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With Thanksgiving just one week away, Kansas City-area shoppers are making tough choices about their holiday meals as grocery prices continue to strain family budgets.

I visited the Walmart in Raytown to see how families are adapting their Thanksgiving traditions to stay within their means. What I found were shoppers who refuse to let economic challenges dampen their holiday spirit, even as they're forced to scale back their usual celebrations.

"We are going to be cooking," shopper Carmelita Wade said. "We are going to be doing turkey wings, not the whole turkey."

Wade's approach reflects a common theme among the families I spoke with finding creative ways to maintain tradition while spending less.

"We normally do the whole turkey, but we don't need a

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