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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. What I should have mentioned is that MIL has been dealing with an illness that makes it difficult to impossible for her to travel here anymore. Her last visit to us in February, and to SIL in May clarified that she should no longer travel in airplanes.  If she wants to see us in Nov or Dec, we will be appearing at her house.  When possible, I like to use miles for at least one of our tickets, so the opportunity to use them for a Thanksgiving trip has probably already closed, but Christmas is still a possibility.  [/quote]

Brain surgery this is not.  If MIL can not travel where else will she be for Thanksgiving besides her own house?  If she will be at her house why not book your tickets, plan your leave and let her know that you will be coming into town for a visit. You can arrive a little early and plan/cook the meal yourself at her house, take her out for Thanksgiving dinner or pick up a precooked meal to enjoy at her house.

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This is the worst suggestion ever. You don't just show up at someone else's house and cook Thanksgiving dinner.  It's unbelievably controlling and rude. 
Where else could she be? Lots of places. At her other kids' house. In the Bahamas. In Europe. At a cabin with her secret lover.  Working the church soup kitchen for the homeless. Hiking the Appalachian Trail.

You also don't take precooked meals to Thanksgiving dinner at a family member's house in Texas or the South.  If you can't cook it yourself, you have no business serving it and are not competent as a wife or a woman. You'll look like an ass and the rest of the family will talk about you for the rest of your life. Bless your heart.

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