Isn’t it funny (and kind of a shame) that we rush right past Thanksgiving on our way to Christmas? I’m not criticizing, because I do it, too. My tree isn’t up yet, but I have a list of all of the things I need to get out of storage to get my house ready for Christmas by Friday!
Last year, I wrote a post about how I wish I could slow down during this season. And I’d love to. I really would. But it’s just the time of year when there is so much going on. People love to host parties and there are events to go to and church commitment and volunteer commitments. I’d really be content to sit around every night for the next 40 days and just watch Christmas movies and drink hot chocolate.
But, that’s not what’s happening. I have a list of things to accomplish, groceries to buy before the madness begins, presents to buy and wrap, rooms to decorate and Christmas cards to mail.
And then life happens and it’s never what you plan. We were supposed to take our family Christmas card pictures yesterday afternoon. We all got dressed and ready to go. I was having a particularly good hair day and then it started to rain. So we postponed the pictures until Friday, but that’s just one more thing that didn’t get crossed off my list.
I think these things happen so that God has an opportunity to effectively remind me that He is in control, and I’m not. I don’t know why we had to postpone our pictures, but we did. And we’ll get them done before 2012. It will be fine.
Despite needing to carve out time to send last minute Holiday Market emails, bake Thanksgiving casseroles, attend Hudson’s school party, attend a church Thanksgiving service and get down all of our Christmas decorations, I want to really take time to be thankful.
I mean, I’m always thankful. I do know how much I have to be thankful for and how much I don’t deserve the wonderful blessings in my life. But I don’t want Thanksgiving to be a stop along the way to Christmas celebrations.
Part of the reason I like to do things early is so that we can make Christmas last as long as possible and really be able to enjoy it. But I do love Thanksgiving and what a great day it is and what it means. It’s a holiday that always seems to be all about the food. But I think we “feast” to celebrate all that we have to be thankful for!
I’d like to start a new tradition where we all write what we’re thankful for throughout the month of November as we prepare for Thanksgiving. Then we can read them all on Thanksgiving Day. (I’m thinking my mom tried to do this with us when I was in high school and I laughed at her, but now it’s something I really want to do!)
So, in the spirit of Thanksgiving traditions, please answer a few questions for me.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? (We eat dressing)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? (I totally did and need to share the picture with you)
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving?
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? (It’s definitely all about the sides for me)
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? (I like pumpkin pie, but I know a lot of people don’t)
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (It’s my favorite thing about Thanksgiving)
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? (We watch Christmas Vacation before bed every year on Thanksgiving Day)
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? We eat dressing!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Oh my gosh yes, the girls had to be Pilgrims and I was so upset because I thought the Indians were cooler 🙂
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Any of the sides! Probably my mom’s cornbread dressing or my boyfriend’s mom’s shoepeg corn casserole.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? All about the sides.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? It’s not my favorite, I’m a pecan pie kind of girl.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Absolutely, is there someone who DOESN’T do this??
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is a toss-up, because my boyfriend and I usually go to his parents’ house for Thanksgiving and mine for Christmas.
I can’t really answer those questions because I live in Belgium and we don’t have Thanksgiving here. However this year there is an American couple in our church and we are celebrating Thanksgiving with them. Yay! I can already say it will be all about the sides for me, not the turkey. And we will be watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade too. I can’t wait!
I couldn’t not answer these questions… they are so fun!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Ohh… well we don’t do stuffing but I’m not positive what dressing is. Is dressing the same thing as gravy? We have that. (Why am I so uneducated?)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Nope, I was an Indian.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Dumplings, an old family recipe. They look gross but taste like heaven to me.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? TURKEY!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? We don’t have it and I’ve NEVER eaten it. How is that possible?
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? YES, I never miss a minute.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? We usually eat shrimp, sausage, and cheese for brunch while we watch the parade. MMMM FOOD!
1. I don’t eat stuffing or dressing, but we always have dressing never stuffing at our Thanksgiving meal.
2. I think I always dressed up as an Indian!
3. My favorite dish is probably the fried turkey and then of course the desserts 🙂
4. I am all about the turkey if it’s fried and has cajun seasoning.
5. I believe there has been pumpkin pie, but I’m not a fan. Our family fights over sweet potato pie.
6. I love watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and yes I am in my pajamas cooking.
7. No traditions yet, but as a newly married couple we hope to start some traditions of our own soon!
Happy Thanksgiving!
1. We call it stuffing. And I LOVE it.
2. Not that I recall.
3. My favorite dish is the mashed potatoes. Which sounds like a really bizarre thing to be excited about, but my mom makes these AMAZING creamy garlic mashed potatoes for basically all holiday meals and I LOOOOVE them.
4. Oh man…I don’t know if I can choose. My family is full of amazing cooks, and I love every bit of Thanksgiving dinner. I hope my uncle fries the turkey again this year! And my mom and grandma always do a fantastic job with all of the sides. I always leave the table stuffed to the max. Yeah, I don’t think I can choose
5. Surprisingly enough, we don’t really do pie at our house. If we have a dessert, it’s usually my grandma’s banana pudding.
6. Well, seeing as how I’m still one of the “kids” in the family, I don’t cook. 🙂 I used to watch the Macy’s Parade every year WHILE my mom cooked, but once I hit my teenage years, the dinners got moved to later in the day because my aunt’s a nurse so my mom didn’t start quite so early, and I decided I like my sleep too much to wake up for it. 🙂
7. The only one I can think of is we usually decorate the house for Christmas the two days after Thanksgiving. But this year we’re going to the last NC State football game of the season this Saturday, so who knows when it’ll get done!
