He was accidentally invited to Thanksgiving by 'grandma.' Four years later, he's still going
Posted on AllSides November 28th, 2019
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What started as an accident has turned into a sweet holiday tradition.
Jamal Hinton received a random text in 2016 inviting him to a Thanksgiving dinner with a family that wasn't his. Four years later, he's planning to share the dinner table yet again with Wanda Dench, the "grandma" who first invited him.
"Time kind of just flies, we don’t even realize how long we’ve been there. They’re really good company," Hinton told TIME, describing their dinners together.
The unlikely pair's interaction went viral when Hinton, then 17, shared a...
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