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What are some of your favorite Thanksgiving memories/traditions when you were growing up?


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Things that stand out to me:

 

-Turkey Bowl football games in the morning(if there was Snow it was a Bonus)

-One of my best friends from childhood had Family in Ohio and they always went there for Thanksgiving; as a kid I was always jealous because it seemed exciting lol but then by the time we were in middle school we had gotten into fireworks and those Ohio thanksgiving trips took on a whole new meaning as he could bring me back some bottle rockets and firecrackers to NY

-After the Thanksgiving dinner had wrapped up, my Grandmother(RIP) bringing out the Sears and JC Penny Christmas catalogs and asking the kids to circle the items we wanted for Christmas that year; it was awesome knowing at that time Christmas was officially on!

-I was a WWF fanatic as a kid so watching Survivor Series(which took place on Thanksgiving night or Thanksgiving Eve back then) was a must

 

 

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My father bet me $10 I couldn’t eat everything on my plate. GAME ON! That $10 was a fortune to this young kid! 

 

This is the holiday where eating disorders are born! 😂 

 

Oh, and it’s about time the Lions got good, because their second rate football on Thanksgiving got old decades ago! 

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9 hours ago, Gugny said:

My friends and I always played Smear the Q.ueer on Thanksgiving morning. 
 

 

I believe the current environment dictates that we now call that “Giving Him the Gugny”.     😋

 

 

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Think about eating rain deer for Christmas and rabbits for Easter. 
Woodchuck on ground hog day
trout on Memorial Day 

skunk 🦨 on 4th of July 

beaver 🦫 chili on Bills opening day 

a witch 🧙‍♀️ on Halloween 👻 

who wants to be my witch this coming year??? 

 

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My favorite memories are simply just remembering family.

It's been a long time since I moved away from home and now just about all of my NY family have passed.

 

My parents were German immigrants and they, along with our other extended German/American family made every holiday feel special.

They were old-school people that hearkened back to a different era, and fully embraced American Thanksgiving.

 

I especially think about my parents and my Oma, and the struggles that they went through to escape East Germany to begin a new life in America.

For our family, Thanksgiving was always a time to reflect and truly give thanks for what we all had.

 

And boy, could those old German women cook!

The amount of food that they made was insane.

 

I hope you all have a great holiday up there.

 

Go Bills.

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3 hours ago, Bad Things said:

My favorite memories are simply just remembering family.

It's been a long time since I moved away from home and now just about all of my NY family have passed.

 

My parents were German immigrants and they, along with our other extended German/American family made every holiday feel special.

They were old-school people that hearkened back to a different era, and fully embraced American Thanksgiving.

 

I especially think about my parents and my Oma, and the struggles that they went through to escape East Germany to begin a new life in America.

For our family, Thanksgiving was always a time to reflect and truly give thanks for what we all had.

 

And boy, could those old German women cook!

The amount of food that they made was insane.

 

I hope you all have a great holiday up there.

 

Go Bills.

 

Along those lines, I have a new favorite memory today. We had about 20 people, including our 1 year old granddaughter, our 10 year old grandson and my mother who will turn 96 tomorrow. Four generations plus some great friends. I’m thankful for my family and some very dear friends who have been with us for Thanksgiving for a decade or two. Some friends are just like family, or better. These people we go way back with and they visit my mom every Sunday at the nursing home. It’s not THEIR mom, but they are true friends. Amazing. 

 

We are very thankful for these special people in our lives. 

 

 

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23 hours ago, BillsPride12 said:

Things that stand out to me:

 

-Turkey Bowl football games in the morning(if there was Snow it was a Bonus)

-One of my best friends from childhood had Family in Ohio and they always went there for Thanksgiving; as a kid I was always jealous because it seemed exciting lol but then by the time we were in middle school we had gotten into fireworks and those Ohio thanksgiving trips took on a whole new meaning as he could bring me back some bottle rockets and firecrackers to NY

-After the Thanksgiving dinner had wrapped up, my Grandmother(RIP) bringing out the Sears and JC Penny Christmas catalogs and asking the kids to circle the items we wanted for Christmas that year; it was awesome knowing at that time Christmas was officially on!

-I was a WWF fanatic as a kid so watching Survivor Series(which took place on Thanksgiving night or Thanksgiving Eve back then) was a must

 

 


 

I remember actually looking at ads on thxgvg for sales.

 

My parents were the hosts of thxgvg.  They would do the Turkey and the old school stuffing of sticking it in the bird.  My dads sister and their mom ( and her husband when she was married) would come over for the day.  Usually after dinner other relatives would come over ( usually my dads aunt,her son,  her daughter and her son)for dessert.

 

my birthday can be close to thxgvg so my birthday would usually be done on thxgvg because my parents didn’t want to host people on Sunday and then on Thursday.  The other reason this was done was because my older brother was away at college and then when I went to college I’d come home on thxgvg.

 

When my brother started dating his wife he’d do a split thxgvg. Her family usually ate early (1pm) at different places in buffalo area where it rotated among relatives.  Then they would come to my parents around 630. My mom would save hime some stuffing and some Turkey they might eat then or take back to his place.

 

desert would be my birthday cake, my parents would have made an apple pie and a pumpkin pie( usually store bought)

 

 

 

 

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Just now, WhoTom said:

 

We usually called it "Kill the Carrier." But your term came up now and then too.

 

 


I doubt the STQ name is still used, which is a good thing. 
 

It’s definitely not the only inappropriately-named game we played in the late 70s/early 80s. 

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My aunt always hosted in my family and it was kind of always on the more formal side.  Like I'd feel out of place not wearing a dress shirt tucked in with a belt.

 

 

Not really a lot of memories tbh.  Maybe my cousin and I going in his room and making fun of all our family as kids.  Until one day I sort of realized I became what I was making fun of 😐

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I think just the crowd of people who gathered at my maternal grandparents home (not every year). There were individuals I called aunt and uncle as a kid who were not, by blood, in that status.  I was just told they were.

 

Card tables TV tables, people sitting and eating where ever they could.

 

Fun times. 

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