Host Gil Gross speaks with Indigenous Historian Jordan Clark, acting Executive Director of Harvard University's Native American program, regarding the ample but little discussed history of the Wampanoag Nation’s interactions with Europeans long before the Pilgrims landed and how those interactions shaped the Wampanoag response to the Pilgrims’ arrival.

Then Gil talks with film critic Katie Rife about the horrible horror films that have chosen Thanksgiving as the setting for such campy lines as “That’s not cranberry sauce.”

And then Food and Wine writer Chandram Ram shares a bevy of winter holidays around the globe detailing the special cuisines that accompany the celebrations.

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Historian Sara Fraser, author of the book The Mayflower: The Families, the Voyage, and the Founding of America, shares with host Gil Gross the real reason why the Pilgrims came to America and how they differed vastly from the Puritans.

Gil explains why Thanksgiving ping-ponged across different calendar dates 150 years until it finally was established as occurring on the fourth Thursday in November.

Then, Gil speaks with CBS News Business analyst Jill Schlesinger about the expected impact of holiday shopping on the economy.

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Host Gil Gross reports a new national effort is underway to fight record increases in hunger in the United States that is mobilizing the support of members of Rotary International.

Then Gross speaks with sports historian Matt Andrews about the long and storied tradition uniting football and Thanksgiving that goes back to the 1800’s. Then, Peter Greenburg handicaps the winter holiday travel season

And finally we will hear from divorce coach Tania Lichtliter on strategies for divorced parents who hope to have an amicable Thanksgiving together with their children.

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