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Times Readers Vie Over Who Has Most Depressing Thanksgiving Story

By Jessica Pressler

“My Holiday horror story is that every year I am reminded that my family doesn’t want me and I don’t have any friends. I wish the world wouldn’t stop for eight weeks every year and I could just be in peace.” Oh and there’s more. [City Room/NYT]

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