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For Thanksgiving we usually celebrate it at my uncle and aunties house. Everyone also takes something to dinner for Thanksgivings. Everyone always tries to make in time and sometimes don 't get there at all. That is the part I do not like about thins tradition. After a while we all leave and we go home. For Christmas my family usually comes to my house. We usually make dinner and everyone makes and brings something to the dinner. We usually make tamales for Christmas or menudo. This year we made tamales. At midnight we like to open our presents. After we open our presents we like to say thank you to everyone who gave us something this year. What I don 't like about this tradition is that sometimes people leave early and we don 't get to open
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