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Thanksgiving Poll
Where are you going for Thanksgiving?
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share?
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving?
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________?
What are you most thankful for this year?
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Re: Thanksgiving Poll
We are hosting.
I'm cooking everything!
Stuffing and cranberry sauce.
Turkey
So many things! I'm thankful to be healthy and happy, I'm thankful that I'm going to be an aunt next year, I'm thankful for my friends and family.
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We are going to DH's parents. Would like to go to my family's too but they are not establishing plans, lots of drama...
We are bringing jello salad and wine to DH's parents. We're pretty stoked about the wine because they don't drink ANY alcohol but DH and I really want wine for the holiday, so when we asked they said we could bring it :-)
I love eating combined bites of ham, potatoes, stuffing, and gravy. Nom, nom, nom!
Ham all the way. Not a turkey fan at all but if there's no ham I will eat it.
Life, DH, college graduation next month, and all the babies that my friends and SIL are producing. Excited to be an aunt again next year!!!
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? not sure yet...think it will just be us at our place. Things are VERY up in the air with Tiffany due Sunday and no baby yet. So we want to stay close to home.
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? I am always told to bring my pumpkin turtle cheesecake so I assume I will make that again. I think Brent will be deepfrying our turkey
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? turkey
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? turkey!! although my Dr Pepper ham is the favorite of my kids.
What are you most thankful for this year? the new little one to be joining our family VERY soon.
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? DH's parents house. it will be his family and sister-in-laws parents/brothers
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? relish tray; cranberry, carmelized onion and goat cheese dip; honey yeast rolls with herb compound butter
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? cheesy potatoes and chocolate pie
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? turkey, deep-fried this year!
What are you most thankful for this year? our growing family, having such supportive/generous/helpful parents, being able to see my sister and her family multiple times this year
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? My parent's house. We've spent the last two with H's family, so I'm pretty happy!
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? Probably some sort of appetizer and a bottle or two of wine.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? Do I have to pick just one? I LOVE stuffing, squash, pumpkin pie, trukey and gravy, lefse, homemade rolls, and the list goes on.
Do you prefer turkey, ham? Definitely turkey.
What are you most thankful for this year? Family, friends, health, our home, jobs, Wellington the bulldog - definitely a lot of blessings once I start thinking about it.
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!
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Where are you going for Thanksgiving?
We are hitting the road and going to my brother's in Oklahoma. My niece's birthday is the Saturday after Thanksgiving, and since my SIL is deployed in Iraq right now, we want to make sure her birthday is still fun!
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share?
I'm bringing pecan pies - not much else will travel well. I'm also planning to cook down there - my niece loves homemade cinnamon rolls.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving?
STUFFING. Man, I love that stuff. And everything must be smothered in gravy.
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________?
I do turkey, but only the dark meat.
What are you most thankful for this year?
Thankful that both Big D and I have good jobs, we're making a home for ourselves, and that I have awesome family and friends. Big D is making a case for husband of the year because a) he made spaghetti for my FACS meeting last week, b) he got me McDonald's when I was crankypants last week, and c) he brought my school keys to me on Monday when I forgot them on the kitchen table. Today he's getting the oil changed in my car.
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? For the first time, my sister's house. My 86 year olf Grandma finally realized that she's done her part and someone else can host.
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? I'm the baker. Pecan tarts, Chocolate Pudding Pie, Silky Pumpkin Pie, Sourdough Bread, French Bread, and I'm bringing some appetizers that I'm hungry for - Bacon Wrapped Jalapenos and Cowboy Caviar.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? Sadly everything. LOL
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey on Thanksgiving.
What are you most thankful for this year? My family. I'm thankful for my husband who gets me. I'm thankful that I have another year with my last grandparent. I'm thankful for the rest of my family - even through they sometimes get on my last nerve.
