Weird Thanksgiving Day Traditions
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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!0
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My dad and I play video games after dinner. Super Nintendo games. We're nerds. :laugh:0
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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.0
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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 .0 -
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!0 -
My dad and I play video games after dinner. Super Nintendo games. We're nerds. :laugh:
Who wins?0 -
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).0 -
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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.0 -
Starting new traditions this year, so we'll see how it goes.0
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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.0 -
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!!0 -
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 actually0
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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) LOL0
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Hey, Canadians are thankful, we're just thankful back on the second Monday of October!0
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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.0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
airing of greivances0
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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.0
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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..0 -
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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 fun0
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