sj, I predict that my youngest will have one bite of everything and then ask for a hot dog. My oldest may have a bite of mashed potatoes, dressing, and turkey, and the ask for a cheese quesadilla. Have kids, they said...

I'm sorry, Shir.

Glam, that reminds me of two things: I think my sister once suggested something slightly different to her boys (at the time; they are men now) abut the timing for Christmas - I don't know, maybe open some presents and home, then go to Oma's? - apparently the older one looked at her as if she were speaking another language and said, very definitively, "Chrismas. Is. At. Oma's." This is the same one who, in his mid-twenties, looked askance at some fancied up version of green bean casserole and mumbled, "Thanksgiving is not the time to experiment." Surprised he didn't break out into "Tradition!" from Fiddler.

sj, I predict that my youngest will have one bite of everything and then ask for a hot dog. My oldest may have a bite of mashed potatoes, dressing, and turkey, and the ask for a cheese quesadilla. Have kids, they said...

ltc will almost definitely eat the lasagna and probably the calamari and shrimp on Christmas Eve because those have been consistent favorites for her. But on Thanksgiving she had one bite of turkey and some cranberry sauce and asked for pie.

LOL, JenP! Kids are weird.

I didn't think I cared that much until one year my MIL suggested making fish for some holiday.

But on Thanksgiving she had one bite of turkey and some cranberry sauce and asked for pie.

Ha! I'm not saying I'd sometimes like to do the same thing. But I'm not not saying it.

I’ve been chatting a lot with a friend who grew up jehovas witness and therefore didn’t celebrate any holidays, and she was like “having been through visiting with a lot of friends and exes, y’all think you don’t have traditions but you DO because I’d try to suggest something and people would be horrified”

I threw A FIT when our families (extended) decided to do Thanksgiving dinner at a cafeteria. This was when I was in college.

I am still the biggest Traditionalist in our family WRT Thanksgiving dinner and watching the parade and if we are all together playing board or card games and watching football somewhere in the house. I do not care one whit about Christmas dinner. I DO care about having Christmas decorations up and at some point watching certain Christmas shows, but not so much about how the actual day goes.

That's an interesting perspective, meara. I feel like my family didn't have much in the way of tradition - we'd celebrate every year but maybe very differently from one year to the next. Although when I was a young child we were probably more consistent, but none of that really carried on to be something we have to do, or not that I can think of

Y'all. My boss is trying to tell me how to do my job and I am irrationally angry about it.

Rationally, I realize this is him doing his job. But still.