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Is anyone "not" into Thanksgiving?

Shorty2U — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:30:41 GMT

Does anyone feel this way?

Out of all of the holidays, I have never cared for Thanksgiving. Why? Because its a day to over eat and watch football. (I don't need the calories and hate football..lol). And I think people should get together and be close with family all the time (like my family does) and not just make a big deal out of family at the table for one day, and I also think everyone should be thankful every day!. Last and most importantly I feel we are celebrating in a round about way the deplorable treatment of Indians "back then" with the feast.

DH and I will go to a movie and out to eat where we eat limited food and don't have a zillion leftovers, (because my kids and grandkids go to my kids dads family) And late in the day 2 of my granddaughter will come here while my daughtter shops all night (that I LOVE, we build a gingerbread house!) But when I was young and my kids were young I never cared for Thanksgiving. I used to volunteer to work a half day that day (when I still worked).

Maybe I am in the minority and sound like a grouch lol, but I think Thanksgiving is over hyped. I do like the Macys parade though, if that helps. lol.

PS My brother loves Thanksgiving the best, (I was just talking to him earlier about it) but he was born on Thanksgiving. lol. (now his birthday isn't always on T giving because of course the date changes for T giving) But yeah he loves Thanksgiving turkey and football.

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nana59 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:27:31 GMT

And I thought I was the only one who didn't like Thanksgiving......is it Friday yet?!

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chickenbutt — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:29:09 GMT

I'm not really into ANY holidays.

Thanksgiving has been one that's become extremely difficult for me. It takes me almost a week to put it all together. Truth be told, I mostly do it out of a sense of duty. I do it for him, although I do enjoy the foods I cook because I put everything into making it the best it can be...no shortcuts for me, to just make things ok. Everything must be exceptional.

But this year I'm skating out of all of it due to my broken arm situation. It's kind of nice. I've been doing it for years and it had really become difficult to get through. By the time I'm done I feel half-dead. hehe

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winamac1 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:30:56 GMT

I"m not into Thanksgiving either. My mother died 3.5 years ago, and though I wasn't super close to her, she always made it nice. Now, many of my siblings live out of town, and we have no children. I'll probably go to one of my sisters for dinner. It's just another day. Yes, can't wait till Friday, LOL.

I think it's very important to some of my friends with children.

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kaydee50 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:31:29 GMT

Thanksgiving is my least favorite holiday. I give thanks every day and I don't need an excuse to overeat. Favorite holiday is New Year's when I am thankful to have made it through another year and hope that in the new year I'll get it right. And if you really want to see relatives/friends, there are 364 other days to do so.

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viva923 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:33:08 GMT

glad to know there are some people who could care less about holidays.

I could care less about holidays, they are just another day of the week.

my dislikes stems back to when dh was in military. he wasn't home for 20 yrs and if he was home, he would have duty so we never really spent any holidays,together.

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Barb114 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:34:06 GMT

Forget Friday, is the weekend over yet??? I cooked for 30 years. No family left. Just another day. Going out to dinner, and then Hallmark movies.

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:34:47 GMT

@chickenbutt wrote:
I'm not really into ANY holidays.

Thanksgiving has been one that's become extremely difficult for me. It takes me almost a week to put it all together. Truth be told, I mostly do it out of a sense of duty. I do it for him, although I do enjoy the foods I cook because I put everything into making it the best it can be...no shortcuts for me, to just make things ok. Everything must be exceptional.

But this year I'm skating out of all of it due to my broken arm situation. It's kind of nice. I've been doing it for years and it had really become difficult to get through. By the time I'm done I feel half-dead. hehe

Same for me, guess I'm just a creature of routine.

Re: Is anyone "not" into Thanksgiving?

hckynut — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:39:07 GMT

@Shorty2U

I am "into" this day of giving thanks, but with many of my family members no longer with us, it makes me appreciate these times even more. Very thankful for each day I am still with my wife and furry family and also my life in general.

Some rough roads along the way, but very few escape those things if they live long enough. Hard to forget those days, but my interests are more on the present and the next day.

hckynut

Re: Is anyone "not" into Thanksgiving?

