what to do this thanksgiving?
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Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day when family gather with friends and strangers.  We celebrate what we are thankful for and mostly for the freedom that our forefathers fought so hard for. It is a tradition in my family that after the blessing on the food, everyone gets to say 1 thing they are thankful for and they can't repeat a response that another has already made.  We start with the youngest and move to the oldest. It builds awareness in our family of what we are grateful for.
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he's your son.  it's thanksgiving.  be a family.
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I'm Italian so we tweaked the traditional American Menu so here it is.................\nTURKEY (of course) now to make it interesting my mom de-bones her turkey & stuffs it with a more italian like stuffing of wild rice mushrooms & spinach. Its tender and delicious\n\nMASHED POTATOES this I make with roasted garlic & chives a must have\n\nSTUFFING this is more traditional not actually stuffed into the turkey. \n\nBROCCOLINNI which are a green italian vegetable, very good.\n\nGREEN BEANS another american tradition, but we put our own twist on it with garlic & olive oil, and best thing is these are fresh grown in our own garden!\n\nPASTA our table always has a pasta on it either with a sauce or in the form of a soup. This year we are making gnocci a very yummy potatoe based pasta with a roasted tomato sauce.\n\nCRANBERRY SALAD made with fresh cranberies, pineapple & nuts real good.\n\nSWEET POTATOES in the oven.\n\nPUMPKIN PIE, BLACK BOTTOM BANANA PIE, CHOCOLATE SILK PIE (something for everyone) tons of holiday cookies too!!\n\nCHESTNUTS after dinner & dessert we roast chestnuts and eat them this is a huge family tradition!\n\nThis is Thanksgiving Italian-American Style
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Thanksgiving if your traveling
561540
Happy birthday!!!! Maybe you could go to dinner with your family. that's what my husband and our 2 kids do on our b-days. then we give eachother cash to go get something nice for ourselves.
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Contact the local food banks in your area They are in the phone books  Although today might be late for a Thanksgiving give, unless you personally know a sruggling family who will appreciate your gift
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Serve whatever you want. It doesn't have to be turkey. Do you like ham, pork, chicken, beef, ethnic foods? Figure out what you like and be creative with it. \n\nYou could even do heavy appetizers from the frozen section of Costco/Sam's. They are hearty enough that people can easily make a meal out of them.
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Right after Thanksgiving
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If you want something along similar lines to traditional Thanksgiving food, you could always add in a ham, roast, or maybe some salmon.  I plan on smoking a ham this year and using a maple/pineapple juice glaze.  For the salmon, you could wrap it in foil with onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and a little butter then stick it in the oven for half an hour.
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watch football\neat a lot of food\nand sleep
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Have ham at Thanksgiving.
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I've been there! My husband has been deployed 2 of the last 3 thanksgivings/Christmases. \n\nThere are several options. You could volunteer. You could treat yourself to a movie (thanksgiving is actually a big day for theaters). \n\nAnother option would be to contact your husband's unit commander and ask if they are doing anything for the wives/families of the deployed. I know it is tradition in my husband's unit for the commander's family to open their doors to all singles/deployed family members/people who can't go home. That may be your best bet for a traditional Thanksgiving meal. \n\nHang in there. I know how tough this is. Thank you and your husband for giving to our country.
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We are going to my sisters house and spending thanksgiving  there. Almost everyone is going to be there and I say this because we have a large family. This will be our first year with\nout our father he passed away 3-22-06 so we will have a very \nspecial prayer going out to him before we eat, and thank him for everything he has done .  So I want to say to you Have A Nice Thanks Giving.
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http://www.ivillage.com/?nlcid=sw|11-23-2006|\n\nHope you have a great Thanksgiving!!
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GAZOOKS !    sad not thankful turkey day to you....howz that/   I',m thanful that some one out there is having aturkey dinner...cos i'm not...i'm poor..and if our american ppl want to be thankful for all they got.then thats them...me? I just gunna sit here and think about a juicy piece of turkey that someone else is eating and wish them well.   think about this lil fly when ya eats the wingpart...its my fave part of the bird....for all you out there  HAPPY THANXGIVING>>..!!!!
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The first thing I'm going to do when I get home is EAT A HUGE REAL STEAK & DRINK A BEER. The food here is crap. You should take the person coming home to a nice steakhouse or what ever kind of food is their favorite and get them the best meal on the menu.\n\nplease excuse moronic answers. they no not what they talk about.
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Well after all the fall housekeeping is done, the silver polished and the good stuff brought out and the table is set and the shopping is done...then there is the baking, the peeling, mashing, the stuffing to make.  Next comes cleaning the bird, stuffing and baking it.  All the while you feed people snaks, keep the kids quiet and busy, set the table and call everyone  for the carving of the turkey.  As you have struggled  to get everything on the table hot and all at oncet...the men don't show up because it is the last quarter of the football game and the score is 12-12 and they are in a state of high anxiety and won't move from the set and yell to you ...."wait a minute...it's the last quarter and the score is tied" and you stand there with the done bird on the tray and think ...why do I put myself through this year in and year out?    When it is all done and over with and everyone has stuffed themselves with pumpkin and apple pie, had a walk,  and about to take a nap...you realize the only one that has been kind and thankful for you and all your effort is the faithful family dog.\n\nSo my dear, if you have never done this annual tradition, don't start.  Book a table at a nearby resturant and save yourself a lot of work and enjoy the day off.  Don't forget the doggy bag for the family pet.