Is the Thanksgiving meal important to you?

[nanette1985]

I'm diabetic. Turkey day food is mostly stuff that messes up my blood sugar numbers, and because the meal stretches out for a long time, it's hard to time the insulin injections. And it's no fun looking at tasty desserts that I can't have.

Nice to see the extended family, but the food is not a priority.

 

[DrPizza]

It's more about getting family together. But, the person hosting the gathering wants to make sure the food tastes as good as possible and that there's an abundance of food. My day is Christmas - everyone gets together at our house for the Christmas holiday. I cook enough food to feed a small army & have enough choices that everyone's more than happy (plus I send people home with leftovers.) When it's time to set out the food, we run out of room for all the food & have to set up extra tables and stands to hold it all (I do it buffet style.) I can easily feed 60-70 people on Christmas; but only have to feed about 15-20. One of the items is always beef on weck (medium rare) - I start with at least 20 pounds of roast beef. Then, there's the 10 pounds of hamburg that I turn into meatballs for meatball subs. Plus, fresh baked sliced ham & turkey. Not to mention a multitude of pies and other baked goods.

 

[amdhunter]

Even though I don't get the opportunity to celebrate them with anyone - Thanksgiving and Christmas are my 2 favorite holidays. I used to love getting together with family for the holidays.

 

[911paramedic]

It usually ends up with some amount of bickering and isn't enjoyable. Some members of my family don't get along very well with others for some reason so there's always a lot of tension, which makes for an uncomfortable day.

 

[l0cke]

For the past few years it's just been my Dad and I. We usually try to make pizza, but it's not that important to me.

 

[poopaskoopa]

The food? No. The people? Sure. A few years ago my mom and I flexed our AZN muscle and didn't get turkey for Thanksgiving(shrimp and ribeye. Surf and Turf on Thanskgiving FTW) and my stepfather looked really sad, so we're back to eating turkey. This year it's at my in-laws'.

 

[Papagayo]

Important, because it gives us extended weekend for family gathering.
Food, nothing important..
Thanksgiving, nothing important..