What's your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?

Answer 1

eating turkey!

Answer 2

My absolute favorite way to spend the holiday is:

Get out of bed (this is vital for the rest of the fun!)
Grab a cup of fresh coffee
Bake some Monkey Bread (pull apart yeast rolls with caramel)
Take the dogs for a long walk (to tire them & minimize the "begging while cooking" action)
Turn on the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Have some Monkey Bread while watching the parade & checking out the sales in the newspaper
Start cooking the turkey & side dishes
Enjoy how great the house smells
Eat just enough too be full - not so much that I'm miserable
Take a nap
Have a slice of pie with some fresh coffee
Watch "It's a Wonderful Life" (for the 80 millionth time)
Wrap up the leftovers (snacking liberally while doing so)

and then - falling into bed with a happy smile on my face & knowing that this was the bestest kind of day! : )

Answer 3

My favorite Thanksgiving tradition is watching football.

It is an American classic, and each year both the Detriot Lions and Dallas Cowboys play two other teams. It is great because of the consistansy in the teams, but also in the different teams that play each year, in a weird way.

I love it. I can't see anyone, football fan or not, not enjoying Thanksgiving football.

Answer 4

Every year on the day after thanksgiving, my family, grandpa's and grandma's, uncle and aunts go to a christmas tree farm to get our tree. We spend the whole day there and play games with the kids like tag, hide 'n seek etc. Then we all help eachother pick out the best tree for their family. After we have our trees the horse pulled wagon ride picks us up. Then, while out tree is getting wrapped, we go in the little shop and buy some ornaments aand have a nice cup of hot chocolate. Then we drive home to our house to eat lunch. the reason that this is a thanksgiving tradition is that all of our relatives sleepover on thanksgiving evening. We eat breakfast together and it's such a good time for our families to bond. Happy Thanksgiving!!

Answer 5

My favorite Thanksgiving tradition is watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.

On my side of the family, Thanksgiving is done as a lunch. After spending a few hours with all the relatives on my side of the family, we head over to have dinner with my wife's parents. After the dinner dishes are put away, we watch Christmas Vacation. It is our official kickoff to the Christmas season.

The day after Thanksgiving is when I will put up my outside Christmas lights.

Answer 6

Looking at the table and saying "Dinner is done."


I work all night straight into 2:00PM and cover the table with food from one end to the next and when I am done it is a sight to see and a statement to the effort, and for that brief moment; I have my thanksgiving and then every thing goes down hill. Up till then it is working for that moment and from that oment it is there for everyone else, and all I know is that moment is completely mine and mine alone and I am thankful for the fact that I finished it all one more time.

Oh and in case you are wondering, dinner includes, Turkey, Ham, Brisket, Lasagna, Muscles, Green Bean Salad, Tossed Salad, Fruit Salad, Mashed Potatoes, Spring Casserole, Shrimp Casserole, Seafood Gumbo, Rice, Stuffing, Apple Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce, Butter Topped Rolls and whatever else that comes to mind. It takes 18 hours to fix and when I am done I am exhausted.

So, my favorite tradition is to look at the table once before it is all for nothing, a memory.

Answer 7

when my whole family get's together, its been a few years, since we were able to all get together, so ma by next year, its hard when everyone is spread out, and some have to work. its not like in the 50's and 60's, when nothing was ever open on thanksgiving, in the town where I lived, only a Chinese restaurant was open, its all different now. And its all about the money. when I was young, no body ever put up Christmas decorations, until about two weeks before Christmas, and again today, its all about the money, its very sad to me.

Answer 8

Hanging Out With My Family And Eating Turkey, Choco-lush And My Grandmas Gravy On Corn And Potatoes!

Answer 9

Who's going to do the dishes is a traditional question, We usually put names in a pilgrim hat and whoever is the youngest one that year always wants to pull the name out of the hat to announce the unlucky dishwasher. We put the youngest ones name on every name tag in the hat and when they announce their own name with 30 people at the table, the looks are priceless. We all pitch in and have a good laugh.

Answer 10

Being home long enough to take the wishbone from the turkey's peeled back flesh of the breast and slowly dry it thoroughly for 24+ hours. Then my sweetie and I each hold an end and gently pull until it breaks and the one who got the biggest piece of the wishbone gets to make a wish that can come true IF we click our ruby red slippers together three times and wish we were home talking with Auntie Em and Toto.

Answer 11

my mother & father had 3 kids & we lived in a College Town. So we would invite someone to sit at our table with our family and share our meal with them. so sometimes we would have to put in 3 leaves in our table. and borrow some chairs from neighbors. Now that my father has passed my mother lives with my daughter and I and we usually go up north to share Thanksgiving with my sister and her family or if it's snowing we usually stay here and are invited to share dinner with friends. I love thanksgiving it is a time of thanks and celebration. Time for family and friends to be together