1. We are proud Southerners, so we definitely have dressing!
2. I was most definitely a pilgrim. I remember making the vest out of a paper grocery bag.
3. My favorite dish is my Granny’s cornbread dressing.
4. Definitely sides- rice and gravy and dressing are my favorites.
5. We don’t ever have pumpkin pie. For some reason, our desserts are always non-traditional.
6. We definitely watch the parade!
7. I also enjoy watching the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. I think it comes on right after the parade. 🙂
What’s the difference between stuffing and dressing? I thought it was the same thing. My mom always called it dressing, but since marrying someone who’s mom cooked straight from the box, I’ve gotten used to calling it stuffing. (but I’m making it from scratch this year myself!)
My favorite side is the brown and serve rolls. Seriously, those totally make the meal for me and my whole family. Our best holiday tradition in my family was getting up reeeeally early on the day after Thanksgiving, not for Black Friday shopping, but to see who could get the few leftover rolls. It was a fight to the finish!
Love the parade in our PJ’s, but this year we are going to go for a morning hike and then come home to watch our Packers hopefully beat the Lions (our hometown team.) We’ve been waiting all year for this one!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Dressing! Secret family recipe 😉
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Of course, using black trash bags, no less.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Sweet potato casserole with marshmallows on top.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Sides. The turkey is better as leftovers in a turkey sandwich.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Pumpkin pie and pecan (puh-con) pie are staples.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Yes! And I was in the parade my freshman year of high school with our marching band. I was in the color guard. It rained that year and we froze! But it was a great experience!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Football and late afternoon movies.
1. My dad’s family is from west Texas – we definitely eat homemade cornbread dressing!
2. I did dress up but I probably didn’t enjoy it – I was a super shy kiddo!
3. I think a better question is what DON’T I like at Thanksgiving! I love green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, pineapple au gratin, broccoli cheese casserole, dressing…all of it.
4. I love ham with dressing and gravy all in one bite.
5. We usually have a pumpkin pie AND a pecan pie and I love the pumpkin. Yum.
6. I don’t watch the Thanksgiving parade, but that sounds like a good idea!
7. My husband and I always watch the Texas/A&M game because we are a house divided. Whoever wins the game gets to put their team’s Christmas ornaments front and center on the Christmas tree and the other team’s ornaments go in the back and on the bottom. Last year was the first year in a LONG time that my Aggies won and I cherished every moment of putting those ornaments in the front right under the star!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? —we eat Stuffing! We make all kinds of different ones..but mhubby and I are making Garlic Bread sausage stuffing this year…I totally can’t eat stuffing out of the bird..it grosses me out..ha
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I think in elementary school we made pilgrim and indian hats and wore those, never the full costume.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? My favorite is the Ocean Spray canned cranberry gel–ha you know the kind that comes out in one giant piece that looks like the can itself..haha
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? (sides sides sides..if I had my choice, I would eat HAM on Thanksgiving!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? (We usually have pumpkin cheesecake, I usually opt for Apple Pie..not a huge pumpking pie or cheesecake person)
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? we haven’t in the passed, but I believe we will this year.. My boys are 2.5 and 7 months and I think the 2.5 year old old will LOVE IT.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? My husband plays in the Family and Friends TURKEY BOWL–FOOTBALL GAME early in the morning, and I sit at home and scope out the black friday shopping ads!
1. We eat LOTS of stuffing.
2. Of course I dressed up as Pilgrim at school. I remember making those vests and the hats. I also got to dress up as an Indian Princess one year. I think channeling Phocahontas was my favorite. Pigtail braids and all!
3. I think my favorite dish is my mother’s homemade stuffing! She makes it entirely from scratch. Italian sausage and dried cherries are her little secret.
4. Definitely all about the sides.
5. We always have pumpkin pie! I like it and I eat it, but I think I like the idea of it more than the actual pie itself.
6. I LOVE Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. It’s one of my favorites. I always look forward to the Rockettes!
7. Other family traditions: My sisters, dad, husband and I run the Charlotte Turkey Trot every year. We get up bright and early, and head to South Park for the annual run. I blast the Christmas music and trot along for 5 miles. Then we go home and COOK! We always watch a Christmas movie on Thanksgiving night. Our favorite is The Santa Clause 🙂 Another fun tradition- my little sister always makes 12 layer rainbow jello! It’s truly a work of art.
Happy Thanksgiving week! xoxo
1. We eat dressing.
2. I don’t think so
3. Probably sweet potato casserole
4. Definitely the sides!!
5. We never had it but I do love it. Nobody else does though 🙁
6. I love the parade!
7. Football, football and more football
1. We have stuffing or dressing, depending on the family member.
2. I never was a pilgrim but we definitely made vests out of paper bags in school and headbands too.
3. My favorite dish is a tie between the turkey and the mashed potatoes. Cooked carrots would be a close third.
4. I love it all- who am I to judge???
5. I don’t love pumpkin pie. I much prefer apple. My husband’s family always has pecan and pumpkin, so when it’s our year with them, I make an apple pie or apple crisp at home the next week.
6. The parade is my favorite part of Thanksgiving as well. We don’t always get to watch it as we travel a lot, but when I can watch it, I love it!!
7. Putting out my Christmas dishes (i LOVE them!!); long walks outside with the family, and leftovers.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? My midwestern parents call it stuffing… I think we do too?
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Nope, grew up in Norway!
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Vegetarian, so green bean casserole!!
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Ha! See above 😉
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Of course, and yes I do!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? As long as I’m not at my mom’s house. She has some vendetta against that particular parade and forces her household to watch Houston’s. Which ISN’T as good.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? FIGHTIN’ TEXAS AGGIE FOOTBALL– for this year at least. Too bad the *other* team doesn’t want to keep that tradition alive. SO sad.
1. What Southerner eats stuffing?? Blech! Dressing all the way!
2. Yes, I dressed up as a pilgrim many times in a hat we made in class.
3. Dressing is my favorite dish!
4. I’m all about the sides…particularly the dressing (do you see a theme here??) 🙂 Aaaannnd the mac & cheese, cranberry sauce, broccoli & cheese casserole, pineapple casserole, squash casserole, butter beans (aka: baby limas), deviled eggs–um, yeah, the sides are my fav & think I could really do without the bird!
