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Techy Turkey Day: How Technology Has Changed America’s Trademark Holiday

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Here’s how innovation, marketing and technology have shaped this iconic American holiday over the years. In 1846, Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book , wrote that such a holiday would unify the nation — and indeed, noted Iowa State University Associate Professor of Marketing Samantha N. Making It a Holiday at All.