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#1
Seems weird from many of the tales I'm reading - my family of 12-16, depending on who can come and who can't, gather each year at my house. We each contribute to the meal by preparing the dishes we like to make and that the group likes. We eat, sit around and talk and laugh, sharing 1 - 2 bottles of wine. The TV doesn't come on but if the weather is nice we may go outside and target shoot, play cornhole or horseshoes. No drama, no selfishness, no arguments, or hard feelings if you can't make it. We'll see you next time.
Final score:
4points
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#2
*Everyone* helps cook, and *everyone* helps clean up.
Final score:
4points
Jane No Dough 2 weeks ago
That's great! So much better than all the work dumped on 1 or 2 family members while everyone else chills in front of a football game.
#3
My family has tired of the 'standard fare' on Turkey Day {repeat on Xmas}. I perfected all of those recipes decades ago, and have made them countless times. It's a large, heavy meal, and then all of the desserts, finger foods, and munchies. It's a LOT. Also that big meal twice in two months, it's just too much, too close.
So now (for tday & xmas) we have a random family favorite like lasagna, pasta salad, and garlic dinner rolls, or green chili enchiladas, Spanish rice, 7-layer dip with lime tortilla chips, or what we had yesterday, Chicken pot pie, grilled asparagus, and a green salad.
The nicest part is I never have to scramble to find ingredients because I'm not buying what everybody else is! :D I'm also not competing with you for what you need, it works out well for everybody.
Final score:
4points
#4
Family weigh-ins before and after the feast. The goal is to see who can gain the most. One year it was won by a rail-thin 11 y.o. boy who drank a massive amount of water to ensure victory.
Final score:
0points
#5
Celebrating something that basically decimated 80 / 90 % 0f the indigenous population of the Northern Americas through 'Old World ' diseases brought onto the continent by the invaders / 'settlers' , then persecuting their antecedents into near extinction in the rapacious, idiotic and needless grab for land and expansion. Lets not turn our eyes away from the closer to home problems of ongoing prejudice and lack of Federal funding for native Americans of every tribe .... I fear under the orange fascist it will only get worse.
Final score:
-2points
Lee Henderson 2 weeks ago
While the first Europeans to the new world were hardly "heroes" I doubt if the p
Lee Henderson 2 weeks ago
While the first Europeans to the new world were hardly "heroes" I doubt if they planned any type of genocide. Bacteria and virii would not be discovered for several more centuries. Even the Native American aborigines practiced slavery (based on spoils of war instead of color). And we managed to survive the first 4 years of Trump and we will survive the next 4 years. The Liberals will be heartbroken if he does not institute a dictatorship, though
K- THULU 2 weeks ago
Maybe not planned a genocide but didn't care one way or another ...... Terra Nullius.... the empty land.... the heathen natives didn't matter... God gave it to them......
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notlikeyou1971 2 weeks ago
I'm not much of a celebrator of a " normal" or regular Thanksgiving like others in general. Nobody knows how to cook,I don't go anywhere or celebrate with a regular family. I don't know if everyone knows it but every year on TV in the evening the 1st Christmas Special of the year comes on in between a replay of a movie they play annually. The 1960s half hour HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. I always start by watching this as the beginning of THE HOLIDAY MOVIE/ SPECIAL CHALLENGE . Object of the challenge the amount of movies/ specials you watch before the end of December.
Jane No Dough 2 weeks ago
I like this tradition! My family spends Black Friday at the local cinema for an all day marathon. No shopping, no crowds!
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I'm not much of a celebrator of a " normal" or regular Thanksgiving like others in general. Nobody knows how to cook,I don't go anywhere or celebrate with a regular family. I don't know if everyone knows it but every year on TV in the evening the 1st Christmas Special of the year comes on in between a replay of a movie they play annually. The 1960s half hour HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. I always start by watching this as the beginning of THE HOLIDAY MOVIE/ SPECIAL CHALLENGE . Object of the challenge the amount of movies/ specials you watch before the end of December.
Jane No Dough 2 weeks ago
I like this tradition! My family spends Black Friday at the local cinema for an all day marathon. No shopping, no crowds!
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