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[quote=Anonymous]You need to rent tables and chairs.  I did that last year, and it was surprisingly cheap and convenient.  Last year I also priced out renting dishes and linens, and that was also surprisingly affordable, although I opted not to do it because I didn't have space in my house to store the crates (and I figured that washing dishes was one thing I could count on guests to help with).

You also need to accept that you WILL NOT be cooking even 50% of the food, not unless you get an extra fridge and take several days off of work and have an extra oven.  Hosting even for "just" 16 takes an enormous amount of time and fridge space. I barely pulled that off with taking 2 extra days off of work.  Agree with PPs that you should have other people pitch in with dishes.  You can get catered stuff, but even THAT has to be stored somewhere and needs time/space in the oven for reheating.

Also, if money is an issue at all, this is going to be expensive.  When I hosted last year, the expense actually worked out because normally we travel for Thanksgiving, so the cost of the train tickets was a wash.

As for the menu - just make the absolute traditionals:  turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy.  Don't bother with anything extra.  I did, and I regretted it because people really just want the basics.  [/quote]

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