Thanksgiving Misgivings...

[Demetrius]

So last Thanksgiving I was hijacked down to my brother's gf's house. A house with no TV and the only entertainment a group of people I don't particularly care for; older upper middle class people who enjoy opera and discussing theatre and being pretentious. I was looking forward to this spending this T-Day watching football with my belt loose and maybe getting the Annual Neighborhood vs. My Family football game and just generally enjoying myself without having to watch my grammar and usage. Instead my parent's have invited them up to their house this year, this will lead to my Mom having a nervous breakdown all day until they arrive, which in turn will lead to the rest of us being completely emotionally drained by the time they arrive. Oh, and I work night shift and my mother will undoubtedly forget this fact and wake me up about 2 hours after I get to her house to perform some meaningless task... and no football.

So how are you guys spending Turkey Day, do you have any fond memories or hilarious traditions that are observed every year despite your best efforts?
Lets just call it a Holiday experiences thread and see where it goes.

[batgirl]

Well being Canadian, we don't really celebrate the holiday and I don't much care to. I really just want to spend my time off from school catching up on work and sleep before finals hit me. However, my mother insists that she make a huge turkey dinner with the free turkey she gets from the grocery store. She works herself into a fit of rage every Thanksgiving because she feels she HAS to cook turkey, stuffing, veggies and some kind of dessert herself. My father and sisters really would be just as happy with normal dinner, but she insists. So, she plants herself in the kitchen and cooks, and yells, and yells, and cooks all day.

You know what I'm thankful for? 3 more weeks of school away from my family after this silly holiday.

[CelesJessa]

Well, oddly enough, last Thanksgiving, my 7 year old nephew came into my family. This Thanksgiving he's getting officially adopted into the family (hopefully, if everything goes well)

Umm but that's not really a "tradition", mostly we just get together with our relatives (the ones we get along with) and have lunch/dinner and play games (and that causes (good) crazy happenings enough as it is, considering it's MY family all getting together). I think we're going to go see Casino Royale after dinner (woo!)

[notasfatasmike]

I'm studying abroad in Austria, so most of today had been a normal day for me, with school and the like. I'm going out with a bunch of other American students for dinner; we've found a restuarant that has turkey similar to what we'd be used to, and some people are baking pies (although I've heard that's difficult, since they don't really make "pies" here normally). It'll be weird, but hey, I'm studying abroad - it's all about the weird and cool experiences.

[Nique]

I don't celebrate thanksgiving... I just get the day off work becuase our restaraunts are closed on all major holidays.

Cap'n Wacky (http://www.capnwacky.com/thanksgiving/thanks_gal01.html) has always provided me with much enjoyment of the holidays, without actually participating in them...

[Long-Haired Narcissist]

I don't have any special stories or traditions, but Thanksgiving supper was pretty good. I am thankful to be talking to a girl with a slammin' body about getting in a relationship though.

[Magus]

It seems every Thanksgiving is simply eat dinner and then play boardgames for two hours with my family. And that's it. Oh, and inevitable game playing with my family as well (SSBM got much love).

[P-Sleazy]

Well, for the past few years, My family has been celebrating Thanksgiving the day after Thanksgiving. So Friday. And all we do is just make the turkey instead of lambchops, use sweet potatoes instead of normal potatoes, and have 2 different kinds of salad opposed to one. Then it just leads to hell in the kitchen with doing the dishes since everyone's eating at once instead of all of us eating in a 1-2 hour time period. Then after that...its the standard arguement involving 2 or more family members about something that doesn't even matter.;)

[Inbred Chocobo]

We just had family members come over, and we had the works in a huge dinner. Of course, we make so much that the leftovers should keep us feed for the next week or so. I don't see how my mom can make so much food.

[mammothtank]

Every year, my family and I pack up and head down to visit my aunt and uncle over the long weekend. In fact, that's where I am now - I'll be home halfway through Sunday. As tiring as dealing with half a dozen younger cousins from two sets of relatives may be at times, it's still cool, for there is much gaming to be had. 3-on-3 matches in Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour is just too awesome, especially when my ~12-year-old cousin plays just as well as my dad.

[The Argent Lord]

I just went over to my.... actually, I'm not sure exactly how they're related to me, but I went to some family members' house. I am the pickiest eater/vegetarian you've ever seen, so I ended up eating rolls. Then I got into a roll-eating contest with my cousin, which I won.

[Sir Pinkleton]

On turkey day, it's just the immediate family eating turkey, some cider, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry sauce, and my sister and brother usually do some incredibly funny but very strange things. O yeah, we also call my dad. and since I got Oblivion working on that day, it's also filled with crab/vampire/imp killing and questing.