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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take out Chinese food is for Christmas Eve , not Thanksgiving.

That seems pretty obvious 
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There are no rules about what to eat on any day, including holidays.

That seems pretty obvious.[/quote]

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There may not be rules, but there are expectations.  And if I were invited to Thanksgiving dinner and got Chinese instead of turkey and trimmings, I'd be upset.  Mainly because I don't like Chinese cuisine, and I love traditional Thanksgiving dinner.  OP, do your guests enjoy Chinese food?  If so, let them know now so they aren't expecting the turkey et. al. (and I especially love your husbands plan to accept your Mom's turkey and then serve it to himself when she isn't there). [/quote]
You’d be upset if someone invited you over and didn’t feed you way at you wanted? You sound very entitled, or at least high maintenance. [/quote]

NP. Let’s not be obtuse. My mom usually hosts Thanksgiving for my family/local extended family, and she does turkey and trimmings—everyone brings a dish and helps out. If she unilaterally decided that—ta da, it was going to be Chinese takeout—people would be disappointed, because you can get Chinese any weekend, and Thanksgiving is once a year. My aunt or my sister or my brother and I would happily step up and host if my mom didn’t want to do it, even with only a few days’ notice.

Again, let’s not be obtuse. This is not a random dinner party in August. It’s Thanksgiving. I’m not saying only turkey and sides makes a Thanksgiving, I’m just saying if you significantly deviate from family norms with no notice, that’s gonna suck. I say this as someone whose favorite Thanksgiving food is my SIL’s musubi. [/quote]

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