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For America’s 7.3 million vegetarians, Thanksgiving is a day of thanks but no thanks. On this holiday built around meat-eating, it’s difficult to avoid niggling questions about your diet from the cousin you’ve never met, the uncle who doesn’t approve, or the grandmother who just doesn’t understand. (For the last time: If you cook the vegetarian stuffing inside the turkey, it’s no longer vegetarian.) Try as you might to enjoy your green-bean salad in peace, you end up spending half the meal explaining why you refuse even to try the bird that your selfless mom spent all afternoon preparing.

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