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It's almost here, the yummiest holiday of the year! How do you and yours typically celebrate Thanksgiving?

What are you doing this year - is it your usual celebration, or something different?

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I alternate between going to the East Coast to see family for either Thanksgiving or Christmas. This would have been a Christmas year, but I just went for my Grandmother's funeral, so instead my Mom will be out here for Christmas.

When it's a year I'm not traveling for Thanksgiving, I have typically celebrated the holiday with my ex boyfriend's family (we are still good friends and I'm very close to his family).

This year however, my Dad is coming to visit, and we'll be having dinner at my new place with the guy I've been dating

Yep, the guy is going to meet the Dad. I'm nervous even though I think it will go just fine.

I've ordered a pre-cooked meal from the local market. I know, I know...weak...but I'm not confident enough in my cooking skills to take on cooking a big meal AND having the guy and Dad meet, all at the same time!

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So, how about you?
 
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I'm smoking a turkey and taking it over (only a few miles) to my son in-law's folks (those in-laws) for dinner. They usually have a couple families over for a huge feast and need another turkey.

You know, it's funny. I did the same thing before and the smoked turkey was totally devoured and the other one had plenty of leftovers.
 
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eHA_Admin_Lori wrote :
I've ordered a pre-cooked meal from the local market. I know, I know...weak...but I'm not confident enough in my cooking skills to take on cooking a big meal AND having the guy and Dad meet, all at the same time!
*sigh*

Lori, cooking a turkey is one of the easiest things to cook. You turn the oven on and put it in. Potatoes and veggies - piece of cake. You're missing out on a chance to impress the new boyfriend.
 
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Growing up, we used to always have a Christmas on Thanksgiving. My grandparents would always go to Florida for the winter, so we'd celebrate Christmas before they left. We continued to do this through college.

Unfortunately, because of work, I can't get away. The trip home is close to a nine hour drive and I have to be at work by 5:30 Friday morning, so there's really no realistic way to do it. It also sounds like this year, it's just going to be my grandma and my parents and she's too frail to travel now.

I've been invited to spend Thanksgiving with friends before, but so far, nobody has invited me. I honestly have always felt like a bit of a charity case rather than a friend over for dinner.

If I wind up spending the holiday alone, I'll probably get a pizza. The first couple of times I had a turkey meal myself on Thanksgiving, I found that horribly depressing.
 
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If I spend another $82 dollars, the grocery store will give me a frozen turkey.

I'm very excited about this.
 
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My kids and I will go to my parents' house. We alternate having Thanksgiving on Thursday or the weekend, depending on whether my kids are with me or my ex. Both of my sisters and their families will be there, as well as some extended family. My bf may or may not be there, just depends on scheduling. We almost always have some extra people, too. It's kind of a standing joke that Mom knows to fix a little extra for whoever winds up around the table with us!

Micman, my first Thanksgiving away from home was a couple of years after I married. My ex and I were in FL while all my family was in TN. We went to Shoney's for Thanksgiving dinner (which was really more than we could afford) and I cried through the whole meal! I hope you find someone nice to share your day with.
 
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I've got no family of my own within driving distance, so I'll be heading up north to a little coal-mining town near Scranton, PA to have dinner with my son's in-laws. There will be a huge crowd, tons of delicious food, a big flat-screen TV in every room (gotta watch all the games!) and the deck outside will be lined with coolers stuffed with brewskies. I suppose it can get better than that, but I don't know how.

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My ex and I were in FL while all my family was in TN. We went to Shoney's for Thanksgiving dinner (which was really more than we could afford) and I cried through the whole meal!
My worst Thanksgiving dinner EVAH! was a can of Campbell's Oyster Stew at the lunch counter of the Trailways station in Lewisburg, PA in 1967. All my college friends had gone home for the holidays, I had just gotten the heave-ho from TWO girlfriends, and that day I hit rock bottom. I'll never forget it.
 
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No one to celebrate with this year. I'll probably just go into work.
 
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Well, I am going to have Christmas at my place again (for the 3rd year in a row). Normally, I will tell everyone that I will just make everything and not to bring a dish. That is so that I can have everything cooking at a good pace and not crowd my small kitchen with people and my stove with all kinds of dishes. Well, that never pans out and my kitchen is crowded and my stove can't handle all the dishes cooking at the same time. It can barely contain the turkey and ham I usually make.

So, this year I want to get a reasonably priced smoker and do the turkey and ham out on my deck. That will leave more room in my stove. My son is going to do the smoking.......the turkey that is. lol. My ex used to smoke a turkey every year and it was always so so delicious. So, we are going to try it ourselves this year.

Thanksgiving is going to be a trial run with just me, my son, his girlfriend and my daughter. Then later that evening, my daughter and I will go to see either one or maybe even two movies at the local theater.

So.......wish us luck on the smoked turkey!! Any tips?

Oh.....IS4L and MicMan, you are welcome to stop by and try our first attempt at the smoker.
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