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Once again the issue is not choosing a different way to go about things. It's not being up front about that so a family member can decide whether or not they want to forgo [b]the holiday dinner they've been looking forward to all year. [/b]

If you're not a fan of Thanksgiving and you're not going to serve the regulars then why on earth are you hosting?

It honestly sounds like you're privately happy about pulling a bait and switch on them to give them a spiel about the untold problematic aspects of Thanksgiving. And if they're generally nice and polite people then that's just a di@k move.

I say that as a very liberal and progressive person. You don't have to ruin people's holidays by springing surprises on them in order to spread awareness. [/quote]

Keep seeing this.  Seriously.  Are there really people who are waiting a whole year to eat turkey and mashed potatoes??? If they like the meal so much what prevents people from making these dishes other times, not wait 364 days?? I don't get it.   Honestly, I don't get this holiday in general, but the whole "waiting for a whole year" for this meal is beyond me. I always thought it was about spending quality time with the family.  But what do I know, I am an immigrant, who has been living here for 17 years, still not get it.[/quote]

So you don't get it, and that's fine.

That meal is a time capsule and a time-traveling machine. When I smell a turkey roasting, I am instantly transported to Muncie, Indiana, circa 1988, at my now-decesed and very-much-missed grandma's house. When I taste cranberry sauce, I am reminded of the jovial "war of cranberries" that my Mom (a boiled-berries-in-sugar purist) and my aunt (a canned aficianado) waged every year growing up. When I lift the lid off of dressing steaming in the crock pot, I am so proud that I am able to create these memories for my family, who tell me I make the BEST dressing. [/quote]

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