Larry of the Lawn Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I find the day is much more enjoyable if you try to ignore the associations with genocide and mass market sports and instead focus your efforts on gluttony, sloth and intoxication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kairparavel Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I visit my family in Canada in the years I can't make it back for Christmas. It'll just be Thursday when I get there, and that's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkess Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I LOVE Thanksgiving (I am making an entire traditional meal, including a 6 lb turkey breast, for just myself). It's all about food, which is awesome, and reflection, which is always nice. But if you're not feeling it, you're not feeling it. I would not say any explanation is required. I rarely go home for holidays because it's annoying to travel there (my parents live 3 hrs from the nearest major airport), I'm not super close with my family, and it's usually the only time my boyfriend and I can both take time off at the same time. I just tell them, sorry, not gonna make it. Trying to explain things just usually makes it worse, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Notorious Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Why have thanksgiving dinner when that could cut into valuable shopping time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee baby Shamus Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 This year my ex sister-in-law is having a late Thanksgiving/Birthday party on Friday. The cool thing is the Birthday party is for me. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 fuck thanksgiving. mine will be the same as it has been for the last few years. me. 1,000 guests. so much food that i am sick just by looking at it and about 13 hours at work. have you ever gazed upon 30 gallons of gravy? 1,200 pounds of turkey is a lot. 50# of cranberries is good bit too. i love pie, but when you see 1,200 pieces of it you get ill. i look more to the next day when a bunch of mates from work and i will get together, drink beer, gorge ourselves on tacos and play a pickup soccer game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbigski Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I guess if you're a vegan or alergic to poultry, traditional Thanksgiving isn't that great. Though there's nothing stopping one from having a vegan, or vegetarian group meal to count your blessings over. For me, it's the best day of the year. You wake up, maybe hung over, maybe not. Then you have options. Go watch a high school football game in the morning, or maybe go play some pick up ultimate. Or maybe just go back to sleep. Since it looks to be a snowy morning, probably head over the girlfriend's early because her dog goes nuts in the snow. Then tuck in for dinner, watch some hapless teams play football (will be a bit odd this year since the Lions and Cowboys are both decent), and take a nap. Then dessert. Things you're not expected to have to do on Thanksgiving: You're not obligated to buy presents, you don't have to get particularly dressed up, you don't have to make any decisions tougher than how many different pies you want to sample, you don't have to go to church. It's pretty much the perfect day, unless perhaps you can't get along with your family. And then there's leftovers on Friday too. Yum. Though as to the OP, if you are skipping Thanksgiving, heading to Canada for the day sounds like a good idea. You could even give thanks that the US is 0 for 3 or so as far as conquering Canada goes, so you have a place of refuge on Thursday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskaral Pust Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 This will be our second consecutive Thanksgiving with a restaurant reservation. It's usually just us (my wife, our son and I) and the big rigmarole isn't worth it. Just twice in 14 years have we spent Thanksgiving with family. And now that I do have a sister and her boyfriend in Chicagoland, I'm not at all feeling like spending the holiday with them. We just enjoy the break from work and school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 i look more to the next day when a bunch of mates from work and i will get together, drink beer, gorge ourselves on tacos and play a pickup soccer game. I wanna come to that one instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I'm indifferent towards the holiday. Growing up it was my father's least favorite holiday because his father worked for the post office and it marked the beginning of a month misery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 If a family Thanksgiving isn't making you happy, just don't do it is the smart thing to do, er, um, in this case to do. Something like that. :) I have always loved our holidays spent out of the country too. This year's Thanksgiving is going to be spent in the Dominican Republic, though not really. No traveling! But with a group of Dominicans here. The music and dancing are just as important as the food, and the food is VERY IMPORTANT. And delicious. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 traditional zombocalypse t-giving will be:a course of fetid hominid phalanges for appetizer;a fine bisque of bowel contents, with ripened duodenum reduction;main course of white girl ribs tartare; andchilled braaaainsss for dessert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj4iy Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Our closest family is 500 miles away. There's not enough time for us to pack up the kids, spend 12 hours in the car and come back 2 days later, so we are having a quiet Thanksgiving at home this year (which will likely become the tradition now that they are in school) with just the four of us. We will travel to see our family after Christmas- unfortunately for my 5 year old daughter, she will have to spend her birthday (Dec 27th) in the car all day. I'm usually more into Thanksgiving, but I'm looking forward to Christmas more this year because both of my children are at the perfect age to understand Christmas, and seeing them light up on Christmas morning is better than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlefingers In The Air Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 If I just get drunk with friends like I do every Thursday and I don't eat any more than normal, do I get to say I celebrated thanksgiving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 Our closest family is 500 miles away. There's not enough time for us to pack up the kids, spend 12 hours in the car and come back 2 days later, so we are having a quiet Thanksgiving at home this year (which will likely become the tradition now that they are in school) with just the four of us. We will travel to see our family after Christmas- unfortunately for my 5 year old daughter, she will have to spend her birthday (Dec 27th) in the car all day. I'm usually more into Thanksgiving, but I'm looking forward to Christmas more this year because both of my children are at the perfect age to understand Christmas, and seeing them light up on Christmas morning is better than anything. That sounds just perfect. :) If I just get drunk with friends like I do every Thursday and I don't eat any more than normal, do I get to say I celebrated thanksgiving? You most certainly do! :cheers: What's important is to do what you enjoy, what makes you and yours -- including the cat and dog, whomever -- happy. Even if it turns out that is DOING NOTHING. Doing nothing is very important to a person's well being too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamSongs Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I'm not looking forward to it this year. I work weekend nights, so playing Christmas elf for my mother after 9AM on Friday is out. But thanks to all the retailers that will be open Thanksgiving, my 4 hour shopping limit will be stretched out to all day Thursday, Thursday night and into Friday morning. I will stand in lines, make multiple phone calls for instructions and use my apartment as Santa's workshop for the next month. Could I get out of it? Sure, especially since I have the Miata which can't handle more than 2 stores worth of merchandise. Unfortunately, the insurance gods are gifting my mother by giving me an SUV for the week while my bumper is repaired. :bang: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee baby Shamus Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 If you are cooking a turkey this year I suggest stuffing oranges inside of the turkey. They should make the bird really, really juicy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj4iy Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 If you are cooking a turkey this year I suggest stuffing oranges inside of the turkey. They should make the bird really, really juicy.We brine the bird overnight and then I stuff it with lemon, onion, garlic, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper, and brush the skin with melted butter and sprinkle salt and pepper on it. The brine keeps it super moist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Antony Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 I find the day is much more enjoyable if you try to ignore the associations with genocide and mass market sports and instead focus your efforts on gluttony, sloth and intoxication. The only way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee baby Shamus Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 We brine the bird overnight and then I stuff it with lemon, onion, garlic, thyme, rosemary, salt and pepper, and brush the skin with melted butter and sprinkle salt and pepper on it. The brine keeps it super moist. Sounds mighty tasty but where is the bacon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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