Thanksgiving Traditions

In our family, we take turns hosting the Thanksgiving meal, but everyone brings food. Last year we went up to a cousin's house and this year we're going down to an aunt and uncle's house. It works out well, since we have a big family. You only have to host it about every 10-12 years. That sure works for me. We eat all the traditional foods and way too much of them. We usually have at least 4-5 different desserts and then go for a walk if the weather is nice. It's supposed to be in the mid-70s this year (after a few days of being rather cool for South Florida).

Our Thanksgiving tradition is that we have a Tablecloth that we use permanent markers on and at the end of the meal, everyone there signs there name where they sat and draws a picture. We have Turkey and corn bread dressing, Hot Hominey Casserole, Green Been Casserole, Cranberry Sauce, and the other side dishes vary from year to year. We always have Pumpkin pies and pecan pies along with various other desserts. We always have it at my mom's house.

I always prepare Thanksgiving dinner, but sometimes we visit other family members homes for dessert and coffee afterward. We eat the traditional dinner like turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes with gravy, and pumpkin pie but my sister-in-law makes deep-fried turkey and Puerto Rican side dishes like Arroz Con Gondules.

We usually go away to visit our families for Thanksgiving but this year we stayed home. We didn't even have the traditional dinners. I think we cooked boneless chicken and all the veggies to go with it. Can you believe this I was so caught up with the kids and their sports I didn't get to the grocery store before it closed and we ended up not having desert. We'll make up for it next year. But we were thankful we had each other.

We try to get all the family together and do the turkey, crannberries, stuffing thing and some drinks

I just love eating turkey then watching the parade. i HAVE to have cranbarries.