Thanksgiving will be here in two. Days.* Tell me I’m not the only one who’s excited!

Thanksgiving is my absolutely favorite holiday of all time, because it is a day where all of my family gets together to eat delicious food until we’re sick, then wait a few hours for our stomachs to recover and eat all over again. Christmas ain’t got nothin’ on Turkey Day! But I’m sure I’m not the only person here who celebrates Thanksgiving every year. So! What do you do for Thanksgiving, do you like it, and what are you thankful for this year?

_{* unless, of course, you have the terrible misfortune to live in a country that does not celebrate Thanksgiving, in which case you have my pity. ;) Unless you’re Canadian, in which case you already had Thanksgiving.}

I am both Australian and ambivalent. I like the idea of a holiday to celebrate the things for which you are thankful, but I don’t like the way it’s been portrayed as this excuse for a massive (metaphorical) orgy of football-watching and food. I mean, promoting gluttony and sloth as a good thing… in a national holiday, no less. :\

I like the concept (without the massive binging, just the idea of having a really nice dinner), but my poor mother has enough to do without making a ton of food for all of us and having guests. So I’m just quietly thankful.

Yes to Spanman! Family (including relatives I rarely see otherwise), food (only time we have turkey all year. I love turkey. YUM SO EXCITED), and festivity!

And yes, it means that we can now play Christmas carols :D

It’s the one time in our house where we actually go all out in a home-cooked, multi-course meal. Well, okay, there’s some of that with Christmas, but Thanksgiving is an all-day production. This year, we spent this weekend with family in Washington, which, while not Thanksgiving itself, is enough to be thankful for since living in the middle of nowhere means you are lucky to see relatives more than once in a year.

. Also it is the gateway to the Christmas season

Yes, this! And the food is delicious; I love turkey. I’m not a football person though.

Meh. Not much of a Thanksgiving person. Not much of a holiday person in general.

This, except I love Christmas (even though I don’t celebrate it) because my LotR marathon is always around that time of year. :D

I will be expecting one of those pies in my mail. Go! Oh but not the cherry one. Yuck.

I’m Australian so I dont celebrate Thanksgiving but since Australia has very few good shows so we get most from the US, I am well aware of what Thanksgiving is about – FOOTBALL! And dysfunctional families and/or friends getting into lots of drama and whacky situations.

This is very lol.

I love the designs on the crusts, Willow. Very nice.

FOOBAW TIEM COMIN Y’ALL

I had no idea you liked football. ;)

I’m in an anti-Texas mood.

Texas is in an anti-Willow mood.

You make amazing pies, Willow!

I’m not making anything because I fail at womanly skills like baking (I can make brownies from a mix! And scrambled eggs! And stirfry from a bag! And that’s about it.), but my mom made two pumpkin pies and a mincemeat pie (because my dad always wants one, for some reason), and might be making a cherry one in the morning. Also, our kitchen is full of Thanksgiving-ness. There’s a massive bowl of dried bread cubes for stuffing, the turkey thawing in the sink, pies cooling on the counter… :DDDDDDDDD

I’m not making anything because I fail at womanly skills like baking

They ain’t womanly skills! My family has a running fight over pie, between my sister, mother, me- and my brother. He makes wonderful pie crust, but the butthead cheats by using lard instead of shortening. Hrmph. Cooking really isn’t that difficult- just get a good cookbook, and once you learn the basics, the only difficulty is your attention span (I always set a timer so I don’t burn things).

No patience? Try stirfry from scratch, it’s pretty quick. And chopping up meat and vegetables is weirdly fun, for me anyway.