5. No pumpkin pie at our house, but I do like it. Our dessert of choice is my grandmama’s “famous” chocolate eclair–layers of whipped cream/pudding and graham cracker yumminess with a homemade chocolate sauce on top. Mmmm!
6. We normally watch the parade while getting ready to go to my grandmama’s…but this year everyone is coming to our house so I may try the PJs! I enjoy the dog show after the parade too.
7. I normally decorate the house for Christmas Thanksgiving night & on Friday (I don’t brave the Black Friday crowds)….and I eat leftover dressing for dinner. 🙂 I also break out my Aaron Neville Christmas CD, it’s one of my favorites. Oh & I can’t forget–we REALLY gear up for USC vs. Clemson! I’m a Gamecock & my hubby is a Tiger so it’s interesting to say the least! Go Gamecocks!!
Happy Thanksgiving, Erin!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Stuffing!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I don’t think so…
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Stuffing and cranberry sauce, but the best part is really how everything works together! 🙂
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? ALL about the sides.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? We do have one and I like it, though that’s a recent development.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Definitely watch the parade, and I may or not be in my pajamas while I do 🙂
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? When we’re with my Mom’s extended family, we always go bowling on the day after Thanksgiving! Perfect activity for all ages.
We are all dressing!
I was an Indian if I remember correctly.
Mac and cheese and pie are my favorites.
I’m all about the sides.
I don’t like pumpkin pie.
We watch the parade and then the dog show!
Black Friday shopping is part of our holiday as well.
1) I think we call it both stuffing and dressing…. but I can’t stand it, so I don’t eat it at all.
2) I don’t remember my schools ever doing anything except coloring a pilgrim every year. Pretty lame, now that I know what’s out there =)
3) My family makes this dish that we call “The Pink Stuff”. It has a name, I’m not sure what it is… I think it’s called ambrosia in most places. I think everybody makes it, and everybody calls it something different. But, it is always the first thing that gets put on the menu, and it’s THE MOST fought over leftover.
4) I’m totally about the sides…. mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potato casserole, green bean casserole and the pink stuff…to be exact
5) I’m pretty sure that we have a pumpkin pie ever year, but I don’t think it ever really gets eaten. I am not a fan of it, at all. It’s a texture thing. The flavor is delicious, but I can’t handle the texture. That’s also the same reason I don’t eat the dressing/stuffing.
6) The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade is one of the absolute best things about Thanksgiving. Hands down.
7) After we eat my family always goes out to a movie. Now that we’re all adults, and have significant others (and Zoe, the one grandchild) we take up almost an entire row at the theater! Driving home from the movie we put the first Christmas CD on, and then on Black Friday we decorate for Christmas. It’s one of my very favorite traditions.
We eat dressing
No pilgrim for me but I totally would have
My grandmothers cranberry sauce-3 cups of sugar and oranges, lemons, and pineapples
I love turkey but it’s all about the sides!
We have pumpkin pie but I rarely eat it- too stuffed 😉
I love to watch the parade but sometimes we’re on the road at that time
We always go to the tree lot the day after Thanksgiving despite my husbands grumbling.. Then it Christmas Vacation– “lot of sap, lot of sap”
Happy Thanksgiving!
Answers from teacher born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? I eat Stuffing!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I didn’t dress up as a pilgrim…but we had a feast and wore pilgrim head band…does that count??
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? by far green bean casserole!! I go back for thirds!!
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? for me i like the sides…but mixing a little bit of everything into one bit is amazing!!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Pumpkin pie is MUST! I eat it for sure along with a little bit of apple pie with the new cinnamon cool whip! It’s great!!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? One of my all time favorite things!! We wait for santa and cheer when we see him at the end!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? We go to Grand lake every year to spend it with my in-laws. I usually sit by the fire and read a part of my favorite book in the evening. Then when the kiddos are sleeping its adult family game night!
ALl these questions have me super excited for Thanksgiving! Thanks Erin!! Love your blog!!
Joey Hoffman
-Tulsa, OK
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? (stuffing)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? (nope, my school didn’t do that)
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? (yams, veggies and pie)
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? (eh, tough one…I’d say both)
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? (I love pumpkin pie; so does my dad, but my mom isn’t a fan therefore we generally don’t have pie. This year, I am in charge of dessert and we are having pie!)
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (yup!)
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? (With my mom being the choir director, we generally spent every year in church and then would go to a friend’s house for dinner.)
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
I make dressing as I don’t put it in the turkey.
Never dressed up as a pilgrim.
My favorite is rolls with gravy. Mmm!
Love the sides – mashed potatoes, snicker salad…
NO pumpkin pie – I make cheesecake 🙂
I don’t watch the parade.
Biggest tradition is watching football after we eat and putting up the Christmas tree the next day. (We’ve moved away from most our family so we don’t have as many traditions – need to start our own!)
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? I have always called it stuffing
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I don’t remember, but I remember my Mom telling me that she told her 1st grade teacher that her aunt was a pilgrim! hee hee 🙂
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Love the stuffing
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? The sides are my favorite. We had early Thanksgiving yesterday with my husband’s side of the family and we had: mashed potatoes, mac & cheese, dressing, and little dressing balls, corn, southern style green beans, rolls, sweat potato casserole, and waldorf salad.(Can you tell they are Southern?) Oh my word, I am still full!!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? I love pumkin pie! My husband’s aunt made a homemade one yesterday with little cut-out leaves on the crust. I am still dreaming about it!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (It’s my favorite thing about Thanksgiving)
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? I watch parts of it, but I like the Westminster Dog show the best!
