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3 sports debates you can deploy at Thanksgiving dinner if things get uncomfortable

Thanksgiving is a holiday where we celebrate the basics in life: our family, our friends, our food, and our shared love of gigantic inflatable pop culture mascots floating through the streets of New York City.

But as we all know, Thanksgiving can be a time of anxiety. As our country gets more and more politically divided, inter-generational extended familial gatherings can become a breeding ground for awkward conversations and jokes that don’t quite hit like they intended.

Here at Royals Review, we’re ready to help. I’ve assembled some Kansas City-related sports debates that you can deploy if (or when) somebody insists on talking at length about the election or if somebody digs up an old family disagreement.