Mine used to be:
Look forward to siblings coming in. Eat a nice dinner and then one would mention something political and then the fight would start and we’d all get mad and vow never to see one another again. 
Now, I go to my wife’s Aunt’s, eat, get bored to tears, and fall asleep. But this one has a nicer ending.
New Years is better. I go with a friend and his boy and fly fish.
Eat a lot of snacks, then watch football, then eat a lot more food, and then the tryptophan kicks in and everyone passes out. Lots of turkey samiches for the rest of the week, though.
Our children and any significant friends used to come over, my wife and I would prepare a smoked turkey breast, she like to buy it pre-smoked, they kids like me to do it. Lots to eat; sit around visit, slip off to another room maybe watch a little football if there is an interesting game on. I became tired of the Lions losing but crippling their opponents star years ago. If the weather is nice maybe slip off and fish a little.
This year my daughter is traveling to Dayton, OH to spend the holiday with her brother who is working on his PhD at Miam U. of Ohio. So it will be Mom and me and the cats. Less of the same food.
We go to my Niece & Nephew’s in Columbus. I take a couple batches of peanut butter fudge. Niece roasts a turkey & I deep fry one…leftovers are all the roasted one. 
Not much of the fried one makes the table as there is always a line in the kitchen as I carve it. NONE of the skin makes the table!! 
It’s a great time with Family. Good food & good company.
Mike
Here, fishy fishy fishy… Just wish the rest of the family adhered to that tradition. Looks like an early afternoon meal at my seester’s, although her husband is at work and some of the others can’t make it at all… oh well, family, gotta love em anyway. S
We’ve been switching off between my folks and her folks for years, but now it’s sometimes at our house as we all grow older. Where ever it is, we generally eat until we are in pain, then lay around until we are only uncomfortable. That is the signal for my mother in law to bring out pecan pie and my wifes famous vanilla pie, which we eat until we are in pain again. Then we lay around until we are only uncomfortable again, which is the signal for my mother in law to bring out the leftovers to make sandwiches.
To go with my kids (now adults), up to the Eastern Sierras and spend a day looking for these:
PT/TB
We rotate around the family who is hosting Thanksgiving dinner. Last year we had it and my sons and I boiled a bird in oil. I must say we out did ourselves with the bird as it came out of the pot of boiling oil cooked to perfection. My wife along with the help of her sister did a bang up job on the sides and the entire meal was about as good as it gets. Also my wife is a part time baker and cake decorator so the deserts were fantastic. Why am I telling you all of this? Well, this year Thanksgiving dinner is at my brother in law’s house and for some reason he needs to beat everyone else at everything or at least think he has. I am looking forward to this years dinner 'cause we set a pretty high bar last year. He will need to work hard to match or beat us which is just fine with me.
Eating. Fishing. Family outing for Christmas tree. More eating…
Kelly.
off to the Catskills for a week of work at the fiance’s home. And dinner…
Church, Family, food and football…in that order. Go Pack!
We gather at my brothers house for the feast. Then early Friday morning we head out for a day of Christmas tree hunting in the mountains.
Rocky
The ‘community’ here hosts Thanksgiving Dinner and those who wish to attend buy tickets. Excellent food, just walk across the street. There is a Pumpkin pie in the freezer for late dessert here. Last year Trav and a retired doctor from Bethesda Hospital carved up a fine bunch of turkeys and I served filled plates to those who could not manage the buffet. We probably will pitch in again. Temp here today in the mid 70’s, 80’s tomorrow, maybe a little rain on turkey day.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, I know the economy is in terrible shape, but regardless we have an awful lot of blessings don’t you think?
Hugs,
LF
I’m looking for a bright spot this year. Lifes visisitudes affect everyone eventually. Three of my four children are in the process of divorcing, the other one has been divorced for years. Makes it nearly impossible to maintain any kind of traditional relationship, let alone Thanksgiving. Just my wife and myself this year it looks like. Then, to try to deal with Christmas.
I wish the FAOL family a Happy Thanksgiving, and look forward to brighter days.
We already had our traditional happening. Met a bunch of nice folks from Ohio, Pa and Maryland at the Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert in Hershey pa. Enjoyed a terrific show as usual.
TSO Hershey Pa “Christmas Canon Rock”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubbv27mklpM&feature=related
Stayed after the show to meet the group. Awesome folks, great performance!
Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
My sister host Thanksgiving, but since her condo is too small to fit the family we gather at my folks place. To ease the burden of having one person cook for 28 people we all bring a food dish or two. The gathering usually begins around 1:00 with the kids baking cookies. By 3:00 my twin brother and I fire up the Jensen steam engines which gets the adults going down memory lane. Soon thereafter mom brings out the Hickory Farm goodies which is the start of the feeding frenzy that goes on into the evening.
About 15 years ago someone got the idea that it would be great to get the family (paternal) back together at Thanksgiving, as they no longer had Christmas Eve (at least a 60 year tradition) at my Grandmothers since she passed. There were 7 kids in my Dad’s family and they produced myself, my three siblings and 14 cousins. There there will be at least 4 generations (maybe 5) all meeting at the same church hall we always have. It rounds out to between 70 and 100 people, about four large folding tables of main courses and sides and two tables of desert. This year as last, I’ll be smoking a turkey stuffed with lemons, oranges, rosemary, thyme and sage with pearwood pruned from my Dad’s orchard. It truely was a great idea. Luke
Our tradition for the last three years has been to do it on Friday.
Everyone we want to have over has been working on Thanksgiving day, so we schedule it for Friday so we can enjoy without having to worry about getting back to work on Saturday.
…and family dart tournament -we’re gonna win this time, I can feel it!
In-laws come for the weekend. At least one of the kids too. Traditional south Louisiana dinner: Turkey (not ham), dirty rice or rice dressing, sweet potatoes (usually mashed with orange juice, cinnamon and brown sugar but no marshmellows), Spinach Madeline (look it up, you’ll be glad), garlic bread (sometimes plus cornbread), pecan pie and rum cake. Oysters, shrimp and/or redfish on Friday. FOOTBALL (actually a good lineup on TV this weekend) and fly fishing in the lake behind the house.
I forgot a recent tradition. The Sunday after Thanksgiving when I’m at deer camp, we get together with a cabin a short bit away for another turkey dinner. Very quiet and very nice.