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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We never get to travel over thanksgiving to see extended family either. In the only one who likes turkey, so some years I make turkey and some years I skip it. Sometimes I’ll just have a breast or legs. The first year I skipped it, my kids were upset that we didn’t have it. I pointed out that they didn’t like it, so it seemed like a lot of work for nothing. They said part of our thanksgiving tradition was complaining that they had to try a couple bites of turkey.

We usually have a big carb fest for thanksgiving. It’s like a bizarro buffet. Everyone (2 adults, 4 kids now) picks their favorite food and we make it or order it, no matter what. It usually winds up being Mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, chicken tenders from a nearby diner (picked up the day before and reheated because they’re closed on the holiday), and wonton soup, with some other random sides mixed in, plus maybe some turkey bits or ham. There’s no waste because it’s everyone’s favorites, and the kids love it because they help create it.

Before the meal, we take turns picking Christmas movies and cartoons to watch, then after the meal we put on our Christmas playlist and decorate the tree. When the tree is finished, we have dessert in the living room and watch Rudolph the red nosed reindeer and the segment from Jimmy Fallon’s shoe where Mariah Carey sings all I want for Christmas is you and they play elementary school instruments to accompany her.

We keep it super low key and try to incorporate everyone’s favorites, whether it’s food, activities, decorations, movies, songs. [/quote]

I love that your kids Thanksgiving tradition is complaining about having to eat turkey and they're sad when they don't get forced to eat turkey

I also think the mismatch of everybody's favorite food would be kind of fun[/quote]

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