Thanksgiving 2024

I do want to wrap up our Thanksgiving visit by saying we really had a most excellent time.

This is only the third time I’ve ever seen my nieces-in-law (married to MrsT’s nephews), and they’re both simply delightful to be around. I was really impressed to find out that Leigh, the one hosting, had never had that many people in the house before (12), and had never made a Thanksgiving meal before, and she did very well and did nearly all of it herself. We had all the standard, plus gluten-free options, and she made less of a mess than I make when we have bacon and eggs!

The real difference was just how welcoming they were. At every turn, they went out of their way to make everyone feel welcome and really did a great job of anticipating everyone’s needs. Something unexpected came up, they had it handled in no time with no fuss.
 
TastyReuben said:
I do want to wrap up our Thanksgiving visit by saying we really had a most excellent time.

This is only the third time I’ve ever seen my nieces-in-law (married to MrsT’s nephews), and they’re both simply delightful to be around. I was really impressed to find out that Leigh, the one hosting, had never had that many people in the house before (12), and had never made a Thanksgiving meal before, and she did very well and did nearly all of it herself. We had all the standard, plus gluten-free options, and she made less of a mess than I make when we have bacon and eggs!

The real difference was just how welcoming they were. At every turn, they went out of their way to make everyone feel welcome and really did a great job of anticipating everyone’s needs. Something unexpected came up, they had it handled in no time with no fuss.
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That's just LOVELY 🥰
 
I have to say, Thanksgiving was tough for us this year. Well it's always a bit tough for me because on 11/22/1992 (I think it was a Sunday or Monday, I can't remember), my dad passed away, and we were supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner together that year (would have been Thursday of that week as Thanksgiving always occurs on a Thursday)...so it is sad for me still after all these years but I always manage to mask it and not let others we are dining with how sad I am feeling about it. DH just lost his mom this summer and it was especially rough for him. They say time heals all wounds but sometimes that's just not really true.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
I have to say, Thanksgiving was tough for us this year. Well it's always a bit tough for me because on 11/22/1992 (I think it was a Sunday or Monday, I can't remember), my dad passed away, and we were supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner together that year (would have been Thursday of that week as Thanksgiving always occurs on a Thursday)...so it is sad for me still after all these years but I always manage to mask it and not let others we are dining with how sad I am feeling about it. DH just lost his mom this summer and it was especially rough for him. They say time heals all wounds but sometimes that's just not really true.
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{{HUGS}}
 
JAS_OH1 said:
They say time heals all wounds but sometimes that's just not really true.
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Very sorry you both had such a rough time of it. My MIL’s mom died on Christmas Day, and my MIL was never the same about Christmas after that, so I understand a little about it.

She went through the motions, but her heart was never in it after that, and she was someone who really loved Christmas, especially the religious aspect of it, and I know she harbored some anger over that…which in turn made her feel guilty over the anger, on top of the sadness.
 
TastyReuben said:
Very sorry you both had such a rough time of it. My MIL’s mom died on Christmas Day, and my MIL was never the same about Christmas after that, so I understand a little about it.

She went through the motions, but her heart was never in it after that, and she was someone who really loved Christmas, especially the religious aspect of it, and I know she harbored some anger over that…which in turn made her feel guilty over the anger, on top of the sadness.
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I’m in the same boat - my grandmother died on Christmas Day 2001. It’s rough because on top of the grieving, you’re trying to put on a brave face and enjoy the holiday, even when you really don’t want to.

It’s especially tough in subsequent years - everyone around you says “cheer up! It’s Christmas!” and there’s all this social pressure to be happy and cheery even when you aren’t feeling it, and you don’t want to bring other people down because you’re sad.

My sympathies for everyone who’s lost a loved one around the holidays - it’s rough.
 
It’s passed, but this is interesting:



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