1. Stuffing, stuffing, stuffing. Dressing is something you put on your salad.
2. Pretty sure I did not. Maybe a turkey, though?
3. It’s not really a dish, but I love the brown ‘n serve rolls. So delicious!
4. I’m definitely all about the sides.
5. It’s usually there. Sometimes I eat it, sometimes I don’t. Last year my uncle made strawberry pies and they were a delicious diversion to the normal old pumpkin.
6. I can’t actually remember watching this since I was a child at my grandma’s. These days the pre-football stuff is always on.
7. Watching the football games and eating ourselves silly.
1. Neither!! Unless by dressing you mean gravy? Then still neither for me but the rest of the family eats gravy.
2.Nope never did- but I didn’t move to the US (from Sweden) till 5th grade so maybe they were done dressing up as pilgrims by then?
3.Mashed potatoes!! And rolls!!
4.I usually only eat a tiny bit of turkey, the rest of it is all the sides!
5. Yeah we always have it and I always like one piece- but after that I’m good till the following year
6.Sometimes- while helping my mom cook it would be on
7. Getting Christmas stuff out at night and decorating while watching a movie like The Grinch, or The Elf
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? dressing. absolutely.
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? not that i remember, but we did make indian vests out of paper bags from the grocery store. and i had to have my hair braided, because i was convinced i was pochahontas. 🙂
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? probably all the desserts! 🙂
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? definitely the sides, but we also love our FRIED turkey!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? yes, but i don’t usually eat it. i go for the chocolate 🙂
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? YES!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? We always go to my mawmaw’s house. all the men go golfing bright and early thanksgiving morning while all the women prepare lunch. when they come back from golfing we eat and eat and eat!! after eating, all the men nap and watch football while we women map out our shopping plan for black friday! fun times!!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? (We eat dressing) Dressing
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? (I totally did and need to share the picture with you) No, but I made a very cute French Hen one year in the Christmas Play!
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Turkey
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? (It’s definitely all about the sides for me) I love the Turkey and Gravy.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? (I like pumpkin pie, but I know a lot of people don’t) Yes, we have it and no I don’t eat it. It is my 10 year old son’s favorite dessert so it is a must have.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (It’s my favorite thing about Thanksgiving) Not in our PJ’s as we are driving to my parent’s house, but we watch it every year.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? (We watch Christmas Vacation before bed every year on Thanksgiving Day)
1. we have dressing. i think i tried it for the first time two years ago. It wasn’t bad, but not my cup of tea.
2. I think so, but I know I was an indian once.
3. My grandmothers pecan pie. Non-Dessert favorite food? I quite like ham, but we usually only have that on Christmas.
4. Sides. Not a turkey fan.
5. We don’t have pumpkin pie, i don’t think i’ve ever had it.
6. We usually are on the way to my grandparents when the parade is on.
7. My dad always goes to the back bedroom and takes a nap after the thanksgiving meal. My mom and I are big black friday shoppers. And we put up are tree that weekend.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? (We eat dressing)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? ( No but I was an awesome Indian!)
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? (The dressing of course)
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? (It’s definitely all about the sides for me, I am not a big turkey fan. I would much rather have a ham)
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? (We do have pumpkin pie, but I am not really a fan)
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (I do watch it but it’s usually while I am getting ready to go to my grandmothers)
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? (just spending time with family and going home and watching Christmas movies. The end of Thanksgiving is the start of our Christmas season. I also enjoy the leftovers late that night while we are watching our movies)
This year is going to be so different for me. This is the first time in my 30 years that we are not having Thanksgiving at my grandparents house on Thanksgiving day. We are doin it the following Sunday, so I will be a little sad on Thanksgiving.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? We call it stuffing but we don’t put it in the turkey!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I think so…I need to ask my Mom if she has pictures!
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Cranberry sauce or sweet potato casserole. YUM
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? I think I’m 50/50 here I love both!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? We do have pumpkin pie and I like it, but I don’t love it.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (I do watch it but it’s usually while I am getting ready to go to my grandmothers)
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Yes! One of my favorite memories is from when my sister and I actually went to NY and saw the parade in person. So awesome!
I won’t actually be at home with my family this year. My husband and I are staying in our new home in SC and then going up for Christmas for a little over a week. I’m a little sad but excited to start some new traditions! 🙂
1. Definitely stuffing. But never actually stuffed inside the bird. My hubby and I started hosting Thanksgiving a few years ago and it’s one of my favorite dishes to make now. I have a fabulous crock pot recipe (one less thing to force into the oven!).
2. Oh my goodness, yes!!!! Thanks for the memory! We made hats out of paper every year. I think we had the option of being a pilgrim vs. indian and I always chose pilgrim. I’m going to see if I can dig up pictures!
3. Tough one. This is horrible, but about the only time I eat broccoli/cheese/rice casserole is at Thanksgiving, so maybe that? I’m also a huge fan of the rolls. My mom used to order rolls from our local hospital (weird, right? They used to also run a catering business and people actually voluntarily ate hospital food. Gotta love small towns!) and they were the best! I’m considering making homemade this year, but the frozen Rhodes variety are so easy.
4. It totally used to be all about the sides. But, then, my hubby started brining our turkey for a few days and using an herb butter and all sorts of other yummy things that make the bird AH-MAZING. So, now, I’d have to say turkey.
5. Of course! But I usually don’t eat it. For as long as I can remember, my mom has always been in charge of the pumpkin pie. Supposedly, it’s fabulous. I’m just not the biggest pumpkin fan. Rumor is she’ll be making me a strawberry pie this year. Yum!
6. In our current house, it’s a little tough to watch TV while cooking. As kids, though, we always watched it.
7. We’ve always played games as a family after the big meal. I love the down time after we’re all stuffed and just relaxing together. More often than not, there is usually a nap involved, as well. 🙂
Happy Thanksgiving!!
