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Title: Chinatown's Thanksgiving vows.(Frontlines)(weddings )
Author: Xiaoqing Rong
Publication: City Limits (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2004
Publisher: City Limits Community Information Service, Inc.
Volume: 29 Issue: 9 Page: 5(1)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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THANKSGIVING IS A TIME when most Americans gather with families and friends to eat and celebrate. For new immigrants in Chinatown, the day's activities are strikingly similar, but for an entirely different reason.
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With the recent influx of immigrants from China's southeastern province of Fujian, Thanksgiving has become Chinatown's unofficial wedding day. It is the one time of year when the immigrants, many of whom spend their lives toiling in restaurants up and down the East Coast, can all share a day off.
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