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Thanksgiving

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Jerry-atric, Nov 23, 2020.

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  1. Jerry-atric

    Jerry-atric Well-Known Member

    Gobble gobble, my friends!

    What will you be doing for this unconventional Turkey “Day”?

    We will be traveling to my father’s home. But here is the catch: It will be an outdoors cookout.

    On Thanksgiving Day.

    Can you imagine!
     
    Jerry-atric, Nov 23, 2020
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  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    Why is "Day" in quotes in one place and not in the other?

    Thanksgiving alone. Me and the dog. Cooking up a 10-pound turkey and making Keto stuffing. Going to see kids/grandkids over the weekend for a brief, outdoor visit. Doing what we're calling Fractured Christmas (should "Christmas" be in quotes?). Whatever gifts we have, we'll exchange then. What we don't have, we'll mail when we do. Kids need to figure out a plan to see their mother over Christmas, so I won't see them again for a while. She's teaching, in school, in a very Red county and they want her to have time to isolate for a while over her Christmas break. So I go first.

    Glad I didn't shave. I get to play "Grampy Claus" to the girls since there won't be any store Santas to go visit this year.
     
    Moderator1, Nov 23, 2020
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  3. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    My friend, I plan to "watch" what "happens" to turkey skin when it "bakes" for several "hours"!
     
    Songbird, Nov 23, 2020
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  4. tea and ease

    tea and ease Well-Known Member

    I will be talking without any contractions, my friend, and hoping for a day where no one uses finger quotes to impart an idea. It will be a hoot.
     
    tea and ease, Nov 23, 2020
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  5. spikechiquet

    spikechiquet Well-Known Member

    Doing the brine from ICAG's Facebook post this past week tomorrow then smoking the MFer starting Thursday morning. Just the wife and Spike Jr. this year so we opted for a pretty small bird so we aren't swimming in leftovers past Monday or so. LOL
    We just signed up and got a box of veggies from Misfits Market (food that is too ugly for grocery stores, but still perfectly fine to eat) and will be supplementing it with sides like roasted golden beets and celery root, mashed turnips along with the standard hits.
     
    spikechiquet, Nov 23, 2020
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  6. John

    John Well-Known Member

    Our family is doing an outdoor gathering at my brother's house. Each family group has its own table. Everyone brings their own food and drink. Sadly, the weather may not allow it to happen.
     
    John, Nov 23, 2020
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  7. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    That’s a “hoot”!
     
    Vombatus, Nov 24, 2020
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  8. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    Just me and Alice, but we'll have video chats with our kids as we cook in our kitchen as they cook in theirs.
     
    Michael_ Gee, Nov 24, 2020
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  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I was trying to remember if I have ever not spent thanksgiving with my sisters and their families. There may have been one or two in my late 20s, but I don't remember. We're just going to chill, cook a little, eat a little, go for a long walk, and do a video chat with the family we're not going to be with. What else is there to do?
     
    The Big Ragu, Nov 24, 2020
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  10. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

    My years in sports writing prepared me for Thanksgivings like this. I rarely spent it with family because I always had to either work that day or the night after covering prep football playoffs. So I'll probably have beers, order pizza and watch football. In other words, it'll be a Sunday. That's fine. It's honestly the holiday I give the fewest shits about.
     
    Last edited: Nov 24, 2020
    Cosmo, Nov 24, 2020
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  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Thanksgiving has become the hardest since we lost my sister and her family. Thanksgivings were almost always spent with other Colorado family (and sometimes California family) in Fort Collins. This is the fourth one without them.

    Planning to go to my other sister's in Boulder and see the nephew and nieces. It will be nice, but not the same.
     
    MileHigh, Nov 24, 2020
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  12. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    Thursday and Friday with the kids - one back from college. Saturday on the Laz-E-Boy.
     
    exmediahack, Nov 24, 2020
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