stackyFACTSGrief in the 1800s was intensely performative. During holidays or special anniversaries, heavily mourning families would routinely set a full place at the dining table for the deceased. They would serve actual hot food onto the empty plate, eating their own meals in eerie silence while waiting for a hungry specter that never showed up.
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