What Are Your Family Thanksgiving Traditions?

When I was married we liked to break traditions--that is one of the many things I loved about my husband. I think we had 3 turkeys in the 19 years we were together! We've had prime rib that he prepared, we and the kids made homemade pizzas with anything we wanted. We've had ham, chicken cordon bleu that didn't turn out pretty but was delicious, and some things I've forgotten. Our tradition was to bread tradition! Although we did have a few "traditional" dinners. Afterward we would go for a drive in the desert and maybe a short hike. One year we went to a movie at the IMAX theater. When I was growing up we would go to our grandparents' houses for the holidays. We always, everywhere we went, had green bean casserole and candied yams.

Thanksgiving dinner is really the only tradition we have. My dad is usually the only one that watches football. The rest of us sit around talking and help clean up after dinner. Nothing exciting.

My family is scattered all over the place, so we don't get together for the major holidays anymore. For Canadian Thanksgiving in October my husband and I, currently living in Canada, look for a restaurant that's serving a turkey dinner. for american Thanksgiving, we order a chicken dinner from a place in town that serves wonderful chicken dinners. Hard to find turkey any time but Canadian thsnkgiving, but since my husband is American, we want to celebrate both!