Post: #1

I have more and more friends that opt out of the traditional family gathering/turkey/football Thanksgiving, and instead go on a vacation to somewhere out of the country.

Any one here doing something different for the holiday?

Post: #2

I have a traditional dinner with my family but instead of turkey I roast a whole chicken. Chicken is far more juicy in my opinion.

Post: #3

Some folks in my neighborhood are doing turkeys in an old style imu pit. Usually the bigger the pit the better the food. I'm looking forward to this.

It's done this way (except not usually by white people with southern accents) so watch:





I've done it on a smaller scale with a pig or 2 to 3 turkeys, but the neighborhoods doing like 25. Should be good.

Aloha!

Post: #4

Last year was me and my girl, this year I'll be with family. You gotta go where you're feeling drawn to. With the current political intensity I absolutely understand those creating their own holidays away from potentially-polarizing family gatherings.

Post: #5

I'm from the South so my family has always had a traditional dinner. Grandparents would host and all extended family would be there.

From what I've heard its starting to die out in other places, specifically up north, people just go out to dinner somewhere or go to watch football.

This year I'll be changing it up some and going to a country club with family to socialize with fellow southern gentlemen and ladies... should be interesting.

Post: #6

I almost did, until I saw this. And now I am resisting colonization by ruining Thanksgiving for everyone else.

https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/thank..._W-UKZKi71

Quote:Thanksgiving is, foundationally speaking, a celebration of the ongoing genocide against native peoples and cultures across the globe. In collaboration with the Native American Student Association (NASU), we will focus on ways in which we can continue to show gratitude while raising our critical consciousness and identifying ways to decolonize the holiday.

Please join me in deconstructing your cranberry sauce.

Do you enjoy the taste?

Or does it represent the rivers of blood you truly crave?

Post: #7

^ I bet they'd have aneurysms if they had to make indian headdresses out of construction paper like when I was a kid.

My thanksgiving is traditional even if I have to drag my poor crippled old mother out of her recliner to shove stuffing up that turkey's ass. We once were invited to a friend's thanksgiving and his Chinese-American mother stuffed the turkey with rice instead of bread and that bugged the heck out of me.

Post: #8

This year I'm doing what I'm calling "Tacogiving." Secured my complex's clubhouse and invited a bunch of friends over. Laying out a giant taco/nacho bar and pouring red and white sangria. Should be fun and laid back. In a nod to tradition, I'm using ground turkey for the taco meat.

Hey, I live in Arizona.

Post: #9

(11-21-2018 04:51 PM)MikeInRealLife Wrote:  This year I'm doing what I'm calling "Tacogiving." Secured my complex's clubhouse and invited a bunch of friends over. Laying out a giant taco/nacho bar and pouring red and white sangria. Should be fun and laid back. In a nod to tradition, I'm using ground turkey for the taco meat.

Hey, I live in Arizona.

These Thanksgivings with non traditional foods that still hang on to getting a big group of people together for a meal can really be a blast. Sometimes they get organized at the last moment so the pressure of having it perfect is gone and you can just relax and have fun.

Post: #10

Wife and kid only dinner this year since house is a friggin mess (construction). Past years had a small family gathering. I would put a Muscovy or Peking duck on the smoker. Duck is way more popular than turkey.

Post: #11

I'll be out working on thanks giving because my family isn't doing a dinner this year.
Any ideas on public gathering places/events where people go on thanks giving?

Post: #12

I’m with the whole family, my brother just announced that he is siring his 2nd kid, everyone is happy to see it other. It’s pretty nice. I hope you all are enjoying your holiday, I’m very thankful for the redpills and advice from all of you.

Post: #13

No, I prefer to eat a gender-neutral tofurkey with non dairy mashed taters in the company of total strangers.

Post: #14

I would have liked to say that I will have a traditional Thanksgiving dinner with my family, but the truth is I will have to meet my recently transgendered cousin whose white mom (my aunt by marriage to my uncle) is a hardcore feminist and a Muslim by conversion. Not only does the kid say he is a girl but he serendipitously chose to use my wife's English name. Needless to say, neither I nor my wife are looking forward to seeing him, and I am worried for his upcoming teen years.

Post: #15

Dutch here. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving.

However we do celebrate this...



You might recognize this old white dude. His name is Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas). Americans imported the idea and began calling him Santa Claus (Kerstman).

Post: #16

^^^ Not the first time I've heard a Dutchman complain about American's stealing Santa.

Maybe considering you'd be German if it weren't for us, you should let that one go.

And oh man the fun that could be had with Black Pete. Very progressive.

Aloha!

Post: #17

(11-22-2018 05:05 PM)Kona Wrote:  Maybe considering you'd be German if it weren't for us, you should let that one go.

Post: #18

On the American steal of the Dutch Santa: are the purple latex gloves traditional?

For this thread: No family around in person this year (but we are talking over the ether)... I am making my version of Jambalaya with Chicken even as I type and plan to thank my lucky stars before the first bite.

Post: #19

Soyboys don't understand this...

