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| AAAAAIIIIEEEEEEEE: The turkey was on fire and your family(in-laws) was rude. :x |
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| BLAH: Either the food or family was bad. :( |
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| SO-SO: It was rather neutral. :| |
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| NOT BAD: You can't quite put your finger on it, but something could have been better. :) |
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| PERFECT: It really couldn't have turned out any better. :D |
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| THANKSGIVING: What is this Thanksgiving that you speak of? :? |
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Diamondback
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 12:27 am Post subject: How was your Thanksgiving? |
 
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Well I thought I would ask how everybody's Thanksgiving celebration went. Mine went over pretty well. The icing on the cake was the Bondathon  on the Spike TV channel.
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 genericdragon
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 1:41 am Post subject: |
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YAY! first to vote!
Thanksgiving was great! My wife and I spent time with our extended family in the East Bay (CA).
Usually my parents fly off somewhere for turkey day... so I usually spend it with friends families 
... and before you ask...
I have Christmas dinner with my folks
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peaches
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:52 am Post subject: |
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YAY! second to vote!
Thanksgiving was great! My husband and I spent time with our extended family in the East Bay (CA).
My family is all in Southern CA... so I usually spend it with friends families
... and before you ask...
I have Christmas dinner with my in-laws
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 rebeccabutterfly
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Sun Nov 28, 2004 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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Mine was alright. Mixed family always makes it strange in some way or the other. Nice yummy lunch/dinner. Great competition with the family games going on, and then topped off with going to the movies to see The Incredibles. Great flick.
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lotrgirl
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My Thanksgiving was wonderful! My family made a wonderful meal together and we had my grandma, aunt, and uncle over (on my dad's side). We ate lots and talked around the table. It was a perfect break from college.
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Caray
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 5:23 am Post subject: |
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spent it waiting for our US friends to come back on line. It was so quiet on SST without them...
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jk2silly 
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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I had to go with the "Not Bad" version. It was with my family this year. I have had worse and better. I can, though, put my finger on the problem. My family has 2 distinct groups. The "men folk" watch football and DO NOT talk. UNLESS you get them started on bashing [fill in the group of the moment here]. The "women folk" sit in the living room and share stories of kids (grand and non) and kvetch about [fill in the group of the moment here].
Mayhap you see a pattern here. My family is just a touch racist and that bugs the hell out of me. But, I love them all and want to see them all so neutral is the best decription of the day.
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thuringwethil
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Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| I had to go with the "Not Bad" version. It was with my family this year. I have had worse and better. I can, though, put my finger on the problem. My family has 2 distinct groups. The "men folk" watch football and DO NOT talk. UNLESS you get them started on bashing [fill in the group of the moment here]. The "women folk" sit in the living room and share stories of kids (grand and non) |
lol sounds like my family, but I like football so I was always in trouble for sitting w/ the "men folk"
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schroddie
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Tue Nov 30, 2004 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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lol peaches and gd, you guys make me laugh!
My thanksgiving was... as usual... unusual. Well, of course, I don't have family over here and I know I am not American but still, seriously, it is my 5th Thanksgiving here in the US and I haven't had a regular Thanksgiving dinner! Not that I am desperate or anything but COME ON!!! Each year, I am invited by some of my American Friends and each year it's the same "Well, we are sure you had a traditional Thanksgiving dinner so we will do it differently this year". Conclusion, I had any strange Thanksgiving dinner you can think of but no turkey, no gravy, no stuffing and no cranberry sauce... This year, I ate pheasant and scalloped potatoes. It was good but I had to vote for "it could have been better" because I wish, one day, I'll experience a traditional Thanksgiving dinner...
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Diamondback
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 3:28 am Post subject: |
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Well, maybe you should tell them that you haven't had a traditional one. Though I find it kind of silly of them to think that you've had a traditional Thanksgiving, seeing that they're your friends and they know you're from France.
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schroddie
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:33 pm Post subject: |
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I actually forgot to mention that I indeed tell them... each year. Doesn't have any effect though but I shouldn't complain. After all, it's already nice of them to invite me although it is more of a family dinner.
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Diamondback
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Thu Dec 02, 2004 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Ok, so you do tell them. Funny that it never sinks in (that or they want something different anyway  )Oh well. I do agree though, it is nice of them to invite you to what is traditionally a family dinner.
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teachplus3
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Fri Dec 03, 2004 11:14 am Post subject: |
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We always spend Thanksgiving with my family since my in-laws have always gone there separate ways and never had a family Thanksgiving (ODD)
My sister came in town from Houston, TX (and I only get to see her about 4 times a year) with her family and was really great getting to see the nieces, nephews, and the BIL. I don't get to talk to them as often as I do my sister.
We had the traditional sit down dinner with games b/f and after (TWISTER ).
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