We used to celebrate it with Extended until they became nasty and comepetitive- too much drama,
now its just Immediate, wish it was like this before, and i like making my own Turkey
What about u?
2007-11-06 14:11:37 · 24 answers · asked by Jetglam 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Thanksgiving
Extended-- my parents have never cooked and our cook goes home during the holidays.
2007-11-06 14:14:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Until this year, Thanksgiving was always celebrated with an extended family; siblings, their spouses, children, cousins, their spouses, children, boyfriends and girlfriends of children, cousins, friends of family, even ex husbands and wives. Three years ago, over 60 extended family members were at our Thanksgiving celebration.
This year, I doubt we will have more than 20. My father died, my brother died, and a son-in-law died. My mother is the glue that is holding the rest of the family together. She is 86. My mother had 11 brothers and sisters, and is the oldest of four now living. She has three living children, 15 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren. Thanksgiving is a day of blessing for my mother. I can't imagine spending the day without her.
2007-11-06 16:43:48 · answer #2 · answered by Baby Poots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We use to celebrate with extended family till we moved about an hour away. Slowly the Thanksgiving gathering got smaller and smaller. Truthfully, that's about how I like it, I love to just have immediate family. I get every ounce of the extended family at Christmas.
2007-11-06 14:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by prostudent 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, it would be nice to say that i actually know, but i cant, so this is the best i can give you:
Moved away from the majority of my family, to move closer to a cousin who is pretty much leaving us, to do w/e after he promised it would be different..the only way we ( my mother and i ) are doing anything for Thanksgiving is if we are invited to an old neighbors house (they moved over an hour away) but that's not even a sure thing, so like my mom has told,\ me, PP&J sandwhiches are better than nothing...
Even when we were close to other family memebers, we always managed to spend it with our extened family...hell, our extened families, are extened for a reason (we like them better, and we got to choose them) lol
my family hasnt been a tight knit one as you could proabably tell...but that ok..no lose love on any side here...
2007-11-06 23:29:57 · answer #4 · answered by *♥* N. D. *♥* 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No my immediate family (brother) that lives where i live doesnt want to do thanksgiving so well just go to friends and help cook there. They are like family anyway. Hope that you have a good one.
2007-11-06 14:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by redshorty71 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extended. Even though we are different religions and political belief, we put all differences aside for holidays. I'll be with my in-laws who I like better than my own extended family...THEY are full of drama.
2007-11-06 14:14:57 · answer #6 · answered by Suzanne D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The holidays are about Drama so thats why we celebrate at home with people we like to be around or alone who needs all the have toos for example you have to make this or you have to do this or we need to watch this Its my holiday too so I make a good one I suffer enough thoughout the year who needs it on a holiday.
2007-11-06 14:16:51 · answer #7 · answered by wkemrer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extended. I'm lucky, my dad's family was huge and we were all raised in the same small town, get along like brothers and sisters, we have a great time together.
2007-11-06 14:14:54 · answer #8 · answered by Jen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Extended, holidays and celabrations are one of the few times the whole family gets together at my house.
2007-11-06 14:17:34 · answer #9 · answered by Saint 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of our extended family. But at our house.
2007-11-06 14:14:33 · answer #10 · answered by Sara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