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which is stuffed into a turkey. Still others Idaho also has numerous races on the
opt to include frog eye salad—known as holiday. A Turkey Day 5K race starts at 9
fish-eye salad in Idaho—as a side dish a.m. in both Boise and Caldwell. Visit tur-
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oranges with a pineapple dressing. When it comes to Thanksgiving as an
Variations in holiday practices can also official national holiday, the Canadians
spice things up. Instead of the hosts bearing beat us to it. They began celebrating
the burden of all the baking and cooking, their version in 1879, while, in the United
some gatherings have pie-making contests, States, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
where the guests all bring their own pie declared Thanksgiving a national holiday
creations. There are no losers here. in 1941.
Other folks enjoy Thanksgiving potluck The Canadian version of Thanksgiving
feasts, where everyone brings their own comes on the second Monday in October.
dish—maybe even the main course—to And, unlike the in the United States, there’s
spread the joy and work around. no Black Friday Christmas shopping may-
TROT FOR A CAUSE hem to battle through the next day.
You can skip—or at least postpone— Variations of traditional harvest festivals
your own feast while you run to help filled with gratitude can be found in many
others in the “Run Turkey Run” event other nations and peoples of the world. Jews
in downtown Billings on Thanksgiving celebrate the festival of Sukkot, the Feast of
Day. Choose between the 5 km road race,
starting at 9 a.m., or the street mile dash, CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
beginning at 10 a.m.
Not everyone celebrates the coming of the harvest or
follows the typical Thanksgiving tradition in the same The 12th annual
way—or even on the same date. Photo by Ken Levy. RTR event, sponsored
by the Yellowstone
them on fire and throwing them across a Rim Runners, raises
football field to see how far they can “fly.” thousands of dol-
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