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“Christmas with my mom’s family happens every year on Christmas Eve. Each year Grandma would make homemade chicken salad sandwiches. It was the only time of the year we had them, and they were so delicious. They were an unusual color of green from using pickling juice in the chicken salad. So, between the taste and the color, they were special. I thought everyone had chicken salad sandwiches for Christmas until I was a freshman at college. Our RA hosted a holiday gathering and asked what we were most looking forward to — I, of course, said chicken salad sandwiches with glee. You should have seen people’s faces. I was so confused when I found out this wasn’t normal.”
—Anonymous, 47, Illinois
