This is what I used to do (sm)
Posted By: An Iowan on 2008-08-13
In Reply to: I know it's still a ways off but what do you do? - Deer Widow
My parents and brother used to go to my dad's mom and dad's house every year for Thanksgiving. My grandpa used to be a professional chef, so he would cook up a feast. Anyway, G-pa and G-ma also had dogs and smoked like chimneys, and as a steroid-dependent asthmatic with allergies, I couldn't go to their house. I had to stay home. (I tried for a number of years to go with them, but I would get quite sick just being there.)
Anyway, I would stay home and do the Christmas tree. We had a huge artificial one that was beautiful. Separating the branches to make the tree look just right took about as long of time as they were gone--about 4 hours. When my parents and brother came home, my mom and brother and I would put up Christmas ornaments.
Now that I have my own house and lovely family, we have had big Thanksgivings and also very small Thanksgivings. Both are great. Since hubby is an RN, sometimes we do T-giving on a different day than the actual Turkey Day because he has to work.
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