Thanksgiving - when do you do it?
 

Important issue--

Since I was a kid, my family has always had a Thanksgiving DINNER, as it should be. But most people I know think we're freaks. And also that we aren't doing Thanksgiving correctly--that it should be at lunch, which I think is crazy and should be banned.

When do you eat your "Thanksgiving meal?"

Sometime during the Lions game,or lunch as you call it,then again during the Cowboys game and now with Thursday night football...

4:00 which I don't consider lunch or dinner. It's happy hour.

lol. I guess that's fitting.

Somewhere in the middle of the two. Sleep in, have a BlueBerry Pancake and Bacon Brunch then have lunch sometime in the afternoon.

1:00, same as X-mas.

Not a dinner or lunch thing. A eat up so we can lounge around and watch football [or play with new toys @ X-mas/both] thing.

You are crazy.
First serving around 1:00 with leftovers reheated around 5:00-6:00.

We usually have lots of friends and family that congregate in our house for the holidays so we like the dinner time. It gives those drunken bums time to wake up.

A few years ago my wife and I looked at each other and said, "Thanksgiving sucks."

So we stopped celebrating. Now we just take off and go travel instead. My family's surprisingly really cool about it. We just pick an American city we haven't been to and go explore. On Thanksgiving we usually find one excellent restaurant and go to town.

August - New Orleans
Husk - Charleston
Old Pink House - Savannah
Rasika - Washington DC

This year we're doing San Diego. There's a Mexican place right on the border that does the traditional lamb roasted in a pit. We're doing that.

Depends

When I lived in KC, I had one side of the family that would have Thanksgiving at 1 and the other side would have it around 5. Same thing for Xmas

Thanksgiving is at noon, just like in 1621 when the Pilgrims and Wampanoag sat down at noon for the first thanksgiving. This historically accurate painting clearly shows that the first thanksgiving was held during midday.

Pretty close to this.

Sometimes it ends up being 1:30, sometimes 2:30, but never really outside of those.

Which would make sense since it would be the warmest period of the day, and also the brightest.

My family used to always do lunch. This year I got them to stretch it to 3 oclock.

Thanksgiving is at 12 Noon in Frankfort, KS. Frankfort is a little town about 30 miles Northeast of Manhattan, KS on Kansas Highway 99, and just a little south of US 36. Big family gathering, I've had thanksgiving on a paper plate on the front seat of my car many times because there's too many folks to fit in the house. It's OK though, it makes my wife happy to see her extended family, and they always treat me nice.

I think that probably falls into the 'early dinner' area, especially if you have old folks with you this is their normal dinner time. I'll allow it and put you down for "not insane."

this

Maybe they don't like you? :shrug:
Just putting it out there.

A proper Thanksgiving meal should be served sometime from 3:00 to 4:00. It's neither lunch nor dinner, it's a meal that needs no label - the most important meal of the year.

Well, early responses indicate lunch is actually the usual time for most people. I was in college before I even had any idea at all that we might be doing it wrong. Now, years after that, I guess this might confirm it. I'm going to have to re-examine some things in my life now.

I'm excited and ready for four days off!

I get one day off and have be back at work at 5:30 am.

Who the **** comes to a car dealership at 5:30 in the morning on black Friday FFS.

I usually do about 3 pm, so somewhere in between.

We typically have it anywhere between 2 and 4 pm. This year we are eating at 4 pm.

We have Thanksgiving DINNER around 2:00 PM.

My grandpa was a farmer, and the midday meal was always the biggest meal of the day and called dinner. The evening meal is called supper.

Pizza joints open at 4, so 4.

I've got three.

Thursday: 12 and 3.

Saturday: 12 again.

If I host my own at some point, I'll probably push for a late afternoon, 5ish time frame.

We normally eat around 1:30, give or take half an hour.

Thursday - lunch and dinner.

Friday - breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Saturday - breakfast, lunch and dinner.

All the same meal that was cooked Thursday.

Wake up, smell that Turkey cooking.
Appetizers, veggie tray, cheese and crackers sitting out to nibble on.
Eat around 1-ish.
Dessert, football, cocktails, possible nap in front of tv.
Later on when hungry, open face turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy sandwich.
Second dessert.
Later, hope for a clean breaker.
Next day, extra time at the gym.

Numbers are proving that your sanity only exists in YOUR mind.

Oh Yeah I eat several Thanksgiving meals. I have a lot of family and my wife has a lot of family. Thanksgiving and Christmas takes a lot of coordination.

I'm going to teach about Obamacare during the meal

Trying to bore your family to sleep at the dinner table?

