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Mary Jean and Jaime Chicano

Jaime Chicano: They moved here a little over a year ago from the Philippines and spent their first Thanksgiving with relatives eating turkey with ketchup , spring rolls and kebabs of hot dogs interspersed with marshmallows, according to The Star. Jaime Chicano says grace while his wife Mary Jean and daughters Ibsen, 16, Zayin, 12, and Dana, 11, bow their heads and The Chicano family arrives at test kitchen for an early Thanksgiving dinner unsure about what to expect. This year they re greeted with a makeshift table in an office/kitchen and a classic Canadian meal roast turkey with dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, roast squash, green beans, Brussels sprouts and pumpkin pie (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.