How to Get Excited About a Weird Thanksgiving

Staying home is the safest thing to do but it doesn’t have to be a bummer

Allison Kelley

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Rainforest Cafe, formally on 605 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL, where I celebrated Thanksgiving in 2014.

In my twenties I lived in Chicago and flew home to Connecticut only once for Thanksgiving (so that I could attend my 5-year high school reunion which was ill-advised). Being a plane ride away meant I couldn’t afford to come home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas…

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Allison Kelley

Brooklyn-based writer raised in the Connecticut suburbs. Words at Slate, Washington Post, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency / subscribe: https://boththings.substack