1. We eat stuffing and my Mom makes the best. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
2. Yes. I dressed up when I was in school
3. My favorite dish is a tie between stuffing and Sweet Potato Casserole. Yum
4. I am all about the sides! Don’t even need the Turkey but of course we have one.
5. We don’t usually have pumpkin pie because no one in my family really cares for it. We love pecan pie and chocolate chip pie.
6. My Mom and I usually just talk and laugh about funny things that happened on previous Thanksgiving. I love sharing memories and making new ones with family.
7. We always watch Christmas Vacation on Thanksgiving too! It is our favorite Christmas movie!
I am looking forward to Thanksgiving more than ever this year. I’m usually just ready for Christmas holiday but I want both to last as long as possible this year! And we are that cheesy family that writes down what we’re thankful for every Thanksgiving – I love it. We go around the room and read them aloud – even the kiddos. There are over 20 of us, so it takes awhile but it’s the most special time. I always love hearing what my nephews and nieces are thankful for and there are always tears at some point. We’re all bawl-bags. LOL
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? (We eat dressing)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? (Not that I can recall.)
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? (Usually dressing. This year I can’t wait for the roasted brussels sprouts!)
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? (I could go full vegetarian on Thanksgiving and just do sides 🙂
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? (We always have a pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving but I don’t care for anything pumpkin.)
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (Yes! And I wish I were there every year! LOL Maybe one day we’ll take the girls. )
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? (Sharing what we’re thankful for and lots and lots of cooking/baking with my Mama!)
Happy Thanksgiving, Erin. I’m thankful for your sweet-self. You have a special gift of sharing your heart through this lovely blog of yours. Always giving me something to think about!
1. We eat FILLING!! And the argument is always “stuffing or filling?” Is the dressing a southern thing? I’m an East Coast girl and have never heard it called that. Dressing is for salads 🙂
2. Yes! And the Indians used paper bags to make their vests.
3. My grandma’s cream of spinach! Oh, I can’t wait.
4. All about the sides! But we also have a huge ham at dinner, and so I’m all about that too.
5. We do have pumpkin pie, and this year my boyfriend offered to make it from scratch. I don’t like any sort of pie (except maybe chocolate and peanut butter!) but my dad LOVES pumpkin pie.
6. I loooove the parade! And yes, I’m usually in sweats.
7. My 2 best high school girlfriends and I go shopping every year on Black Friday. We’ve been going since before we could drive! We never make a plan (other than what time to meet), and we just go for it. We have made some amazing memories!!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? My moms homemade dressing!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Yes, and I have also dressed up as an Indian.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? I LOVE Thanksgiving. Everyone bringing a favorite dish to share, some new recipes, some old recipes. Some of my favorites is Homemade noodles, cranberry sauce, sweet potato casserole, 7 layer salad, and dressing.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? On Thanksgiving Day…ALL about the sides. I eat the turkey the day after on a sandwich!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Yes, and I do like it but Pumpkin Dump cake is even better! We also always have banana pudding every year.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? I do not get much time to sit down and watch the parade but I have it on in the background while I am cooking and I always stop what I am doing to watch Santa arrive.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? It’s my favorite Holiday. To me, it is about Family and sharing the events with those that you love. My grandmother has been gone for 15 years this Thanksgiving; we always honor her by making it an annual tradition to make her homemade noodles with my mom and daughter a week before and place them in the freezer until Thanksgiving morning. And Thanksgiving Morning I spend in the kitchen cooking side by side with my husband.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Neither, if in laws are in town we have dressing for them
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim? Yes, a couple times!
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Broccoli Casserole
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Definitely the sides
5. Do you have pumpkin pie at your house? Nope, we usually do lemon chess & pecan pie
6. Do you watch the parade? Of course, with a big cup of hot chocolate
7. What are some other traditions you associate with Thanksgiving? I love having leftovers while decorating! Christmas music is on repeat until New Years!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? stuffing!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Never!
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Any of the sides! Probably the deserts 🙂
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? All about the sides – not a huge turkey fan
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? yes and yes!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? I LOVE THIS PART!!!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? last year was the first year we had both our parents and siblings to our house, and again this year, hopefully that is our new tradition! we love it because we have everyone together in one place and don’t have to travel!!!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing?
There are few things I look forward to throughout the year than cornbread dressing. Since moving to Boston and being away from my mama’s dressing, I have mastered her recipe and now have the boyfriend’s family eating more of that than their traditional Yankee stuffing– love that 🙂
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school?
No, though I do remember having to turn a brown paper bag into an unfortunate Native American vest.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving?
Cornbread Dressing or Green Bean Casserole. Or Broccoli Rice and Cheese Casserole.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides?
I take enough turkey to be polite to whomever is hosting… and then pile up the sides. It’s once a year that these treats are made, and I shall enjoy to the fullest.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it?
I’m not a pumpkin pie fan but actually made my first one from scratch this year… and enjoyed it. Who knew?
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year?
This is my first year to cook Thanksgiving on my own, and I’ve planned our day’s events and all of my cooking around this event in itself!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving?
The Dallas Cowboys always play, so we always watch that. And then we watch It’s A Wonderful Life for the first time before bed (though I could totally jump on the Christmas Vacation bandwagon… I cannot wait any longer for Clark and Eddie).
My favorite Thanksgiving tradition is actually the day after. A slice of chilled pumpkin pie for breakfast on Friday morning with real whipped cream! Nothing better.
1) Always stuffing/dressing- it’s definitely my favorite part!
2) I don’t think I ever dressed up as a pilgrim, though I was once a Native American for Halloween when I was in second grade!
3) I am a total sides girl- stuffing, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole. The best thing about being married is that you get TWO families’ tasty holiday meals to pick favorites from!
4) Sides forever! I’m trying to start a more vegetarian lifestyle, and I definitely won’t miss the turkey.
