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A shift to celebrating gratitude has made Thanksgiving more universally appealing.

The holiday is gaining traction in Mexico, with families and restaurants embracing Thanksgiving while blending American and Mexican traditions.

Every year on Thanksgiving, I can count on my mother to tell the story of her first year living in Tijuana, when my dad, who was born in Mexico City, said to her: “Mami , I want you to make a traditional American Thanksgiving feast so we can show our friends here how your people celebrate.”

My Southern California-raised mom was six months pregnant with me and had to watch over my sister, then just 1 year old, when my dad requested his Turkey Day feast. So

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