A 16-pound frozen bird will cost shoppers $21.50, down more than 16 percent from 2024. Other Thanksgiving essentials such as dinner rolls and stuffing mix also fell in price this year.
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Fresh vegetables and sweet potatoes increased, with a typical veggie tray costing 61 percent more than last year, and sweet potatoes are up 37 percent.
The vice president visited Fort Campbell on the Kentucky-Tennessee border on Wednesday to meet members of the military and serve them an early holiday meal
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“Thanksgiving, what we celebrate tomorrow, that is a uniquely American thing,” he added, not quite accurately. “That’s why, for example, we have, you know, turkey.”
“Think about turkey,” he continued, before taking the speech in an unexpected direction.
“Who really likes ― be honest with yourselves — who really likes turkey?” he asked, prompting some soldiers in the audience to cheer.
“You’re all full of shit. Everybody who raised your hands,” Vance replied.
“I know. Think about it. And here’s how I know that every single one of you who raised your hand is lying to me...
Such class. What is it we are trying to teach? Buy me a beer.
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