Random topic - not baby related - what time do you have Thanksgiving at?

skruhmin · October 2015

Just wondering what time you ladies do Thanksgiving at your house, or if you're traveling, for whatever your plans are.

smushi · October 2015

If most guests have to travel, it's served as lunch. If most of the guests are local, it's dinner. IE, close family at my mom's was dinner. Extended family at my house this year will mean lunch.

Do you do drunk thanksgiving or sober Thanksgiving? We've always done sober, but I hear stories of drunk Thanksgivings...

JessKo08 · October 2015

We usually do my side for lunch -my mom's side and it consists of extended family. We do DH's for supper which is just his siblings at his parents' house. So basically like @smushi said. We're just fortunate we never have to travel.

yodapup · October 2015

We like to have it around 3-4pm. Gives everyone time to digest for coffee and pie later on

parenthood4 · October 2015

We used to do lunch, around 12 or 1. Since the kids, the whole family has nicely switched to 3 or 4 so they can nap first. No one wants thanksgiving with cranky toddlers!

FutureMrsCaesar · October 2015

We usually go 2 places for Thanksgiving, my Grandma's house (dad's side of the family, parents are divorced) first and we usually show up around 1 and eat at 2. Then we go to my mom's (mom's side of the family) for dinner after that and eat around 6. It ends up being a lot of food but it's fun to see family we don't get to see all the time! Plus you can pick and choose your favorite dishes/desserts at each house!

ETA: there is always wine and beer but people generally don't get wasted. There has of course been the rare exception

kynbar5 · October 2015

We do lunch (or as soon as it's all done lol cause we're a family that likes to eat) and if we go to any extended family they generally have theirs around 3pm. Neither I nor my husband drink and also don't allow it at our home, my family, that's a whole different situation. I don't think they know how to eat without a beer (or 4) which is why my husband and I are the way we are about not allowing it.

mshukh · October 2015

We have it around 4-5pm so there's ample time to have all the courses and not feel totally stuffed. We always have alchohol, but never beer. It's always wine for the ladies, and whiskey / vodka for the guys. No drinking at a celebration just seems unorthodox (unless you're preggo).

irenewslee · October 2015

Since in-laws will come in two weeks to help take care of hubby and DD while I'm traveling for work, we most likely won't see them this year for thanksgiving. They live 6 hours away (not too far) but all of us are too lazy to travel. We'll most likely celebrate with my brother and sister in law. They consistently run about 2 hours behind schedule and DD needs to be in bed around 9ish. I'm hoping for either lunch or early early dinner (like starting at 4, which means 6 for them). My parents live in a different country so they don't celebrate Thanksgiving.

smount2011 · October 2015

At my house I do a small Thanksgiving on the sunday bwfore,around 1pm- a late lunch. On Thanksgiving Day we go to my in-laws, who no matter what time they tell us it's always 2 hours later...

flowerpower5838 · October 2015

We do my family at 2-3, drive 5 miles and do DH's family's dinner around 5.

My family's dinner is usually a sober meal (maybe a glass of wine with dinner) but DH's is definitely a drunk dinner. We always end up hanging there alllll night.

skruhmin · October 2015

Thanks ladies. First Thanksgiving to host and I made dinner to be at 4 with the ability to come any time before that.

ClaireBear90 · October 2015

Sometime around 5 or 6. Growing up we ate around 1, but I prefer having Thanksgiving later in the day. It takes off all of the pressure of getting up early to put the turkey in, etc (we host) and allows family members to attend multiple gatherings if they wish since everyone else seems to serve dinner at noon. I do 90% of the cooking and prep the day before and then on Thanksgiving it's super simple . . . roast the turkey, make the gravy and mashed potatoes, set the table. Everything is cleaned the day before and desserts/sides are already made. Half the time I'm looking around for something to do!

ClaireBear90 · October 2015

charley15 said:

At my house I do a small Thanksgiving on the sunday bwfore,around 1pm- a late lunch. On Thanksgiving Day we go to my in-laws, who no matter what time they tell us it's always 2 hours later...

My grandmother used to tell the horror story of the year her sister hosted Thanksgiving dinner and dinner was FINALLY ready to be served at . . . 3 AM. (I can't believe anyone was still there to eat it!)

oceanchild · October 2015

We always do around 2 - late lunch. Enough time to get food ready without panic, and then have dessert and coffee, and then have leftover sandwiches and second dessert later on. Our families both drink alcohol (but only my one SIL gets drunk haha).

AlphabetFish · October 2015

I'll be going to my mom's house, and it's been getting earlier every year it seems. This year it'll be at 2pm, but for me I think 3-4 is more ideal. Then again I'm a procrastinator so I like to have a lot of day to lay around during before I have to do anything.

bntfroggie · October 2015

We usually have a dinner around 4. That gives us time to watch the parade and the dog show :-) I'm so excited this year dessert will be our gender reveal cake :-)

Also everyone has a glass of wine with dinner but no major drinking.

amandals06 · October 2015

We are having thanksgiving at our house around 1pm. It's the first time we're cooking and having it our house. We will have beer, wine and alcohol for anyone who wants to drink. No one gets wasted. After dinner we play card games, followed up by desert. It's nice family time.

JLaVO888 · October 2015

Now that you bring it up... I wish I was having my thanksgiving meal RIGHT NOW!!! Haha but we usually eat around 2 or 3 and then hit the leftovers for the rest of the day whenever we feel like it. Turkey sandwiches with mayo are better than the turkey the first time around!!! *drooling profusely*

cmerribury · October 2015

Everyone comes over early for nibbles. Around noon. I serve dinner at about 3ish. If everything is ready, that is.

lightrox · October 2015

We go to my parents and eat around noonish then head to my in laws and eat around 5ish. When we lived in town I would host both sides since I was the only person in my family with both sides of the family living in the same town and state. We would eat around 3:30. It was nice hosting a bit stressful since all my family together is over 28 people.

Melodyags · November 2015

We usually have Thanksgiving dinner at my house at around 3.

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