5) Love me some pumpkin pie. My goal every year is to eat a slice a day for my entire Thanksgiving break. I’ve also been known to have it for breakfast the day after Thanksgiving.
6) I always try to catch the parade- in my good years I watch it at the gym while I work out to make room for the feast!
7) Definitely football. My parents are also medical people, so they usually work Thanksgiving so they can have christmas off. My siblings, husband and I always spend Thanksgiving night at my parents house and eat frozen pizza in our pajamas while they work. I love those people 🙂
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Dressing. Stuffing skeeves me out!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Nope.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? My Godfather’s dressing and my MIL’s broccoli and rice casserole.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Dude. Sides. No contest.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Sometimes and sometimes. This year I’m in charge of desserts, and my husband wants coconut cream pie, so that’s what I’m making.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? It’s usually on in the background. As a kid I loved watching it for the balloons and, of course, Santa, but as an adult, I never have time to just watch it anymore.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Watching the Texas v. Texas A&M game. I’ve either watched or attended every game since I was a kid, and sadly, this is the last year of that tradition.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Dressing- made with homemade biscuits and cornbread
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? No I didn’t
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Dressing!!
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides?
Sides for sure!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Yes, and Yes!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? The parade is one of my favorite things all year, and when Santa comes- it is officially Christmas!!! I usually don’t watch in my pjs anymore though
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? We always watch the Dallas Cowboys play since we are big fans!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Is it weird that I honestly don’t know the difference? We always call it dressing … but we have one that cooks inside the bird and one that comes from outside. So both I guess?
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I was always an Indian!
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? mashed potatoes and dinner rolls
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? 100% on the sides … I don’t even really care about the turkey
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? yes (and about 5 other kinds too) and yes
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? It is definitely always on
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Cowboys football and Lights On at Utica Square are my favorite parts. 🙂
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Dressing. I’ve never had stuffing even though one year I begged my mom to stuff the turkey. My granddaddy loudly announced he wasn’t eating anything out of a bird’s butt. And then my cousins laughed because granddaddy said butt.
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? No, but my sister did and she insisted on wearing her pilgrim outfit to Thanksgiving dinner at my grandparents’ house!
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Sweet potatoes with candied pecans on top.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? The sides! What other holiday comes with an homage to carbs?
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? No. We have pecan pie.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Yes, but we were always required to get dressed BEFORE watching the parade.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? After dinner is over, all of the girls (mom, aunts, grandmother, cousins) would sit around the dining room nibbling on leftover hors d’oevres, pie, and play dominos or cards. Usually the guys would be outside shooting something, playing golf in the pasture, or watching a game if the weather was bad.
1.) I don’t like either but the rest eat dressing
2.) I honestly don’t remember, probably not
3.) cheeseball, mashed potatoes and Watergate salad
4.) sides, I do love the ham though
5.) yes we always have pumpkin but I make Pioneer Woman’s raw egg chocolate pie and it is to die for
6.) I usually watch it and then I put on Christmas music for dinner
7.) we always have my mom’s cheeseball, we usually go to the movies that night
1) Dressing! My mom gets annoyed when I called it stuffing like all my friends
2) I am sure I did, but that memory didn’t stick with me
3)Hmm..that is hard. Probably that dressing!
4)SIDES!
5)I eat it, begrudgingly. I’m all about the apple
6)Absolutely. It was the only T.V we were allowed to watch as kids. We couldn’t wait for it every year!
7)We always put everybody’s name in a hat & then everybody picks a name. Then you are responsible for making a placemat for that person {while watching the parade!} My mom also required that all us kids made {or help make} one side dish. We always go on a walk after dinner & watch Home Alone while we eat our dessert. Every year..and nobody even likes the movie! Tradition is Tradition 🙂
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? (stuffing…But I actually don’t eat it because I don’t like it.)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? (Nope, but I have been a Native American)
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? (Deviled eggs)
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? (I don’t really like anything about the traditional Thanksgiving meal; I like cranberry sauce and deviled eggs)
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? (I always make pumpkin pie because my husband and children love it. I do not like pumpkin pie…I don’t really like pie at all because I am a food separatist)
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (I do watch it in my PJ’s)
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? (Putting up our Christmas tree and watching Charlie Brown)
1. Stuffing
2. Yes!
3. Turkey & yeast rolls yummy!
4. I love Turkey but I’m not a big Thanksgiving meal eater…
5. No and no
6. I don’t know if I’ve ever watched the parade… so UnAmerican, I know!
7. We usually decorate for Christmas and sometimes I partake in Black Friday shopping following our Thanksgiving dinner(s) on Thursday.
Happy Thanksgiving Erin!
Don’t you love traditions?!
1. My dad’s side of the family eats “dressing” and my mom’s side eats “stuffing”. As a family of two we eat stuffing!
2. Yes! In 1st grade I remember doing a Pilgrims and Indians play. If you had blonde hair you were a pilgrim – ha!
3. I love mashed Potatoes!
4. Definitely the sides
5. My mom tends to make a pumpkin pie, but I don’t touch it and either does my dad. 🙂
6. The parade is definitely on and people are in varies stages of being dressed. I love that part of thanksgiving too.
7. My parents are from Ohio & the day after Thanksgiving we always gather in the kitchen to make “Buckeyes” (peanut butter balls) by the 100s, because my parents pass them out to friends and family for Christmas. My favorite memories are when my grandparents were alive and my grandpa would tell stories while we all mixed, rolled and dipped the Buckeyes.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, Erin! xoxo
