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NBR - going out on Thanksgiving... depressing or smart?

We are not able to spend Thanksgiving with family this year, its just too expensive to travel when you add up flights, hotel and car rental :(  So... we thought about going to a nice dinner rather than cooking for two adults, one toddler.  We priced out and it will certainly be more to go out than shop/cook but it somehow feels more festive since its just us.  WWYD?
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Re: NBR - going out on Thanksgiving... depressing or smart?

  • I'd totally go out...but then again, I never pass up a chance to go out!
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  • I love to cook, so I would be sad to miss that.  Do you know anyone else who can't make it home, especially if they have little kids?  You could do a friends dinner!
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  • We are on the fence about this very thing this year...DH and I went out last year since it was just the 2 of us...

    The good thing about going out is no clean up.  I didn't like not having any leftovers though. :)

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  • I haven't spent Thanksgiving with family in over a decade, DH and I both work all major holidays so we can't travel and our families live far away.  It's kind of nice actually, we usually get invited over to friends' houses for Thanksgiving or we will cook a small turkey and pumpkin pie for ourselves.  I like Amy's idea of having friends over, or just stay home and have a quiet dinner and watch movies. Besides, Teagan is too young to know the difference!  There will be plenty of time to make a big deal about holidays when our kids are older.
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  • Going out to a nice restaurant is not depressing.  It may be more expensive, but think of all the time and effort you've saved... that counts in the price as well.

    Going to Boston Market IS depressing.   I've done that before. 

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  • Start your own tradition...it doesn't matter either way.
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  • Another option that might be in the middle is what we are planning to do, which is order a Thanksgiving meal to eat at home.  I know around here several restaurants and grocery stores offer a full turkey dinner with all the sides;  we are thinking about trying a deep fried turkey this year.  We normally have a really big crowd with both my family and DH's here at our house, but this year we will have neither family and don't feel like cooking a big meal for just us.  We also don't want to go out with a toddler and a new infant, so we are going to order in.  This way we will still have the traditional dinner and leftovers but for no effort!

    That said, my sister in CA goes out every year - she has 3 kids and never has any family there with her, too expensive to fly to CA that time of year.  They have a great time going out.

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  • Being brought up in the restaurant business, you wouldn't believe the amount of people that go out for Thanksgiving dinner, either they have no family close by or they are just too lazy or don't cook or it's just a couple who don't want to go through the effort.  Either way i see nothing wrong with it.....I also like the idea of buying everything premade and eating at home. 
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