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[quote=Anonymous]I love the idea of starting your own traditions!

We stay local and eat at a restaurant with friends (I used to cook but realized I needed the day just to celebrate and that worked out better for everyone). But even though we eat at the restaurant, I still make at least a favorite pie or two with my dd who loved to help even when she was little. If I have time and energy, I also usually make some of my favorite fixings to have in the fridge for "leftovers." The food and the smells of it cooking remind me of when I was little and it feels cozy.

We watch the macy's parade in the morning while we're baking, say what we're thankful for at the meal, and then we go back to our house for dessert & goofy board games after.

When dd was around 4 and got interested in writing, I got a big pack of scratch paper leaves and every year she writes what she's thankful for on a few and it's so sweet to keep them and other decorations over the years and put everything out over the course of the month and make it pretty and homey.

Then I facetime with my cousins and sister (we used to all get together as kids and still have our annual visit), talk to my mom and inlaws, and watch MST3K (tradition - weird I know, but it's what we cousins used to do when we were teens and it feels like Thanksgiving to me!)[/quote]

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