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Why do Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions always play on Thanksgiving Day? Origins behind NFL fixture tradition
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The Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions are as traditional on Thanksgiving as turkey on the table. Few things are more American than tucking into a massive plate of food before settling in to watch stars of the NFL throw around the pigskin. The Lions are no stranger to turkey on ThanksgivingGetty Since 2006, football fans have been treated to three games on Thanksgiving Thursday. This year, the red-hot Lions host the Chicago Bears and the Cowboys are at home against the New York Giants, before the holiday is wrapped up by the Miami Dolphins visiting the Green Bay Packers. It has become a tradition – dating back decades – for both Dallas and Detroit to play on Thanksgiving, alongs

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