Post: #20

(11-22-2018 05:34 PM)Max RNR Wrote:  On the American steal of the Dutch Santa: are the purple latex gloves traditional?

The dutch are very progressive. Instead of presents for kids, Santa gives free syringes to heroin addicts in Amsterdam. Hitler wouldn't have let that fly.

Aloha!

Post: #21

I mostly listen to my leftist family virtue signal. My sister said that she wants a society of diversity and consensus at this year's dinner.

Post: #22

Reading social media and the forum, I didn't realize how many people loathed seeing their family for the holidays because of political views. I have to say it's a lot different for me, even being a more traditional guy. Most of my family is on the traditional side, with 1-2 relatives being left leaning. I have gotten into strong debates with that family member on other days, but my parents brought back a rule that worked in their childhood:

NO TALKING POLITICS AT FAMILY GATHERINGS

This honestly works unbelievably well in our family. We know where each other stand, so we just accept it, put it to the side, and enjoy our time together. Our family lost a very close relative a couple years back suddenly that was the nucleus to the rest of our relatives. Most have split up since then and my older cousins are all getting married and having kids, so they all have extended families to go to. Plus, some of the elders are on their last legs. The point I'm getting at is my core family is all aware that we pretty much have to stick together because we keep getting reminded that we don't have an infinite time period with loved ones. We were raised that way and I am a believer in strong family units being the savior of society.

I am working towards more location independence but even if I do achieve it, I still see myself making a strong effort to be around family for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They're probably my two favorite holidays of the year. I'm not going to pretend everybody is close with their family, but as long as you don't hate their guts, don't take them for granted. Like it or not, they're probably the only ones in the world that will give you unconditional love, particularly parents.

Post: #23

(11-21-2018 02:51 PM)TigerMandingo Wrote:  I have a traditional dinner with my family but instead of turkey I roast a whole chicken. Chicken is far more juicy in my opinion.

Ever try brining a turkey, especially a small one (under 15lbs)? For me, it was like discovering a whole new meat.

Before that, I used to loathe Thanksgiving Turkey. I would just bury it in gravy and stuffing. Now it's the best part of the meal.

Post: #24

(11-23-2018 08:46 AM)yankeetravels Wrote:  Reading social media and the forum, I didn't realize how many people loathed seeing their family for the holidays because of political views. I have to say it's a lot different for me, even being a more traditional guy. Most of my family is on the traditional side, with 1-2 relatives being left leaning. I have gotten into strong debates with that family member on other days, but my parents brought back a rule that worked in their childhood:

NO TALKING POLITICS AT FAMILY GATHERINGS

This honestly works unbelievably well in our family. We know where each other stand, so we just accept it, put it to the side, and enjoy our time together. Our family lost a very close relative a couple years back suddenly that was the nucleus to the rest of our relatives. Most have split up since then and my older cousins are all getting married and having kids, so they all have extended families to go to. Plus, some of the elders are on their last legs. The point I'm getting at is my core family is all aware that we pretty much have to stick together because we keep getting reminded that we don't have an infinite time period with loved ones. We were raised that way and I am a believer in strong family units being the savior of society.

I am working towards more location independence but even if I do achieve it, I still see myself making a strong effort to be around family for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They're probably my two favorite holidays of the year. I'm not going to pretend everybody is close with their family, but as long as you don't hate their guts, don't take them for granted. Like it or not, they're probably the only ones in the world that will give you unconditional love, particularly parents.

"NO TALKING POLITICS AT FAMILY GATHERINGS"

That's a great rule and seems like a pretty basic, obvious thing to implement. I note that you're blessed with family members who are mostly rational and on the conservative side, so I presume they're not addicted to virtue signaling. This is likely the main reason why you've been able to implement your no politics rule. You realize that shoving your politics in the face of your few liberal relatives is likely to make them miserable and isn't the point of the holiday. This basic level of decency is pretty typical in conservatives but rare on the left.

Even if my family were to implement a rule against mentioning politics and politicians directly, it wouldn't happen because certain relatives of mine are literally incapable of going more than 30 minutes without working in a dig against the God Emperor. Regardless, it wouldn't put an end to the sniveling virtue signaling. The "meaning of Thanksgiving" talk before dinner has largely devolved into an extended mea culpa about the Indians. Things like that and my sister's illogical have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too statement about wanting diversity and consensus aren't really considered political in my family. So I sit in silence and endure as they do their little part to contribute to the thirdworldization of this once great country on what was once a great holiday.

It is what it is. Thanks for listening.

Post: #25

Most years my richest relatives (mum's sister, her huge-time lawyer husband, and two of my cousins) have hosted a traditional dinner with a pretty nice setup and array of dishes. Managed to get through this year's without my uncle (yes, I have one of "them") getting too political at dinner, though I agree with most of his right-leaning views (illegals/border security, acronymfags [but I repeat myself], etc.) They travel a lot (his family is almost entirely down in Florida), so we all just shared travel-nightmare stories and he talked his latest cases. All around, a great time.

EDIT: without my uncle getting too political