How and when do you do Thanksgiving?

Our daughter hosts Thanksgivings. Ours is a very supportive family when it comes to dietary needs and we've figured out how to manage (drama-free) the 20 or so people who'll be coming that day. 2 strict vegans, 2 slightly relaxed vegans, 1 vegetarian, 1 who is allergic to dairy, 1 celiac who must eat gluten-free, and the rest eat whatever is put in front of them.

No Tofurkey or other meat substitute. Most of the sides are vegan and gluten-free anyway, plus some of us bring apps and desserts that fit in that category.

Beer and wine are available but nobody in the family has an alcohol problem so no issues there. We've never had verbal or (perish the thought) physical fights break out. It helps that we keep the conversations politics-free.
 
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After my mom passed in 2006, I used to get invited to a co-workers home. A few years ago we had a falling-out when she prematurely demanded I give her an item I told her I'd leave to her in my will. The following year I tried to cook a dinner for myself and it was a disaster. Somehow I hit the door lock mechanism on the oven and couldn't get it open. I had to have my cousin come over and he hit the lock with a hammer until it opened. I guess the word got back to my aunt and uncle that I was alone. The years after that, with one exception, I have been invited to their house.
 

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For me Thanksgiving has become a quiet day at home in the warm glow of the microwave.
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I'll add a cabbage salad, a mashed yellow turnip and a low carb pumkin custard with whipped cream for dessert.

"If you can't be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped." - John Wayne
 
Keesha said:
Because I ‘like’ to laugh. My laughter certainly wasn’t meant to offend anyone and I saw your post #10. I even ‘liked’ it. I found the name humorous. Sorry if my sense of humour offended you. 🥺
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Come on, K, spare me. You didn't offend me. I simply didn't understand what was funny about it. Are beer batter onion rings a real rib tickler, as well?
 
I am most often a happy go luck guy, but I relate it to my childhood when all of the men went hunting after Thanksgiving dinner. As a child who loved hunting it was my most loved event and I was allowed to carry a loaded shotgun and line up with the men as we walked the corn fields hunting for rabbits, quails and pheasants. I didn't know it then, but they would let me have a shot at a rabbit. I had a double barrel 410 gauge and never hit one but, would get off two shots. I always become depressed on Thanksgiving thinking of those times, but we do it on Thursday.... turkey with dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with gravy. fresh salad, cranberries and pumpkin pie with whipped cream and a bottle of Merlot Wine. I would love to roll back time, but time just keeps rolling along. :unsure:
 
norman said:
I am most often a happy go luck guy, but I relate it to my childhood when all of the men went hunting after Thanksgiving dinner. As a child who loved hunting it was my most loved event and I was allowed to carry a loaded shotgun and line up with the men as we walked the corn fields hunting for rabbits, quails and pheasants. I didn't know it then, but they would let me have a shot at a rabbit. I had a double barrel 410 gauge and never hit one but, would get off two shots. I always become depressed on Thanksgiving thinking of those times, but we do it on Thursday.... turkey with dressing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes with gravy. fresh salad, cranberries and pumpkin pie with whipped cream and a bottle of Merlot Wine. I would love to roll back time, but time just keeps rolling along. :unsure:
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Just think about the present this way: You're making the rabbits, quail, and pheasants much happier, now! :)
 
Hubby and I will be having Thanksgiving at our house this year. I am looking forward to it. My family and I have fun when we get together. They know to come in with "Positive Energy"... LOL
 
Got a text from the Spousal Equivalent's daughter-in-law. "Are you guys going to be in town for Thanksgiving?"

ERMIGERD! We're being invited over for Thanksgiving? Has the sun risen in the west today? Nope, she just wants to know if I can babysit on Friday.

I'm driving seven hours to go to my mom's......again (third time in a month)....for Thanksgiving. The SE wasn't going with me but the prospect of possibly having to babysit might make him change his mind......
 
Aunt Bea said:
For me Thanksgiving has become a quiet day at home in the warm glow of the microwave.
shopping

I'll add a cabbage salad, a mashed yellow turnip and a low carb pumkin custard with whipped cream for dessert.

"If you can't be thankful for what you have, be thankful for what you have escaped." - John Wayne
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Aunt Bea... If you lived nearby, I would invite you over my house for Thanksgiving!!!
 
I do Thanksgiving on the actually Thursday. My oldest and youngest daughters live near and will come and bring a dish, but my two middle daughters live in California and only are able to come back East for Christmas so we will Skype with them at some point during the day.
 

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