1. Dressing, obvy
2. But of course. Back then, before everyone was so PC, you were either a pilgrim or an indian.
3. Mammy’s dressing, or copper pennies.
4. Sides – not a fan of turkey.
5. Usually but i’m indifferent. now if we’re talking pumpkin roll, it’s a new ballgame.
6. You mean Macy’s Day Parade? 😉 No because we are usually travelling.
7. I’ve got nothin’, how sad is that? I actually do not even like Thanksgiving.
1. In Texas it’s cornbread dressing.
2. I guess I sort of dressed up . . . I had the pilgrim hat.
3. I love pumpkin pie, but I also love all the sides.
4. I’m all about the sides.
5. Always have pumpkin pie (and buttermilk, pecan, and sometimes chocolate)
6. I watch the parade while I’m cooking and getting dressed.
7. Texas vs. Texas A&M football game.
1. We eat stuffing here in PA
2. Hmm..I don’t think I dressed up as a Pilgrim, but I may have dressed as an Indian
3. Mashed potatoes and sweet potato casserole!
4.ALL about the sides, but I love leftover turkey sandwiches
5. I love pumpkin anything, and we always have one
6. I usually watch while someone else cooks, but this year my MIL is cooking, and I am making 2 sides so I may just do that 🙂
7. I LOVE that tradition of watching a Christmas movie! I don’t have any specific ones, but my husband and his high school buddies always have a “Turkey Bowl” every year.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Stuffing
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Yes. 🙂
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? My Mom’s broccoli bread…it is to DIE for. Butter, yummy, goodness!
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? All about the sides. To be honest, I’d rather have ham, but most of my family prefers the turkey.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Yes, there is always a pumpkin pie at one of the thanksgiving dinner’s. And I always have a slice! Another pumpkin dessert is pumpkin pie dump cake…delicious.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? (It’s my favorite thing about Thanksgiving)
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? (We watch Christmas Vacation before bed every year on Thanksgiving Day)
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6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? We did when I was growing up, but I haven’t in years.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? We play games and enjoy the Christmas tree. We’ve always decorated the weekend before Christmas. To me Thanksgiving is the just the beginning of the Christmas season of what I am ultimately thankful for–Jesus.
1. We eat stuffing.
2. I never dressed up as a pilgrim.
3. My favorite dish at Thanksgiving is mashed potatoes (homemade with no lumps)
4. I like turkey but I LOVE all of the sides.
5. I love homemade pumpkin pie with whipped cream (real cream) and coffee.
6. I usually watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade while I cook, but not in my pajamas because I am usually with extended family. We get dressed up for the occasion.
7. Thanksgiving afternoon we will often go see a movie. We also spend the weekend decorating for Christmas, watching Christmas movies and listening to Christmas music.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Stuffing. I am from the north and we always call it “stuffing.” It’s entirely different from dressing.
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I played a native american in a Thanksgiving play when I was in Kindergarten, but I have never dressed up as a pilgrim.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? My mom’s corn casserole
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? I would say equal parts turkey and sides. It’s all about how everything comes together on 1 plate and then I pour a huge ladle of gravy over it all.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? We have apple pie. Nobody likes pumpkin pie!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Not every year. It just depends on when I wake up.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Going to the movies, watching singer’s TV specials with my mother
1.) Cornbread Dressing…it’s definitely the “Southern” equivalent of stuffing.
2.) I never dressed up as a pilgrim, but I was the cutest little Indian in 1st grade.
3.) My squash casserole rocks, but I also love sweet potato souffle. I can’t forget my sissy’s deviled eggs. too.
4.) I love all the sides, and we always have atleast 10 of them. They are even better heated up as leftovers:)
5.) No pumpkin pie for me, but I do love Pecan pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
6.) I watch the Macy’s parade every year usually while I’m putting on my make-up, fixin’ my hair, and finishing my last few dishes. I cannot wait to introduce Britton to his 1st parade this year:)
7.) Other traditions for us include: family board games after lunch, a family movie night after dinner, and Black Friday!!!!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? We eat stuffing.
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Haha yes
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Stuffing and my MIL’s sweet potato souffle.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? All about the sides.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Yes and I love it! It’s always been a favorite
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Yes!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Watching football after dinner
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Neither!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I think I dressed up as a native american instead.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? The turkey of course!
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? A really great gravy, fluffy mashed potatoes…the browned marshmallows off the top of the sweet potato casserole 🙂 And new to the list is my husband’s grandmother’s spiced jello — so unexpected and yummy.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? I don’t eat pumpkin or pecan pie, but I do love some pumpkin spice cake.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? I used to watch when I was a kiddo, but can’t remember the last time I watched it. Sad.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? These past few years since we have been together, my husband and I go to Kansas City and cruise the Plaza and all the beautiful lights there.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? We call it dressing. It’s my grandmother’s recipe that my aunt has to recall every year! I’m the bread tearer!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Only in preschool
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? toss up between my aunt’s homemade noodles, sweet potatoes, and dressing
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Sides for me! I could do without the turkey actually.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? We do pumpkin and apple. I don’t usually eat it though even though I like things with pumpkin.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Not every year and I’ve never been in my pajamas for that.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Not really. Growing up we always had dinner at my aunt’s house and she always made EVERYTHING! Now we switch back and forth between families so it’s different every year now.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? I think we eat both because my mom or Nana always made extra that was cooked outside the bird.
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? No, but I did dress as a turkey.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Mashed potatoes with gravy.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Sides….and the turkey skin. So bad, but oh-so good.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Yes.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? It’s ESPN all day in this house.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Planes, Trains and Automobiles Thanksgiving Eve and then homemade french fries dipped in leftover gravy the day after.
