5k Turkey Chase for Hunger benefiting So Others Might Eat (S.O.M.E.) in the morning to give to those who need then hopping in a car to book it down to my SO's parents' place for dinner. I'm unaware as to what's on the menu other than the fact that there won't be any pie because Dad doesn't like it... totally making my own upon my return home!

My husband and I are hosting for other friends who are also far away from home.

Hosting a gathering of 9 and looking forward to the day. I did alot of prep work over the weekend so feel like I'm in good shape and can enjoy the morning to work out, eat a good breakfast and watch the parade.

I'm... going out to dinner with my wife at our favorite fancy restaurant. Neither of us could get any surrounding time off of work and we've both been exhausted, so we thought we'd make an easy day of it.

As always, it's been a long term, so we are spending the holiday catching up and relaxing. We will have a nibbles during the Packers game, then for dinner small turkey, smashed potatoes, homemade noodles (my family tradition), my grandmother's hungarian stuffing, spinach gratin, and a pumpkin cake for dessert. On Friday we will make turkey soup and get started on Christmas baking and holiday decorating. I love Thanksgiving!

I'm disappointed that I won't get to see all of my relatives this year (aunts, uncles and cousins) because of poor planning. I would've loved to have spent Thanksgiving with them since it will be the first Thanksgiving without one of my uncles who passed away at the end of March earlier this year. :-(

Nonetheless, I am still looking forward to Thanksgiving!

My husband and I will be having the main Thanksgiving meal for lunch at one of his step-sister's home. The whole step-side of the family will be there, so will my husband's immediate family (siblings), as well as my immediate family. I won't be making anything to take (last year I made an unsuccessful pumpkin bread pudding), but my mom will be making buñuelos (Nicaraguan style).

For dinner, we'll be going to my mother-in-law's for a smaller non-traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I think all of the women attending (mother-in-law, bro-in-law's wife, and sis-in-law) will be making appetizer-like dishes. My husband has asked me to make something too--can't make up my mind as to what to make. I'm thinking either my own ancho-chile and plum salsa or Mark Bittman's Vietnamese stir-fried sweet potato (except I will add noodles instead of beef). And I sooo wanna try to make a lemon tart! Whatever I choose, I know it'll be bold (what I'm going for) since everyone else is making European-influenced dishes using eggplant and spinach.

We are headed to a friend's house. Then the next day, I will make roast a turkey with all the fixings for my family! I love Thanksgiving & all the leftovers :)

For my friend's, I am bringing 4 different veggie dishes. I'll make enough so that I leave some in my fridge for the next day.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Now, if only I could find turkey wings to make stock & gravy ahead of time......

For the first time, my husband and I CAN'T travel (too far pregnant to travel home!) So my family is driving up to us. I spent WAY too much money buying all the requisite groceries and alcohol and cleaned the house top to bottom and now just waiting til weds when they get here!

I will be traveling with a ziploc bag of dry ingredients, already mixed. Mom's got the wet--it's my job to whip this up when I get there. We've decided it's easier to travel with components, not finished dishes. And I better double bag because a couple of cups of cornmeal/baking powder/salt all over the inside of the luggage? That would be bad.

This Thanksgiving Day at my UUC congregation, we are hosting a feast for 100! That includes the homeless camp currently on our site and many, many members, singles, couples and families far from their family.
Some bring a turkey cooked and sliced, some bring sides or breads, some bring desserts. We really try to have a balanced meal! It is lovely!

Going to the in-laws - no idea what's on the menu! No one will tell me. I'm bringing wine and various pickles, because if we don't use them I can just bring them back again. And when I get home, I'm making pumpkin pie.

My family takes Thanksgiving VERY seriously and we celebrate on Friday in order to allow everyone a chance to be with their "other family" on Thursday (most of us grandchildren are now out on our own and have partners, etc.). Every year we have a different theme/entertainment/schtick-- past schticks: a magician (who lost a mouse in our house), a rather politically incorrect pilgrim/indian costume party, a white elephant gift exchange, The Bacon Year (I made a "gingerbread house" decorated entirely in pork product including a bacon thatched roof)... On and on.

I can't reveal this year's theme (still a secret!) but I'm always in charge of taking care of the antipasto. This year we'll have homemade cheddar crackers (from Orangette), crudite and green goddess dressing, and quince paste (from Culinate) with Manchego cheese and olives.

Huge Thanksgiving dinner at my brother and sister-in-law's house. My side of the family and the sis-in-law's. About 40 people, not counting at least 10 children.

More importantly, LSU v. Arkansas on Friday! Tailgating and the game, cards, drinks and family after. I love Thanksgiving Friday so much more than Thursday. Geaux Tigers!

Just me and the husband. And no family drama. And no traffic. Is it wrong to say I'm thankful for that?

No relatives, so we're visiting lovely friends from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin, NC (mountains of WNC). We'll have a potluck Thanksgiving in the new celebration hall - so happy to see these folks and break bread and hear stories. Cannot wait!

My father's in a nursing home now, so my mother and sister aren't really interested in celebrating holidays any more. That's fine--last year, my boyfriend and I had a lovely restaurant buffet, then went for a long walk in the snow. We're planning on doing that again this year.

Friday, some friends are having their annual gluehwein (German-style mulled wine) party with goulash and pumpkin pie. I'm planning on making an apple strudel for that.

Originally it was going to be just me, and I was going to do a small-ish turkey breast. My friends were offended that I didn't invite them, so now I'm cooking for three. I'm doing Turkey, stuffing, and mash potatoes, they're doing yams, and green beans.

We're buying pies from a local charity; the purchase of which will provide six meals to someone struggling with cancer or AIDS. You can check them out here: http://www.mamaspies.org/