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More than 600 boxes filled with Christmas dinner fixings were given away for free in Leamington Saturday morning.

For the third year in a row, Mike and Deanna Diab organized the Talking Over Turkey event to distribute frozen turkeys and other holiday staples to anybody who wanted them, no questions asked. The husband and wife team’s goal was to bring people together and give them food so they can host their own festive feasts.

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“Not everybody has that luxury of having the whole family together because there’s not enough food to go around,” said Deanna Diab, while watching a fast-moving line of people picking up boxes of ingredients. “If they’re living by themselves, they can maybe invite a neighbour over who might be alone.”

“To us, Christmas is really important because it brings families together,” she added. “Our mothers always did turkeys for us, and everybody came running for that turkey. We decided we need people to get back to family, where they’re coming together and sharing a meal.”