Thanksgiving dinner is looking a bit different for one Vancouver couple this year.

The normally well-stocked table, with Turkey and all the fixings, will be replaced with a takeaway turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce, and the usual dinner table conversation replaced with a much-awaited Blue Jays baseball game, said Helen Vlahos.

Vlahos was visiting Toronto with her partner, Wolf Schneider, for a family event this weekend.

"This is more important than having a big, full-blown turkey dinner," Vlahos said.

The Blue Jays are slated to play Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday against the Seattle Mariners. It's the first time they've made it this far since 2016.

Game two is scheduled for Monday.

The games coincide with Thanksgiving this year — a reason enough for

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