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With a deep political divide across the country, Biden said on this holiday \"we have to come together\" and \"bring the nation together.\"

\"We can have different political views, but … we have one view -- the one view is we're the finest, greatest nation in the world. We should focus on that … We have to bring the nation together and we have to treat each other with a little bit of decency and so -- and I think that's who the vast majority of the American people are.\"

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PHOTO: President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden react onstage as they attend a screening of "Wonka" at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Nov. 19, 2023.
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The Bidens -- who are spending the holiday in Nantucket, Massachusetts -- called members of the military to thank them for their service Thursday morning. They called units from each branch of the military stationed around the world, according to the White House.

The Bidens also spent some time Thursday at a Nantucket fire department, where they delivered several pumpkin pies to the fire crew on duty.

The family appeared to have gone for a brief swim, too. Biden's granddaughter, Naomi Biden posted a photo on X of the a towel-clad Biden family following their \"annual polar bear plunge\" on Thanksgiving.

Annual Biden fam polar bear plunge 🐻‍❄️

Happy Thanksgiving! pic.twitter.com/pUuC6e5Qal

— Naomi Biden (@NaomiBiden) November 23, 2023

Nantucket held a community “Turkey Plunge” Thursday morning, but the first family kept their plunge a private event. Water temperature was roughly 50 degrees.

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