I live near my mom now, so we will celebrate it with her! She's not that into Thanksgiving but my dad loooved Thanksgiving dinner, so I feel like it will be an emotional holiday for her.
Who are you celebrating Thanksgiving with this year?
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My sister and her family in SFO
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My family this year. Then go to the ILs on Friday for the weekend.
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We don't know! We've been with my husband's family the past two years so we really should go with my family. The problem is they don't know what they're doing and who knows when they will! I feel like we always spend less holiday time with my parents because they plan too late.
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We will be with both my parents and my in laws.
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My family. No way am i making a 5-hour drive with a 1.5-month-old.
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Not sure yet!
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We're 2 hours from family, so Thanksgiving is likely our last trip home to see everyone before this baby comes (I'll be 30ish weeks at Thanksgiving and just don't want to travel at Christmas even if I technically CAN). We don't have plans yet though; who knows.
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We'll go to my parents on Friday (3.5 hours northwest), have dinner Saturday, drive to my husband'a grandparents Sunday (about an hour north of where we live), have dinner there, then come home. Kind of annoying, especially since they're also having their dinner Saturday so it will just be leftovers, but what can you do?
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Most likely I'll still be at the hospital recovering from my csection but I'm sure my parents and in-laws will come visit with DD1. We may just put off the big meal and festivities for the weekend after Thanksgiving
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I think we will probably have everyone come to our house. I am due with #2 Nov 1st and I am absolutely not traveling and then going to two Thanksgiving dinners.
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My family...in Hawaii!!
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My MIL and FIL are coming out. They surprised us last week by letting us know SIL is coming out too. I'm still bitter we were told after she bought her tickets. 3 people is too many extra for a week in our house. I'm pretty sure we had made that clear and that's why we're getting a surprise bonus guest. I'm looking forward to spending some time with my family too.
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Always my IL's and my aunt comes over and hangs with us too. My BIL is an amazing cook, and makes deep fried turkey that is to die for. I can taste it now. This year is going to be weird for me, I've worked in retail for the last 5 years, and I've either had to go to work at 6ish on thanksgiving or 5am the next morning. This will be the first year I don't have to go to work, so I may go do Black Friday shopping with my mother and sister in law!
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No idea! Usually we do a split day where we visit DH's whole family in the morning and then do my enormous extended family in the evening. I'll be 38 weeks pregnant this year though and I think I'd rather just stay home. So we may see who's willing to come to our house to celebrate. Probably just immediate family.
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This year is my side! Can't wait, the food is so much better
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My parents always host and it's them, my family, likely my brother and his gf (unless they go to her place this year), my MIL, my aunt and uncle and my cousin and his wife.
My mom is an AMAZING cook, so it's all good!!
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@Bao: same with mine. Last year was the first year we have spent Thanksgiving Day with DH's side (well one year we made it for dinner and they didn't cook Thanksgiving since they had it earlier in the day, rude) and there was NO mashed potatoes. They had dressing (very south) instead of the stuffing that I love.
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We are having my MIL, SFIL and my husband's step brother and his wife. We usually invite our neighbors too! My FIL and SMIL have discussed coming, but I feel like it was too much when we had then all last time!
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@Corduroy: That is annoying!! I would be like surprise, you need to get a hotel!
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We usually celebrate with DH's family on Thanksgiving day and we have a special meal at home on Saturday for the kids.
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We've done joint Thanksgiving twice with both our families; but since my sister has a boyfriend (I think it'd prob be weird for him to be at a joint thing with people he has no relations to lol), we'll probably celebrate with our own family.
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My aunt, dad and one of their friends who has little girl. I am so looking forward to just bringing the side dish my aunt requested- Mac & cheese.
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@Smurfette: what's the difference between stuffing and dressing? We use the term interchangeably and make a cornbread sage sausage stuffing. Well, I guess we use the word stuffing more.
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My immediate family. My husband's family doesn't celebrate it (they are not American and do not live in the US), so it's nice to have a holiday we don't have to worry about splitting.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: stuffing is cooked in the turkey. And for me is more loose. When dressing (at least in the south) is a firmer and served in squares.
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We usually visit both my family and DH's. I'm a little nervous because I'm going to be 13 weeks so we may tell family I'm pregnant. We may have to because my morning sickness may be in full swing!
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MY side, and I am SOOOOO excited! In the 10 years dh and I have been together, we've only been to my hometown twice before for the holiday, it's insanely uneven (though partly this is because we used to live near his parents and traveling for it is a nightmare...). We were supposed to go to my hometown last year but canceled due to fil's health (which was absolutely the right call, he passed away last December), but in any case, it's overdue. I haven't even been back home or seen my brother and his family in over a year!! We haven't broken the news to mil yet though...
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This is the first time in 5 years that we will not be traveling to our families homes (not that they're far at all but it is three houses). We did it last year and DS was not happy about the traveling and we were not happy with the complaining of us not staying for long enough. This year we're staying home! We have invited everyone to come over and celebrate with us buttttt that's a long shot. I feel horrible because when DS was born two years ago we stood firm and that we would not travel Christmas day, so that LO may enjoy the day to the fullest and now I feel like I'm stripping them of Thanksgiving too. I really want to bite the bullet and just do it but DH is not having it. He said we are staying home so I'll just go with it.
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@Smurfette: ok, ok dressing sounds like the dense stuffing served at church.
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@bubblegum: I'm pretty jealous that you guys are standing firm. I've been romanticizing staying home for Xmas and Thanksgiving this year but realistically this may be the last year we can "easily" do it because we'll only have one kid (we're only like a 2 hr drive so it's not crazy far). I really want to start doing Xmas with "just" us and I know my parents are going to take it so personally!
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We are staying home. I will be 35 weeks pregnant on Thanksgiving and I have already told both sides we will not be traveling (at most it would only be a 90 minute drive, but I'm not budging on this). We are also staying home on Christmas since I will either have a newborn or be extremely pregnant. I'm only 28 weeks now and already grumpy. I can't imagine what I would be like then!
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@newlypregnantlady: the first year we stayed home for Christmas, our families flipped their lids. They were so mad at us but I knew that I had to stay strong because as my LO got older and more kids came along, the desire to stay home was just going to get stronger. It's hard but think about it like this, at some point you'll be in your moms shoes and it'll be the norm to just do holidays at home. But I do feel super bad about "taking away" thanksgiving, just doesn't feeling right.
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Just our little 4, and my parents. All my siblings are on the off year to be with in laws.
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Probably at my parents this year. I'm having sinus surgery earlier in the month, so staying close to home will help.
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Just the three of us at home. DH has to work the Wednesday and Friday so it doesn't make sense to drive to visit family. Part of me is always sad to not see family but I also really love an extra day of our little family with no real obligations.
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My IL's and my sister since they are all local.
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Since my son was born we have hosted Thanksgiving. My parents, sister and MIL usually come. My MIL just got remarried so her husband may come too. Extended family is TBD.
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My mom and her SO are coming! This is the first year I'm hosting and I am really excited.
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Quite possibly the airport employees and then my husband's family. We have to figure out our travel plans, though.
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