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#131084 - 11/05/07 11:17 PM Nest Filling for Thanksgiving?
Dotsie Offline
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Our daughter and son, who are both away at college, will be home for four days. We'll have a full house again and I can't wait.

How about you? Who will be coming home for the holiday, or are you traveling?
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#131085 - 11/06/07 08:42 PM Re: Nest Filling for Thanksgiving?
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This year we are taking a huge new step. My DIL is having surgery on the 12th so she will be recouperating and in no condition to do any cooking. I would rather not have all the muss and fuss either so we are all going to The Boulder Station Casino buffet, family style. We'll dine on lobster, prime rib, leg of lamb and of course turkey with all the extras one gets with a Vegas buffet. I am excited. I am making my signature dressing the day before so my son will have a big pan full for the next day to eat with the turkey 'breast' roast I will also prepare. They'll pick it up when we're finished eating and they drop me off at home. I have a turkey roast for me too and will have dressing the next day as well. We just decided on something different this year...Guess you could call it 'the best of both worlds.' We'll all be together, and yet someone else cooks and someone else cleans up afterward...


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#131086 - 11/06/07 10:48 PM Re: Nest Filling for Thanksgiving? [Re: chatty lady]
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I recall a Thanksgiving as a child where all of us went out for dinner. I can't recall why. Perhaps Mom had just had surgery. Anyway, we had a fantastic time. I recall it with fond memories. SOemtimes change is good.

We are changing tradition this year too. We'll see how it goes. It's here instead of beign at my FILs. It's a little sad because he lives on a big, gorgeous farm where entertained as many as 40 people. Everyone brought something. It was typically one of the big evetns of the year. The sad thing is that the majority of the people who once attended are no longer with us.

We are ready to begin a new tradition with those remaining from the Greatest Generation and all the boomers and younger folks. My wheels are turning on ways to make the tradition a memorable one. I love the holidays.
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#131087 - 11/07/07 09:14 AM Re: Nest Filling for Thanksgiving?
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My best friend Sandy and her husband and daughter are going to also join the party on Thanksgiving. I spoke to her tonight. I wonder how many more will decide to join the festivities. The more the merrier...
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#131088 - 11/20/07 01:19 PM Re: Nest Filling for Thanksgiving? [Re: chatty lady]
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chatty, sounds like fun. It's easy to invite others when you have no space restrictions like in a restaurant.

My daughter gets home today and youngest son arrives tomorrow night. I'm trying not to have high expectations because I know they like to be with their friends when home for such a short period of time. I plan on making myself available anytime they are home.
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#131089 - 11/20/07 10:14 PM Re: Nest Filling for Thanksgiving?
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Being Scottish I have never been to a Thanksgiving celebration.It is so interesting to find out about this.
Tell me what happens and if you decorate your home..
Also what food is usual for you.

We have St Andrews Day...30th November
Burns Birthday 25th January.
Hogmany...The last day of the year and New Years Day were special for most Scots.
Christmas Day ...I worked on that day when I first started working..Then Scotland became more like England and now Christmas is bigger for parties.
Christmas was alway a Holy time but less materialistic when I was small.
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#131090 - 11/20/07 10:47 PM Re: Nest Filling for Thanksgiving? [Re: Mountain Ash]
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My partner and I will be home with a Tofurkey roast. We have our own traditions, sort of. We'll listen to "Alice's Restaurant" on our local alternative radio station, then go to the local Humane Society to give all the cats and dogs a "Thanksgiving" dinner: dogs get turkey, gravy, mashed potatoes; cats get tuna. All of the food is donated and cooked by volunteers (Trader Joe's donates canned tuna for the cats!)
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#131091 - 11/20/07 11:48 PM Re: Nest Filling for Thanksgiving? [Re: yonuh]
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I was able to get a 23 pound turkey donated by one of the Vons stores here and after dinner with my family its off to the shelters to visit and help feed the animals. One of the other volunteers is cooking and shredding it. They also got donations of canned ham and crab meat for the cats.

Yonuh, you and I think alike. My son and grandson usually go and help feed the homeless but this year Jason, my grandson, who this month turned 17, is coming with me to the animal shelters. I am so pleased.


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#131092 - 12/06/07 11:05 PM Nest Filling for Christmas now. [Re: chatty lady]
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Are all the same people, children, coming for Christmas that were with you for Thanksgiving or did they just stay with you, going back after New Years.


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#131093 - 12/07/07 11:01 PM Re: Nest Filling for Christmas now. [Re: chatty lady]
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Yes. One finishes school next week and the other doesn't finish until the 22nd and will come home that same day.
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