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[Steve Heard]

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite day of the year. 

 

It brings family and friends together to just be together. Sadly for me, it will be the first time in 27 years that my daughter Jenny won't be with me. I'll miss her, but she's getting married soon, and they're going to his folks' house this year.

 

We'll soldier on without her, with my wife, mom, mom in law, other daughter and her boyfriend, nephew and his girlfriend, brother in law and sister in law.  Hoping for a couple of other stray family/friends. 

 

I'm always curious how other celebrate. Do you host a big party? A small one? Eat at a restaurant? Go out of town? Just another day?

 

What's for dinner?

 

I've found that most people do the traditional turkey dinner, but add their own family or cultural twists.

 

I have friends from the Phillipines who have lumpia or pancit. My wife's Italian side has raviolis, while on the Mexican side they might add tomales or rice. At my house, we make a cajun cornbread and shrimp stuffing.

 

What's your deal?

 

[25or6to4]

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite day of the year. 

 

It brings family and friends together to just be together. Sadly for me, it will be the first time in 27 years that my daughter Jenny won't be with me. I'll miss her, but she's getting married soon, and they're going to his folks' house this year.

 

We'll soldier on without her, with my wife, mom, mom in law, other daughter and her boyfriend, nephew and his girlfriend, brother in law and sister in law.  Hoping for a couple of other stray family/friends. 

 

I'm always curious how other celebrate. Do you host a big party? A small one? Eat at a restaurant? Go out of town? Just another day?

 

What's for dinner?

 

I've found that most people do the traditional turkey dinner, but add their own family or cultural twists.

 

I have friends from the Phillipines who have lumpia or pancit. My wife's Italian side has raviolis, while on the Mexican side they might add tomales or rice. At my house, we make a cajun cornbread and shrimp stuffing.

 

What's your deal?

 

while T-day is great, Xmas is better, and Superbowl Sunday is 3rd

[Sandman]

Not a "tradition" but the last few years we have been camping with family/friends on the coast.  Everyone does a different turkey in different ways. 

 

Gathering around the dining table at grandma's has gotten old for us and kids are bored out of their minds.  Not into restaurants as I always feel guilty for others not being with THEIR families.  I can eat out the other 364 days of the year.  Well make that 363 (Christmas).

[caligirlz]

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday also. It's a special time of enjoying family and friends. 

 

In the old days, when my dad was still alive, he'd take my brother & I to the mountains for skiing or hiking while my mom stayed home & cooked dinner (lucky her), and then we came back for the full fixing turkey meals. 

 

After us kids grew up, we'd either meet at my parents house for a traditional dinner, or we'd all meet somewhere, we've been to many different places - Monterey, Tahoe, I think the most memorable one was in Yosemite at the Bracebridge dinner at the Ahwahnee (actually for Christmas). But still the best. Or one of us would host the dinner. We've also gone out to eat at restuarants, and I have to say that has been my least favorite experience, except, at one special place in my home town. There is NO place in this area that compares. http://www.thevintagepress.com/

 

These days, my brother & I make the trek down to mom's house with a cushion on either side for extra time with mom, and seeing old friends in our home town. 

[The Average Joe]

Hmmm... Thanksgiving tradition? Visit with family, eat too much, watch football, wish I could take a nap.  I do look forward to the once a year cooking of my wife's glazed pecan topped sweet potatoes...

[Deb aka Resume Lady]

Our tradition is to have family and friends over, to laugh, to love, and to eat tasty things. I always host Thanksgiving; it's my favorite holiday and I have the prep down to a science. We have the same food every year because that's what we love and want.

[john]

We have had a tradition of taking a container full of cream, put a couple marbles in it, and then start shaking. We pass it around the table talking about what we are thankful for. Eventually the cream turns to butter and we use this butter for the rolls in the evening. Thanksgiving dinner is usually with as much family as we can get, whether it's my in laws, my parents , or my siblings and family. While Thanksgiving is usually in one spot, Christmas is often shuttling around from here and there in the Bay Area, which is probably the same with most everyone!