{"id":5749,"date":"2010-11-25T13:27:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T21:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.candlelightstories.com\/?p=5749"},"modified":"2010-11-25T13:27:53","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T21:27:53","slug":"a-day-of-thanksgiving-1951-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candlelightstories.com\/Blog\/2010\/11\/25\/a-day-of-thanksgiving-1951-film\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day of Thanksgiving &#8211; 1951 Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media\"><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pNoTR9Gjp8Y?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/pNoTR9Gjp8Y?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p>In that marvelously stilted, creepy and bigoted 1950s way, this little slice of propaganda shows how a family celebrates Thanksgiving.  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