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How Chicagoans Are Celebrating Thanksgiving During The Pandemic

In this Nov. 18, 2020, file photo, a lone pedestrian walks past a public service sign reminding Chicago residents of the return to a stricter COVID-19 protocol along the city’s usually busy Magnificent Mile in Chicago. With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency advised Americans on Thursday, Nov. 19, not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.

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How Chicagoans Are Celebrating Thanksgiving During The Pandemic

By  Justin Kaufmann
   

This year, millions of Americans are following the rules and staying home due to the pandemic. So many of the great family traditions are being put on hold for the year or are being modified. 

Reset opens the phone lines to hear what listeners are doing to make this year’s Thanksgiving special.

GUEST: Monica Eng, WBEZ Curious City reporter

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