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? Not sure, Buffalo to see his aunt, Beaver Dam to see his parents, or stay in Shoreview with my family. Things got tossed out of the norm this year since his parents moved. Hope we can decide by this weekend. I really want to go shopping here the next morning.
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? We have never had to bring any to Thanksgiving. Although, if we go to his aunts or stay here I might make a little potatoes dish since I have a lot of hand picked North Dakota potatoes
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? I like to have endless options. My favs are the mashed potatoes and gravy, Green Giant frozen ccorn and shredded, near the skin and browned white meat turkey.
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Ham or? Blasphemy! J
What are you most thankful for this year? We both have jobs.
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? I'm not sure how much I'll bring since we're flying. Maybe just some lefse to share some of my family's traditions.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? EVERYTHING. :-)
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey, duh.
What are you most thankful for this year? My job, my 3 boys, my health, my family.
That is most awesome!!!! My dad is coming up on 7 years cancer free - it's a great feeling!!!!!!!!
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? We work on Tday, so we are celebrating the Sunday before (my fam) and the Sunday after (Joe's fam)
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? I am bringing cranberries to my IL's house. Nothing to my parents house.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? Cranberries, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey. I don't like the taste of ham at all...
What are you most thankful for this year? My health and the health of my family members.
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Where are you going for Thanksgiving? My parents place for a noon meal, and then MIL's place for an evening meal. Both in St. Cloud. Double duty Thanksgiving - lots of eating but not much cooking on my part. I hosted last year, so this year will be much easier!
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? Lefse to both places. Pies to my family. Cranberry chutney and wine to Andy's family.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? Mashed potatoes with lots of gravy.
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey. Although I'd be fine with no meat, as long as I have plenty of mashed potatoes. :-)
What are you most thankful for this year? Happy, healthy family!
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Where are you going for Thanksgiving? My aunts house on Thanksgiving, DH's moms house on the Saturday after
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? To my aunts; pop, water, beer and wine
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? My aunts cranberry salad
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey
What are you most thankful for this year? I am so thankful to have all 4 of my grandparents in my life for 27 years. With the loss of 2 of them this year it makes you appreciate family that much more.
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Where are you going for Thanksgiving? Running the Lifetime Fitness Turkey Day 5k and then DH and I are having a nice quiet dinner, just the 2 of us, at home.
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? Everything. We're making our own dinner.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? Mashed potatoes and gravy.
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey
What are you most thankful for this year? My job, my hubby's job, and I finally have my health back on track.
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Where are you going for Thanksgiving? My grandparents house and my parents house (ugh!)
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? We are not bringing anything, both houses claimed they don't need anything. I might make lefse/lefsa roll up for an app.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? STUFFING!
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? I love turkey for the left overs, but I love ham for actual dinners.
What are you most thankful for this year? Getting married to my wonderful husband.
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? We're staying home.
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? It's just us, so we'll probably have cereal or something.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? I love anything pumpkin, so pumpkin pie/roll/cake.
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Prime Rib
What are you most thankful for this year? Honestly, that it's almost over. Since last Thankgsiving I've lost two grandparents, a parent, my best friend's parent, and now another grandmother is in hospice, and not expected to last the week. This year can bite me.
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? We are hosting this year so I am staying put, yay!
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? No idea, my mom's coming to cook since I am horrid at cooking - hoping to pick up some tips from her.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? Mashed potatoes with corn and gravy all mixed together.
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey hands down.
What are you most thankful for this year? Our family. Hubby and I had a rough time this year and we are so darn lucky to have such a wonderful, supportive family.
Where are you going for Thanksgiving? DH's parent's house in the morning for brunch and my aunt's in the evening for dinner.
What food item/beverage are you bringing to share? Nothing to DH's parent's. We haven't been told yet what to bring to my aunt's.
What is your favorite thing to eat on Thanksgiving? Stuffing!!
Do you prefer turkey, ham, or ________? Turkey!
What are you most thankful for this year? My DH, family and friends.
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