Growing up, we always had a big family dinner on Thanksgiving. It was so close to several family birthdays that we would basically end up spending most of the week together celebrating one thing or another. I miss those days so much
Now, my family is tiny. Basically, there is just my parents, my sister and me. We have a little bit more family in-town, but they now have their own families (i.e. they have their own huge family, complete with grandchildren).
I guess we're a family in flux in regard to the holidays.