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I was reading CNN and they had no turkey Thanksgiving alternatives. I never even fathomed the thought of Thanksgiving without the turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie, among other things. I'm curious to hear the THN family's Thanksgiving traditions.


Mine is quite traditional. My wife gets up ~4am to start out 20+ lb turkey. When she needs to put it in the oven, she wakes me up. We putz around until the parade starts and guests start arriving (if we're having guests). My brother is usually at my house for Thanksgiving, from Jersey, at the least.

Around 1-2 the turkey comes out, the stuffing comes out of the turkey, and all of the other side diskes are usually being prepared. I contribute my part by making homemade gravy. We usually eat around 3 or 4. We finish the evening with pumpkin pie (or whatever else is brought).

I was involved in a 10-year tradition of playing tackle football on the Friday after Thanksgiving. Started with a bunch of high school kids but was a staple throughout school and then for several years after. However, some of the guys who play are getting older and most of the rest of us are ever out of shape. Last year we had our first semi-serious injury — a knee injury that took the guy several months to heal from. So this year we are playing soccer, I think, or maybe flag football. I was just happy that we made it to 10 years.