boring Without Her

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#34 I Visited My Grandpa For Thanksgiving. He Sent Me Home With This

I'm just starting to learn and have been taking lessons for a few months now. I have an Ibanez dreadnought I've been taking lessons with, but this one (taylor GSmini) fits my hands much better. I've been practicing all afternoon with it.

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#35 Sober For A Year. Boyfriend's Family Finally Accepted Me And Invited Me To Their Thanksgiving. I Feel Like I Have A New Family

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#36 A British Canadian Thanksgiving

I'm British and my husband is Canadian, so that's why you can see Yorkshire puddings and pigs in blankets. Also the desserts went very British with sticky toffee pudding and apple crumble. The brie en croute was my favorite. Happy Thanksgiving!

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#37 Baked A Pumpkin Shaped Bread For Thanksgiving Dinner

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#38 Thanksgiving Dinner At The Shelter! Malcolm Is Ready To Feast

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#39 Made A Dog Friendly Thanksgiving Dinner And Pie For My Boy

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#40 My Parents Couldn't Have Me And My Sister For Thanksgiving, So They Hosted All Of Our Childhood Toys Instead

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#41 My Coworker Dropped Me Leftovers From His Thanksgiving Dinner. I Live Alone And Didn’t Really Do Anything Yesterday Because Cooking For Yourself Is Boring Sometimes. But This Is Great

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#42 Little Odee Had Some Thanksgiving Portraits Taken At Daycare

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#43 Someone's Puppy Fell Asleep On Me, So I'd Say Thanksgiving Was A Success

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#44 A Guy Pulled Up At A Rest Area Saying All Kinds Of Pleasantries About Thanksgiving And Then Offered Me A Meal From A Church. I Needed That

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#45 Ready For Thanksgiving With Her Cooked Turkey Snood

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#46 I Made Me And My Dog Matching Sweaters For Thanksgiving

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#47 Happy Thanksgiving From Gus And Grammy

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#48 After Thanksgiving Dinner

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#49 My Corgi, Kadet, Ran His First Thanksgiving 5k Yesterday. So Proud Of This Little Guy

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#50 I Didnt Have Thanksgiving With My Family This Year, So My Boss Made Me A Plate And Said That I'm A Part Of Her Family

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