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Title: What Thanksgiving Dinner Cost in the 1970s Compared to Today

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Description: Think Thanksgiving dinner was cheaper in the 1970s? Government price records show the turkey and milk took a far bigger bite out of your paycheck back then.

Open Graph Description: Nobody added up the whole meal until 1986, but the government’s own price records show the turkey hurt a lot more back then.

X Description: Nobody added up the whole meal until 1986, but the government’s own price records show the turkey hurt a lot more back then.

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