When I was in college in Iowa, one Thanksgiving I was invited to my brother-in-law's parents farm for a big Thanksgiving with their family.
I am going to guess around 25 people of all ages from a few seniors to young children. Lots of very good traditional Thanksgiving food.
What struck me strange and still does was the division of the sexes and ages after the dinner. The women all went to the large farm kitchen to put the leftover food away and to do all the clean-up work. The children all went outdoors to play touch football. The men all went into the living room to watch televised football and to play poker.
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