What are your plans for Thanksgiving? - Democratic Underground

Sannum

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Thu Nov-17-05 01:16 PM
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What are your plans for Thanksgiving?

Edited on Thu Nov-17-05 01:18 PM by Sannum

I plan to skip the family thing and go out to the Four Seasons with a group of friends. Last year we had sushi but this year we decided on a more traditional meal! They have a special Thanksgiving dinner that is really good apparently:9

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Tikki

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Thu Nov-17-05 01:19 PM
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1. We are off to the......

Mountains....wwhheee....

The Tikkis

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WeRQ4U

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Thu Nov-17-05 01:20 PM
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2. Getting together with family at my parents home.

We eat a big dinner, have some coffee and wine and then watch NL Christmas Vacation on the big TV. I'm already stoked.

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cfield

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Thu Nov-17-05 02:26 PM
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3. Going back home Wednesday

after work to have dinner with the husband's family for his birthday. Then going to his grandpa's new bar for a few drinks (they better be on the house!!!). Thursday we'll be doing dinner with his Grandma just like always. She makes the *BEST* green rice!
At some point, we'll wind up out at my fundie parents' long enough to say 'hey', and 'Happy Turkey Day' then back here for work the next day.

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Shell Beau

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Thu Nov-17-05 02:33 PM
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4. My husband and I go to his grandma's to see his family

at lunchtime! We eat over there first. My mom moved our Thanksgiving meal to supper time so we wouldn't be so full! And this year my husband is frying the turkey at my parents. We lay up all day watching football and laughing. Telling stories, reminiscing about my brother (who died in '96). Just good quality family time! With all my aunts, uncles, brother and wife and their kids, mom and dad! We are a very close knit family!

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Ganja Ninja

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Thu Nov-17-05 02:40 PM
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5. I'm helping a friend move.

A friend of mine living in the lower Florida Keys was a victim of hurricane Wilma. He lost and old used car and the trailer he lived in got wet on the bottom and is starting to get moldy and fall apart. Most of his belongings are OK but the hurricane wiped out most of what was considered low cost housing in the lower Keys. So over my Thanksgiving weekend I'll be helping him & his girl friend move up to the Tampa area.

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swimboy

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:13 PM
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6. Going to Wichita this year to my partner's parents' house.

They are cool liberals. His brother and sister will be there with their families. They are not cool liberals and I am interested to see how topics that may come up for discussion are handled. There's enough love to keep it all together. :-)

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scarlet_owl

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:31 PM
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7. I plan on cooking all the food.

I hate Thanksgiving. :grr:

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nerddem

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:35 PM
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14. a little help?

i've never made turkey before, can you please endow me with your culinary knowledge?

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NNadir

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Thu Nov-17-05 03:32 PM
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8. I'm flying to Iraq in secret to be photographed with a plastic turkey and

some troops.

It's a new American tradition.

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StaggerLee

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:18 PM
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9. I have all next week off- Hopefully a Chicago road trip early in the week

I went to Chicago for a weekend back in June and didn't do half the things I had planned.

I'll watch football on Thanksgiving Day. Maybe I can talk my mom into making enchiladas instead of Turkey. Heck, maybe I'll make them.

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edbermac

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:22 PM
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10. Eat until I vomit all over the room....

Just like last year, as you can see...

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KitchenWitch

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:23 PM
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11. We are going to SoCal for the week

We will be eating at a very nice buffet restaurant (including sushi and raw oysters)

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City Lights

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:26 PM
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12. We're going to my sister's.

This will be our first Thanksgiving with my family in 6 years. My kids are very excited to be spending the holidays with their cousins again.

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Left Is Write

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:28 PM
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13. Cooking dinner and spending the day with my husband & kids.

Just the way I like it.

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catmandu57

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Thu Nov-17-05 04:47 PM
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15. Hate to be a bummer, but, none, no plans

What family there was has fallen apart, our great uniter has driven a wedge in thats caused a permenant divide. My wife will go to her family dinner, but I won't go, for one thing I've never been a big gather the tribe for the holidays person, and two her brother and father are loud obnoxious repukes. The old man even shook snarlin dick's claw.
So the cats and I will stay here and watch football and wait out another day of the occupation.

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zanne

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Thu Nov-17-05 05:10 PM
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18. You're not alone in that situation.

My once-close family is now mainly polite. Right before the invasion of Iraq, we had some bad arguments and decided we wouldn't talk about "politics" anymore. As it turns out, there isn't much left to talk about.

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zanne

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Thu Nov-17-05 05:05 PM
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16. Cooking a turkey for my husband and cats.

We get a free turkey every year. I don't eat meat, so I'll make my husband a Thanksgiving dinner and give the cats all the turkey their little hearts desire. Even the strays will get turkey. (I kinda look forward to it).

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dr.strangelove

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Thu Nov-17-05 05:09 PM
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17. Food, Fighting with the Family and Football

The great American day.

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