It's pretty easy to tell the difference between a regular Thanksgiving and a Latino Thanksgiving. A regular Thanksgiving features recipes, table settings, and decor that look like they were inspired by a lovely layout in Good Housekeeping. Nothing wrong with a "regular" Thanksgiving. A Latino Thanksgiving differs from a "regular" Thanksgiving because it not only includes some of the foods and decorations you'd find at a "regular" Thanksgiving but also includes foods that most definitely are not considered "traditional" dishes for the holiday, and signs of Latinidad are everywhere and in everything. It goes beyond pernil sitting pretty right next to a big pavo.
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The traditions shared go beyond what we eat that day. In truth, a Latino Thanksgiving is all about foods and traditions that originated in other countries sharing space with foods and traditions that originated in the United States. Kind of like what supposedly went down on that first Thanksgiving celebration way back in 1621 when the Wampanoag and the Plymouth colonists shared a harvest feast. Anyway, here are some of the things that make a Latino Thanksgiving different from a "regular" Thanksgiving.