The turkey already takes care of that.

It will be at 2:00 for us this year.

Yeah, same here. It's neither lunch nor dinner. It's a feast, and feasts don't follow normal mealtime rules. You only need one meal on a day with a feast.

anywhere from 2-4. Don't think it's ever been earlier or later.

My Wife and I are going to have Thanksgiving dinner at 11am at the retirement home that my MIL is staying at. :)

1pm or close to halftime of the Lions game.

This.

We have breakfast, dinner, and supper round these parts.

It all began when he started talking about Obamacare over dinner.

Show up between 12:30 and 1:30

hors d'oeuvres get put out at about 1:00

Big sit down meal at about 2:00

Drinks/Desserts somewhere between 3:00 and 4:00

Leftovers, as desired, at any time for the rest of the night.

Does PC mean we have to do everything a like now

Pretty much. This is the first year ever I am going to be with just my wife and son so it will be coming in waves with no friggen turkey. Kobe tri-tip with white truffle butter and peking duck are the meats this year.

The Saturday after. Buy the Turkey on Friday and brine that sumbich till Saturday. On Friday afternoon the thawed turkey goes down to .10 - .20 a pound from 3.00 - 4.00 a pound and all the sides go on clearance as well. Same exact meal, same exact family just $100 cheaper.

We generally eat around 2 or 3. I "do it" whenever my wife will let me.

probably around 4 usually

Uh, my local grocery store is running specials on week on all things Thanksgiving. I'm pretty sure all stores do this.

3-4 dollars a pound? Ours was .59/lb about 3 days ago.

He buys the lunch meat packets and heats them up in the oven.

In my case 3 PM this year, Dunch or Linner?

Eat at Noon with my folks.
Eat at 6pm at my house with the kids and ex-wife

Lupper.

Bob Dole eats when Bob Dole is hungry.

That's when it happens, by gawd, and not a minute earlier or later.

My mom says dinner and supper as well.

M-F regular work week - Breakfast, Lunch, Supper.
Dinner for any special meal in afternoon or later [Sunday Dinner, Correspondent's Dinner, Thanksgiving Dinner, etc.].
Exceptions made for cultures where midday meal is clearly the main meal, ie farming communities.
Anyone had dinner at grade/junior high school, outside an awards dinner after regular school hours?

I just stood in line for 30 minutes to pick up my turkey. Had to park a block and a half away. So we'll have it whenever my afternoon inebriated ass puts it on the table.

Are you sure that wasn't peacock or ostrich you were buying for $3 to $4 per pound?

San Francisco. Everything is overpriced.

I am sure they are marked up because of a seasonal item then we get a "discount" after their seasonal increase.

Off topic, but I was driving around the other day and saw a gift shop with a sign that said, "Native American Goods - 1/2 Off". The sign was a permanent neon sign. What a bunch of liars.

That sign has probably found a lot of suckers.

I clicked the wrong one on my phone, we are a dinner-ish family. Thanksgiving is just my sister's family and my parents because my brother is a dick and does it with friends.

3p-4p everyone starts showing up. Dinner around 5p. Bunch of lunch weirdos in here.

We're doing it late this year to accommodate everybody's schedules, but I voted for early, since that's when it should be.

Around 10am is when the buffet opens. Since I have no where else to go. Too far to travel and work Friday.

Sometime between 1 and 2 PM. Like afternoon Sunday dinners growing up. And like Europe does their main meal. Yes, this is dinner--not lunch. Lunch is more like a snack. Half a sandwich and a cup o' soup. Or a salad.

Referring to turkeys and hams, this is actually the reverse. They are always cheapest this time of year prior to the Thanksgiving and to a lesser extent on other holidays.

Sometime between 2:00 and 3:30

It was always a noon meal for me until I started working nights. Now it is closer to a dinner meal so I can get my sleep in.

EDIT

But I feel normal is lunch not dinner. So you are the insane one.

Appetizers and drinks all day and then dinner around 6 ~ 7.

Thanksgiving LUNCH.

I don't think everybody can wait until dinner time to start feasting.

Call me crazy, Thanksgiving lunch. I don't think there's any great tradition of Thanksgiving dinner.

I have a double header every year

Growing up the tradition at Grandma's house was lunch, then she'd bake fresh rolls to make cold turkey sandwiches and we'd pull out the tv trays to watch the cowboys and redskins beat the hell out of each other.

dude, just dude.... you always eat the Thanksgiving meal in mid to late afternoon so anywhere from about 2pm to 4pm, and then you have dessert around the usual supper time (6pm) or so.

get with the program.

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