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Cornbread Dressing! I married an Ohio boy and his family does stuffing. It does not satisfy my Thanksgiving cravings. I’m taking cornbread dressing this year…we will see what happens:)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I was always the Indian. I wore the typical pillow case costume with beads around the bottom and fringed sleeves.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Cornbread Dressing! I dream about it sometimes…
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Depends how the turkey is cooked…I love fried turkey and gravy.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? We do, but I don’t like it. I prefer pumpkin sheet cake. This year, I am making pumpkin lust pie. It looks delicious!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? It depends on where we are for Thanksgiving, but it is usually on the tv
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Christmas decorating, cooking together, talking about shopping…but not, watching football games!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Definitely dressing
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? How sad is it that I can’t even remember. I’ll have to ask my mom:)
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? my mother-in-law’s sweet potato casserole
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? I am definitely a sides girl. If the turkey didn’t get done, I don’t think I’d miss it.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? I never thought I would like pumpkin pie, until i tried it- I love it!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Absolutely!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? We always go to a Christmas tree farm on “Black Friday” to pick out and cut our tree down. Then we spend the weekend decorating for Christmas.
1.Stuffing
2. Yes, I’m sure I did, but I don’t remember which grade!
3 Sweet potato casserole (with pecans, NOT marshmallows!)
4. I can’t have one without the other- it’s the blend which blesses me!
5. We’ll have a pumpkin pie here on Thursday, but I’m not a big fan. Apple or something chocolate is more my thing!
6. No on the parade- there was just never enough action for me to sit and watch the whole thing, so I’ve never been overly excited about it. That’s probably the most un-American thing about me!
7. We make a Thankful Tree for our kids each year- one gets to add a leaf each evening. I ran out of construction paper this year and it’s not an easy find here, so we have a thankful vine! 🙂
1. Dressing
2. Never did…or at least my mom has never shown me the pic
3. Green Beans….seriously! I get weighted down with all the casseroles
4. Sides
5. I am not a fan of pumpkin or sweet potato pie. I need chocolate! Which is not very Thanksgiving-y.
6. We watched the parade every year with my mom while we cooked lunch. She never missed it! I find myself turning it on first thing on Thanksgiving morning now.
7. We go pick out a Christmas tree at the farm on Thanksgiving night.
I love the Holidays!
Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Stuffing – the key is lots of poultry seasoning!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Catholic school – sadly no 🙁
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Creamed onions (its an Irish thing)
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? the carbolicious sides!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? yes we have it, no I don’t eat it. Apple cranberry cobbler for me!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? we watch the Philadelphia Thanksgiving parade – and some years actually attend while the turkey is in the oven!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? the only thing we eat prior to dinner at 3:00 is an artichoke frittata, which is from my Italian husband’s family and we always watch Home Alone Thanksgiving eve. My tradition with my children is our annual family picture in our turkey hats – I will make them do this until they are 50!!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Both (i think!)
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I don’t think I did. But I do remember my first dance recital and our costumes were indians (with sequins)
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Cornbread, mashed potatoes, corn (all the unhealthy things)
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? No turkey for me (veggie) so I am all about the sides!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? Have it but don’t eat it.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Heck to the yes!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? There’s a difference? 🙂 Never liked it/them
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? Was homeschooled and we didn’t do that 🙂 Would have not liked it though cause I always hated dressing up
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Cheesy potatoes and pumpkin pie
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? The sides…never cared for turkey (or that cranberry sauce–bleh!)
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? LOVE pumpkin pie!! Especially with gingersnap crust! I never liked the traditional pie crust, so I found something different.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Hardly knew it existed 🙂
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Not much. Always enjoyed cooking with all my sisters even though it can get crazy with so many in one kitchen 🙂
Dressing! SC born and bred!
No….just an Indian w/ braided pigtails!
The dressing!!!! And rice w/ gravy!
The sides!! I’m not a turkey lover:(
I love all things pumpkin except pumpkin pie! Pumpkin cheesecake is my fav!
I watch the parade until we leave to travel. I tape the end. I’m so proud to watch Team Dance Dept (Irmo, SC) open the parade this year!!!! I hope my Tiny Team member gets to go one day!…. Not that I’m ready for her to grow up!!!
Oops!
#7. I crash on Thanksgiving night due to travel and food overload!!!! I can’t wait to decorate and wrap presents with my girls on Fri. We stay in pj’s all day. No Black Friday craziness here! My shopping is finished!!!
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? I live in the south and we eat dressing!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? No…did I miss a tradition?
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Dressing! Homemade with real biscuits!
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? definitely about the sides – dressing, potatoes, all the casseroles and of course the dessert!
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? No, we have the same chocolate and caramel cake every year and it is delicious
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? We always travel 2 hours to my cousins for lunch and then 2 hours back home, so I miss the parade while in the car 🙁
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? Getting together with my family and quail hunting the whole weekend
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Love the dressing!
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? no
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? It’s so hard to choose, but I think the dressing is my favorite!
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? I’m definitely a sides girl. 🙂
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? I love pumpkin pie.
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? Yes! Watching all the fun floats and my favorite part, the Broadway musical numbers!!
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? On Thanksgiving night we always watch Miracle on 34th Street.
Thanks for this fun post! Happy Thanksgiving!! 🙂
1. Do you eat stuffing or dressing? Stuffing
2. Did you ever dress up as a pilgrim at school? I’m pretty sure I did.
3. What is your favorite dish at Thanksgiving? Pumpkin pie.
4. Are you all about the turkey? Or all about the sides? Turkey, turkey, turkey! And cranberry sauce. But mostly turkey.
5. Do you have a pumpkin pie at your house? Do you eat it? We probably have two or three, and I ordinarily put away two slices. I LOVE pumpkin pie!
6. Do you watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in your pajamas while cooking every year? No. We always travel on Thanksgiving, so we get up and run around like crazy in the attempt to get to my aunt’s house on time.
7. What other traditions do you associate with Thanksgiving? We used to watch Elf every year on Thanksgiving after it came out, but that stopped a while ago. And I always think of Thanksgiving as also kicking off the Christmas season, because my aunt always has her tree and other Christmas decorations up. I couldn’t imagine Thanksgiving without them. We always put our tree up at my parents’ house the day after Thanksgiving.