What are you doing for Thanksgiving?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

We go to a Chinese restaurant for Christmas, too!

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

We go to a Chinese restaurant for Christmas, too!

Is this a New York thing?


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[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Is this a New York thing?


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It's a Jewish thing, on Christmas anyway.

[vintner Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close vintner]

I am doing the turkey on the grill, bringing it, DW and her father (who is staying with us for 2 nights) to best friends house. They normally host to about 15-20 people. This year it is down to probably a dozen or so.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

It's a Jewish thing, on Christmas anyway.

But this is Thanksgiving we're talking about.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

But this is Thanksgiving we're talking about.

Yeah, it just happens that we do it on Thanksgiving too. Because we're not that nuts about turkey, but we really like Chinese food!

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

It's a Jewish thing, on Christmas anyway.

Sounds good to me.

Yeah, it just happens that we do it on Thanksgiving too. Because we're not that nuts about turkey, but we really like Chinese food!

Who doesn't like Chinese food?

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Who doesn't like Chinese food?

So much better than turkey, am I right?

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

We have it at our house every year (our house used to be in-laws house) with my wife's side of the family. We always buy 2 turkeys so everyone has plenty of leftovers.. We carve one and after dinner the other is carved and shared. My wife's brothers both love to cook/bake so everyone contributes something. It is old fashioned with the same foods their grandmother made. Dessert is almost a competition because they all have favorites they make. I still like my wive's baking the best.
I'm not a cook so it's entertaining,football, and enjoying the food and company for me. Christmas Eve the same.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

We don't have any plans for Thanksgiving. Our daughter and her DH will be going to visit his 89 yo mother in Indiana for the Thanksgiving weekend. Our son always has a recruiting trip on the Thanksgiving weekend so it will just be the 2 of us. We are going away to the Aquarius Casino resort in Laughlin NV for a week just after the Thanksgiving weekend. We will be celebrating my wife's birthday.

[easyrider Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close easyrider]

Now its at my house, again. I was told this morning that my place is the only place big enough to host Thanksgiving indoors. It looks like maybe 40-60 people will be here. Im in charge of the turkeys but others will bring the other stuff. I think I might use the turkey fryer, smoker and oven for a turkey trifecta.

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

I have hosted Thanksgiving for the last 28 years here in my small house. When I started, my 5 brothers were still single and I had 2 small children. Now they all have wives and kids, and I have a son in law and daughter in law and 2 grandchildren. We now host about 30 people. I cook 1 turkey and my mother brings another. I do the potatoes, stuffing, veggies. The family brings the desserts. No one minds that we are crowded and everyone always enjoys themselves.

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Sounds good to me.



Who doesn't like Chinese food?

We have Chinese food on Christmas Eve. I was always hoping one of my kids would marry into a big Italian family so that I could get invited to one of those seafood feasts, but alas it wasn't meant to be.

But yes, who doesn't like Chinese food??

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

We have Chinese food on Christmas Eve. I was always hoping one of my kids would marry into a big Italian family so that I could get invited to one of those seafood feasts, but alas it wasn't meant to be.

But yes, who doesn't like Chinese food??

We've done Japanese food on Christmas Eve, but not Chinese. Actually right now we don't really have a good Chinese food place where we're living.

[mpumilia Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close mpumilia]

We go to a Chinese restaurant for Christmas, too!

We've done Chinese on plenty of XMAS eves for various reasons! My Italian parents and grandparents must be rolling in their graves!