Weird Thanksgiving Day Traditions

Maximus
Maximus Posts: 12,256 Member
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Well, unless you're Canadian because apparently you guys aren't thankful for anything.
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  • beernpizza2
    beernpizza2 Posts: 553 Member
    This isn't weird, but annoying for me. I used to be a hairdresser, and every big holiday someone in my family wants a haircut. So I start drinking really early so they'll change their minds!
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  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    My dad and I play video games after dinner. Super Nintendo games. We're nerds. :laugh:
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  • bm920
    bm920 Posts: 114 Member
    I have a thanksgiving day ritual that I need to share. I call it "the terminator". First I crouch down in the shower in the classic "naked terminator traveling through time" pose. With my eyes closed I crouch there for a minute, visualizing either Arnold or the guy from the second movie (not the chick in the third one because that one sucked) and I start to hum the terminator theme. Then I slowly rise to a standing position and open my eyes. It helps me to proceed through my day as an emotionless, cyborg badass. The only problem is if the shower curtain sticks to my terminator leg. It ruins the fantasy.
  • May_Rose
    May_Rose Posts: 119 Member
    My family's Thanksgiving day tradition is to not get together. The first year this started was when I was newly seperated from my husband and had no where to go for the holiday (and was struggling with severe depression). I went to the gym. My parents decided to go to the Casino buffet, and that's what they've been doing every year since. Weird.

    Now I spend Thanksgiving with my bf's lovely family :).
  • ehorn625
    ehorn625 Posts: 144
    We all go to my parents. Eat, drink and play "left, right, center." greatest, multi-age, group game ever. We have even come up
    with our own sayings about things that happen during the came. We love it!
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    My dad and I play video games after dinner. Super Nintendo games. We're nerds. :laugh:


    Who wins?
    Depends on the game. Usually me. But he's a worthy competitor.
  • I have no tradition... which is my weird. I just don't get into holidays much. Unless of course someone offers to feed me, so basically I just eat other people's food.

    I am thinking about starting a movie tradition with my kid though (for years he's with me since I'm divorced). This year we will see Frozen on it's release date. If next year is good we'll see that. I am not about the hours of cooking and crazy. It just makes me want to drink a lot and hid in a corner. (The invite above is a small group).
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  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Not so much a "tradition", but definitely weird...

    When I was 16, my grandmother was murdered on Thanksgiving

    When I was 21, one of my close friends committed suicide on Thanksgiving

    A few years ago, my neighbor was found dead in her home on Thanksgiving (apparent stroke and/or seizure related death)

    Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and my mother-in-law, who has been terminally ill and on hospice for the past 10 months, may die. They don't expect her to last the weekend. Which is actually good because she's suffering.
  • kborton1122
    kborton1122 Posts: 914 Member
    Starting new traditions this year, so we'll see how it goes.
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  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    Not so much a "tradition", but definitely weird...

    When I was 16, my grandmother was murdered on Thanksgiving

    When I was 21, one of my close friends committed suicide on Thanksgiving

    A few years ago, my neighbor was found dead in her home on Thanksgiving (apparent stroke and/or seizure related death)

    Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and my mother-in-law, who has been terminally ill and on hospice for the past 10 months, may die. They don't expect her to last the weekend. Which is actually good because she's suffering.

    I also had a close friend commit suicide on Thanksgiving. It sucks and I find it hard not to think abut it every year. I'm sorry you've experienced so much loss on a holiday that is all about being with loved ones. Hugs to you.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Not so much a "tradition", but definitely weird...

    When I was 16, my grandmother was murdered on Thanksgiving

    When I was 21, one of my close friends committed suicide on Thanksgiving

    A few years ago, my neighbor was found dead in her home on Thanksgiving (apparent stroke and/or seizure related death)

    Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and my mother-in-law, who has been terminally ill and on hospice for the past 10 months, may die. They don't expect her to last the weekend. Which is actually good because she's suffering.

    I also had a close friend commit suicide on Thanksgiving. It sucks and I find it hard not to think abut it every year. I'm sorry you've experienced so much loss on a holiday that is all about being with loved ones. Hugs to you.

    Thanks!!
  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    Dealing with my crazy artist Mother on Thanksgiving ...somehow we all end up drunk and dancing to new age /yogi/ indian type music ...LOL it's pretty fun actually
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  • nm212
    nm212 Posts: 570 Member
    hahahaha NO WAY! That would be funny though. I've definitely scared boyfriends away before with my family (even though they would never admit it) LOL
  • 1shauna1
    1shauna1 Posts: 993 Member
    Hey, Canadians are thankful, we're just thankful back on the second Monday of October!
  • tonybalony01
    tonybalony01 Posts: 613 Member
    Whenever we don't go to my in-laws, I grill burgers and brats. Heck of a lot easier than cooking the turkey and all the fixings.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    Hey, Canadians are thankful, we're just thankful back on the second Monday of October!

    This! No dissing my Canadian peeps! :)

    My family doesn't really have any traditions. Growing up we'd go to whichever relative wanted to host. Sometimes it was all the aunts, uncles, cousins, etc, some years it was just a few of us. Mostly we had the traditional turkey and fixins but some years we had stir-fry or lasagna. Since Hubs and I got together, we hosted a few times but mostly we do our own thing on T-day and then I head north for a couple days to visit my family while he works or hunts or whatever. Hubs and I are doing boiled dinner this year. :)
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
    I figured I'd post a tradition instead of just being a debbie downer. We don't do it anymore because we moved away and excommunicated part of our family, BUT...

    When I was a kid we used to take a big family camping trip. Both sets of grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins would meet up at our favorite campground in TX (Glenrose). We would cook the entire meal out there. My cousins and I would build big dirt tracks for our hot wheels, hike and ride our bikes all over. It was awesome, but alas, things change, people move and have their own families, and you end up despising and kicking a third of your family out of the loop.

    Now our tradition is a small, very delightful gathering at my parents' house. No turkey allowed. This year we are doing a southern fish fry which is another family tradition from back in the day.
  • mmedjjon
    mmedjjon Posts: 511
    airing of greivances
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    All of us, including cousins, aunts, uncles, etc. go ice skating and then to see a movie every Thanksgiving. I cannot remember how this tradition started.
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  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    Share them.

    Well, unless you're Canadian because apparently you guys aren't thankful for anything.

    Hey now, we're thankful before you are!

    Nothing weird here! I do find the countless number of side dishes available in most US Thanksgiving meals a bit strange. We do a meal (turkey, veggies, potatoes), and dessert! No casseroles, yams, all that stuff..
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  • KarmaKills
    KarmaKills Posts: 99 Member
    Dealing with my crazy artist Mother on Thanksgiving ...somehow we all end up drunk and dancing to new age /yogi/ indian type music ...LOL it's pretty fun actually

    LOL sounds fun