This year, I’m thankful for the fact that I wasn’t born into a «Turkey Trot» family. I admire those families, but heck if there isn’t anything I’d like to do less than run a 5k on a day when I’m supposed to just be eating a ton of mac and cheese. I was, however, born into a family that does Thanksgiving at dinner time (around 7 or even 8 PM). When I found out that most families get to their turkeys in the early afternoon, I was puzzled. But that does solve the problem of what you eat during the rest of the day so you don’t get too full– you just eat one giant meal at 2 PM and then fall asleep after the dishes are done. 

But however you celebrate, all that matters is that you eat something delicious and take a moment to remember what you’re grateful for. And then you can gather the family around this meme list, like a hearth.