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Originally posted by mullet81
my family is INSANE!!! we all go over to my grandpa and grandma's house on thanksgiving around 1 in the afternoon. typically we have hors dourves, drinks, enjoy each other's company, the ladies cook and get the table looking fabulous, while the "men" and i say that lightly b/c it includes my 13 year old cousin  either watch football or play football out in the yard.
we usually each our BIG meal around 4pm until everyone is stuffed! then the 16-24 year olds get to clean up, while my little cousins like to perform skits for the aunts, uncles and grandparents 
then we break out the cards! my family loves playing cards - we usually get a few games of poker, euchre, or something going. we eat desert, some people have seconds on dinner or turkey sandwiches - and we drink
generally, i don't leave family parties before 11pm or 12am!
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Do you have any idea how beautiful I think this whole post is? I realize that sounds super ghey but I have the tiniest family (3 of us) and when ppl ask me how I picture my family when I 'grow up' I say, I don't know how many people I want in the family, I just know I want enough for a football team in the backyard on Thanksgiving. Please realize what an awesome family you have- I am so so jealous.
Our plans? Me, my mom, my dad. My mom's brother is flying in from Cleveland. Alone. We're not speaking to my only living relatives on my Dad's side of the family, my grandma and uncle, so it will be a party of 4 on Thursday. Happy frickin holidays.