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June 22, 2025

Thanksgiving

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Mountaire Farms celebrates 30 years of “Thanksgiving for Thousands”

December 5, 2024 Dan Reeves

Siler City, N.C.— On an exceptionally frigid Saturday morning, hundreds gathered in the employee parking lot at Mountaire Farms in Siler City. An assembly line of volunteers of all ages, city officials, law enforcement and […]

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Gobble this up: NC No. 2 in nation for turkey production

December 2, 2024 Hadley Creekmuir

North Carolina turkeys have been a staple of Thanksgiving dinners around the country for decades. A few, however, have been lucky enough to receive the presidential “pardon,” a tradition celebrated on the White House lawn […]

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THE WORD: Name them one by one

November 23, 2023 North State Journal Staff

Johnson Oatman Jr.’s hymn “Count Your Blessings,” set to music by E.O. Excell, is a timeless reminder of gratitude. Born in 1856 in New Jersey, Oatman was an ordained minister who also worked in business […]

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MATTHEWS: Thankful at Thanksgiving

November 23, 2022 Stacey Matthews

Like everyone else, my year has been filled with highs and lows, but here lately all I’ve been able to dwell on is the lows.   I lost my dad in June after a long battle […]

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This year’s Thanksgiving dinner cost jumps 20% over 2021

November 22, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — According to this year’s Thanksgiving Dinner Farm Bureau survey, the average cost for a family of 10 has risen $10.74 or 20% over the previous year, going from $53.31 in 2021 to $64.05 this […]

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THE WORD: In everything give thanks

November 25, 2021 North State Journal Staff

We celebrate Thanksgiving this week, and though our nation is still facing challenges, we have much to be thankful for. Since the dawn of our nation, we have suffered hardships but expressed our gratitude for […]

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Target to keep stores closed on Thanksgiving for good

November 24, 2021 Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

NEW YORK — Target will no longer open its stores on Thanksgiving Day, making permanent a shift to the unofficial start of the holiday season that was suspended during the pandemic. To limit crowds in […]

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HILL: The Gettysburg Gospel, Thanksgiving and the rebirth of freedom

November 24, 2021 Frank Hill

We have this trinity of “holy” civic documents underlying our collective life together in America: the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. We have the Fourth of July as our high-holy […]

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Bidens open holidays with Christmas tree and ‘friendsgiving’

November 23, 2021 Darlene Superville and Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Jill Biden opened the holiday season at the White House by breaking off a sprig from the official Blue Room tree and giving it — and a big smooch — to her […]

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NC turkey processor: Buy your bird now

November 23, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — On Nov. 19, the N.C. Farm Bureau posted on their social media that the estimated cost of Thanksgiving for a party of 10 would be $53.31, a 14% increase from 2020. The data […]

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