Laura14 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:35:45 GMT

I will be enjoying my day off from work, not eating turkey, and watching the dog show. That's the highlight of my Thanksgiving holiday 2017. I can't wait!

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Noel7 — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:44:26 GMT

@Laura14

I love watching the dog show, thanks for the reminder!

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Carmie — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:44:35 GMT

I am not a big Christmas fan, but I love Thanksgiving. It is a special day to thank God for all his blessings.

We start off the day by going to church services, then gather with family and friends to enjoy the blessings of food that we have. We don’t have to worry about exchanging gifts or all of that material hoopla, it’s a day to gather and just visit.

My family has get togethers all year long, usually on weekends. Thanksgiving is nice because almost everyone’s off from work on that day and family have time to travel.

It has never been about over eating and watching football at my house.

The first Thanksgiving was a feast for the Native Americans and the early settlers to gather together and share food. The Pilgrims survived over the winter with the Indians help. The feast was to thank them for their help and friendship. Without their help, the Pilgrims would have died. What’s deplorable about that?

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jaxs mom — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:45:01 GMT

I like cooking and the family time but I'm not a fan of the traditional menu. I also like that dh always takes that week off of work so it's like a mini vacation.

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jackthebear — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:48:49 GMT

it's my favorite because of no religion and no presents, a nice meal and relaxing with my family

and a long weekend.

as immigrants we adopted this holiday I think the first year it rolled around because #food

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SahmIam — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:53:55 GMT

I have always found Thanksgiving to the be most laid-back of holidays. Instead of making Sunday dinner on Sunday, I just do it on Thursday (when it's at my house). There's no real decor (just fall stuff that's been up since September), people are casually dressed, we hang out, watch soccer or football or rugby (whichever has the best game going) and no one eats till they're stuffed because we....just don't. We DO have the annual Rugby match going on outside and we do take our Long Walk after dinner because....that's what we do.

It's relaxing, stress-free with good food. *shrugs*

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akaburtonfan — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:54:51 GMT

Add me to the list of those not into Thanksgiving. I have no family in the area so no reason to bother. I'm also not into all the effort to do a big meal.

I try to be thankful for each day as they come.

I will watch football as that is a longstanding family tradition. Go Lions!!!

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MickD — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:55:20 GMT

It's just myself, husband and teen son. My son does not like turkey, so we do a Greek dinner. I make dolmades with ground lamb and egg lemon sauce, Greek roasted potatoes, Greek salad and saganaki - flaming cheese, pita, tzaziki, taramasolata, etc.

It's actually more work than a traditional meal. I love it though! We make it our own. It takes me about 2 hours to roll the dolmades. I drink retsina.... watch a game or movie....get sauced. Watching my son and husband devour the food is worth it!

I think it's supposed to get up to about 90 too in SoCal.....it will feel like summer in Greece!

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Carmie — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:57:11 GMT

@SahmIam wrote:
I have always found Thanksgiving to the be most laid-back of holidays. Instead of making Sunday dinner on Sunday, I just do it on Thursday (when it's at my house). There's no real decor (just fall stuff that's been up since September), people are casually dressed, with hang out, watch soccer or football or rugby (whichever has the best game going) and no one eats till they're stuffed because we....just don't. We DO have the annual Rugby match going on outside and we do take our Long Walk after dinner because....that's what we do.

It's relaxing, stress-free with good food. *shrugs*

Sunday dinner? A lot of people don’t make Sunday dinner, it’s just another day of the week for them. They are in the run and they don’t spend Sunday at home.

I’m with you. A typical turkey dinner is no big deal. I serve turkey throughout the year for a Sunday dinner.

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Carmie — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:59:05 GMT

@MickD. What time is dinner? That sounds like a fabulous meal. I love Greek food.

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tansy — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 18:59:33 GMT

Even as a small kid, I was never into Thanksgiving — hated the food and the stuffy relatives🙂

The husband and I are presently out of state and will be on our own. Neither one of us cares about the fuss of cooking a traditional meal, luckily.

I prefer everyday life to holidays. Some of that comes from growing up with an alcoholic.

@Chickenbutt — Good to see you back. I may have inadvertently spread a rumor about why you weren’t posting recently. Sorry 😕. I need to sit on my fingers more.