Happy almost-Thanksgiving!
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The entire Hogshead family has been celebrating Thanksgiving the same way since I was born.
We gather in the same house where I grew up. We sit at the dinner table, passing the same gravy bowl, eating homemade gravy and cranberry relish.
And when pumpkin pie is served, we each choose whether to top it with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Me, I tap into my Passion Advantage by choosing… both. And double helpings of both, no less!
As I get ready for the holidays, I’m thankful for my family of Hogsheads.
I’m grateful to have YOU in my world.
And, I’m grateful for double helpings of whipped cream AND ice cream.
Everyone has their own job to get dinner on the table. It is the same every year. Tradition is big in our family. No one steps a toe out of line. Then football and naps. Mostly simultaneously!
I will be spending the Tgiving with my husband and mother and mother in law. Thanks for sending these tips. They make me want to try something new.
Love this idea and love reading all the traditions and eventful memories noted here. Our extended family Thanksgiving will have a built-in new tradition, since it's Thanksgivikkah for us--the first time that the first day of Hannukah coincides with Thanksgiving (that last happened in 1860-something and won't happen again for another 79,000 years!! Really.) So we are having a Secret Turkey (instead of Secret Santa) interlude. And it's inspiring new food traditions that are combinations of favorites for each holiday. Like sweet potato latkes (grated potato pancakes) with apple-cranberry relish and brussels sprouts with bits of pastrami [sorry Sally--but "hog" is always out for us 🙁 ]. Thanks for giving us the fun of thinking about this and the opportunity to share (more smiles). Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!
We host a Karaoke brunch on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend for all our friends who are with family on Thursday. It's one of those brunches that starts with mimosas and keeps going until dinner time. Rocking the passion and rebelion triggers - love to have a houseful of frineds for the after holiday.
Over the years our Thanksgiving changes. Each one is wonderfully unique. We spent a Thanksgiving in St. Louis one year at my brothers and they were babysitting a dog for friends who were out of town. We kept stepping over the dog to put things on the table as they came off the stove and out of the oven. After dinner, my husband said "hey, did you guys realize that dog is dead?" Needless to say, we were all horrified that none of us had noticed. We were saddened for our brothers friend as this was a beloved family friend. However, years later we still remember THAT Thanksgiving. Blessings to all!
Gotta love the convo here. Here's the dealio. I took on the role as family cook and for over 25 years amazed the family with traditional turkey, cornbread dressing that scored me two husbands ;), fresh cranberry salad, pies all homemade scratch, gravy to drip off delicious mashed potatoes you would spread on your tongue any day of the week...THEN one day I said to my Mother ( as my family grew up moved away had their own celebration states away) "Mother why are we cooking food we would no longer eat any other day of the year?" "Daughter, you are right" So we created a new tradition last year and love it. We instead now have curried cauliflower soup with that same cranberry salad. It satisfies us and my rebellion is satiated 😉
Sally, you're a real dynamo! I saw you at the Dent conference in San Diego. I am thankful for people like you who stick their necks out and work thier butts off to create new and useful inventions for the rest of us! That's the America I believe in!
We are having Skype on the table for Thanksgiving dinner. My siblings and I grew up in NJ, 5 of us all together. We always got together for Thanksgiving with a few kids along the way. Now that half of us are in SF Bay area we will be having 2 dinners, 1 on the East coast and the other on the West coast. We are trying to work out the timing with the 3 hour difference now. Wish us luck.
We are a competitive lot in our family, and it does not stop on Thanksgiving. To see who 'gets' to clean the dishes we play a game of Bingo!. All who eat are in, no matter what your age. Even my in laws who are 93 and 89. The last 4 people are the losers, and the first loser gets to pick their job and so on. There is great fun, anticipation and relief. The winners get to do whatever they want when they are not busy gloating and being grateful.
Since I only have 1 oven it became easier to put our turkey on the grill rotisserie. The first year i did it id didn't realize bring the turkey would make it cook so fast. Our 20 lb bird cooked in 1 hour, fell off and started on fire! Luckily I found it soon. Best smokey flavor ever!. The kids want me to do it that way every year!