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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you find another local family you know to invite?  We have always had various people over for Thanksgiving. [/quote]

We live several states away from our family, that we adore on both sides - unfortunately a family Thanksgiving just has never been in the cards for us.  Our next door neighbors invited us to Thanksgiving one year and it has been over a decade, and we still celebrate with them. They have become our second family.  They’ve watched our babies become teens, and we’ve gone to their kids’ weddings.  It’s such a delightful dynamic and it’s like having a whole other family. And again, we adore our own - this is just a bonus.

Our church also always opens up a Thanksgiving meal to a person in the congregation who will be alone, either elderly or just new to town or whatever.  If you are part of a congregation, perhaps start something like this.

Truly hope you are open to inviting some non relatives over, OP, because it could be the start of something special![/quote]

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