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For almost 20 years, my parents have prepared two Butterballs at Christmas — one for us, and a second for our Pakistani neighbours in Toronto after learning they had never tried turkey.
In return, we’d receive samosas and sweets. This meal exchange between two immigrant families with second-generation kids, who didn’t customarily celebrate Christmas, became its own delicious tradition.
But this wasn’t always so. My dad loathed eating turkey.
One Thanksgiving, my dad announced it was
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