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What is the reasoning behind early tgiving dinner?

Sahara6971Sahara6971 member
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Why do some people eat so early? Is there reasoning behind this? My friend and I were discussing this and neither of us could think of a reason. TIA

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Re: What is the reasoning behind early tgiving dinner?

  • shouldbworkinshouldbworkin

    -For little kids so they're not up so late

    -For people who have to work that day

    -For people have to work the next day (like me ... leaving Tday dinner at 9 pm last night and getting up for work this am was not fun!)

    -For people who get up early to go BF shopping

    -So you can eat light in the am, gorge yourself with a late lunch/early dinner and not go to bed feeling like a stuffed pig.  LOL!

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  • ZenyaZenya member
    imageshouldbworkin:

    -For little kids so they're not up so late

    -For people who have to work that day

    -For people have to work the next day (like me ... leaving Tday dinner at 9 pm last night and getting up for work this am was not fun!)

    -For people who get up early to go BF shopping

    -So you can eat light in the am, gorge yourself with a late lunch/early dinner and not go to bed feeling like a stuffed pig.  LOL!

    exactly!  And also since it's a family day so that you're not sitting around bored all day waiting for dinner.

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  • Sahara6971Sahara6971 member

    So there is no old tradition/reasoning though? Just that it is more convenient for some families?

    I don't think there is a right or wrong time to eat, I was just curious ;)


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  • CiarraiCiarrai
    We always did holiday meals early - Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, etc.  Just when everyone is getting together for a big meal it seems to be around 2 or 3:00pm.  It's just what we've always done.  A lot of times, people were heading home that night so they aren't leaving too late.
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  • BellaBride2BellaBride2
    We could never imagine eating a meal like that (content & size wise), late in the day or early evening.
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  • Angela814Angela814 member

    We've always had our main meal around 1pm. Then we have leftovers for the 2nd meal sometime around 7pm.

    This year was my first year hosting, so our timing was a bit off. We ended up eating around 2pm and then had leftovers around 8:30pm.

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  • hopefulmomhopefulmom member

    I don't think there is a tradition regarding eating early (although I'm not sure what you mean by "early").  I know growing up we lived in a farm community and dinner  was served closer to noon and was a much bigger meal than supper.  After supper they had to milk cows and do other chores so didn't want to be as full.

    When my family gets together (extended family) we eat around 3.  Most people have to drive 1 1/2 hours...so it gives us an hour to eat and then a couple of hours to chit chat before people start leaving around 6.  That way they are home before 8.  Most of my family has to work the day after Thanksgiving.

    We had Thanksgiving at noon this year because my oldest DS's fiance's family was having it at 5 and he didn't want to be stuffed.  I already told him I would not do that next year because it is too much work.  Because the rest of my family was still here at dinner time (5-6) I had to put everything out again, plus (and do dishes twice!). 

    There are a lot of reasons people eat an early Thanksgiving dinner...but no "traditional" reason I know of.

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