It’s the night before Thanksgiving, and on Picardy Place in Charlotte, something momentous is about to happen: Sometime between 6:30 and 7, a president will get up and issue an official proclamation. And then everyone will tuck into steamed oysters. It’s really a presidential impersonator, dressed as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or Teddy Roosevelt. Some years, they have all three. But the oysters, the tradition and the occasion are very real. The Picardy Place Thanksgiving Eve “read and roast” is one of the ways we found people dealing with the pre-Thanksgiving dinner dilemma: Your kitchen and refrigerator are crammed with preparation for a big meal just when you get hit with a...
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