In Pennsylvania, Afghan Refugees Celebrate First Thanksgiving

Ukrainian student studying music at UT celebrates first Thanksgiving in America

"It's very family-ish, you know, this holiday is really a warm holiday and I never celebrated it before. I just love how people treat me here," Lukyniuk said.

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In Pennsylvania, Afghan Refugees Celebrate First Thanksgiving

Judith Samkoff needed a bigger dinner table for Thanksgiving this year. The 65-year-old Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, resident helped resettle an Afghan refugee family of eight, and because this is their first holiday in the United States, Samkoff invited them to her father and sister's home for Thanksgiving. “Because they have a larger dining room table and more dining chairs than I have,” she said, adding, “Our meal is not completely traditional i…