Our Turkey Day Will Cometh Later
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (92589)
United States
November 18, 2024 8:32am CST
Unlike normal people, and of course my family has never rightly ever been considered "normal people," we will have our Thanksgiving gathering on the 8th of December.
Hey, we're not hosting, so we didn't set the date.
But it is rare that we ever actually have Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving day due to schedules and when we can get everyone together. It's usually a pretty large gathering with my wife and I, my sister and brother-in-law and their two younger kids. Then there are the two older kids with their girlfriends and boyfriends, and my niece has a kid and her boyfriend has a kid.
Then there's my brother-in-law's sister and her two kids. My mom. My brother-in-law's mom comes too usually.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter so much when we celebrate it as much as we eventually celebrate it.
We'll probably host Christmas in March. lol
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@moffittjc (121695)
• Gainesville, Florida
18 Nov
Thanksgiving was never a big deal in my family, as far as getting everyone together. We always saved that for Christmas. In fact, most of my life growing up, we always went hunting camping during the week of Thanksgiving. Can you guess where I spend most of my Thanksgiving days at now?
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@moffittjc (121695)
• Gainesville, Florida
6 Dec
@porwest Bingo. I spend my Thanksgiving at the House of Mouse. Its the midway point between where I live and where my son lives, so my daughter, girlfriend and I meet him and his girlfriend there to spend the holiday together.
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
12 Dec
@moffittjc I suppose in a way that kills two birds with one stone.
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@RasmaSandra (80748)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
18 Nov
No reason not to celebrate Thanksgiving later than usual but it makes that celebration so much closer to Christmas,
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@1creekgirl (41743)
• United States
19 Nov
The important thing is to be able to celebrate together. Who cares if you celebrate Christmas in June!
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@1creekgirl (41743)
• United States
20 Nov
@porwest I know how you feel. If I put Christmas stuff up now, I would be sick of it by Christmas. Then people leave it up for months.
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
21 Nov
@1creekgirl My wife wanted to decorate outside a couple of weeks ago, but I am still mulching leaves and don't want wires and other things in the way. Hopefully by the time we do it it won't be too cold outside.
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@JESSY3236 (20046)
• United States
19 Nov
lol I will be going to a small get together at my great-aunt's house.
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@lovebuglena (44721)
• Staten Island, New York
18 Nov
What are you doing for actual Thanksgiving?
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@lovebuglena (44721)
• Staten Island, New York
19 Nov
@porwest my mom is going away to FL to visit my brother and the kids. My in-laws are going away to AU. So we’ll be alone for Thanksgiving. My mom got us a smoked turkey from Costco. We’ll make that. Not sure what else we’ll do.
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
29 Nov
@lovebuglena Australia is still a place high on my bucket list of places to visit. One of these days I will actually get there.
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@LindaOHio (181642)
• United States
19 Nov
That's quite a crowd. Hope it's a good dinner. Have a great day.
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@freelancermariagrace (28679)
• Philippines
19 Nov
We do not celebrate Thanksgiving here. Hehe
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@MarieCoyle (38698)
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18 Nov
Over the years we have often had to change the date to make it work. It's the gathering that's important, not the date itself. That is quite a large bunch of people to feed, I can see how it would get difficult to make that work for everyone.
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@porwest (92589)
• United States
30 Nov
@MarieCoyle Of course, the trade off is that we ARE hosting Christmas. So, it's a sooner rather than later kind of a deal. lol
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@MarieCoyle (38698)
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30 Nov
@porwest
Well, you mentioned you are not hosting, so that's a break. When the day arrives, pack up your offerings and go enjoy the day.
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@Tina30219 (82066)
• Onaway, Michigan
19 Nov
At least you will be having your thanksgiving it will just be late we will be at my moms like normal on thanksgiving and also Christmas we have it at her place because it is bigger than our place.
@Marilynda1225 (83118)
• United States
18 Nov
Regardless of the actual date, sounds like a great bunch that gathers for Thanksgiving.
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@thislittlepennyearns (62929)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
18 Nov
It will be small this year.
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